Odd sayings
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BLAKEY
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And the inevitable barmy reply when passengers asked us for "A return" When we enquired "where to ??" unbelievably the reply was sometimes "BACK HERE OF COURSE !!."If only I was kidding !! LOL LOL
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simong
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Trojan wrote: When as a little kid I would ask - as kids do how old an adult is I would get the reply "as old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth" haven't heard it for years. That was a quote from ITMA or some other radio show of the 30s or 40s I believe, as was 'there and back to see how far it is'. It's dying out because the people who heard it on the radio are.
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simonm
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Trojan wrote: When as a little kid I would ask - as kids do how old an adult is I would get the reply "as old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth" haven't heard it for years. I use that one now.. One that used to baffle the [edited for content] out of me as a kid was when asking where my grandad was going without me, he used to reply"Upper knocka down street, three doors below t'bottom to see a man about a dog"WTF does that meanI used to long to visit this bloke with a dog..
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Chrism
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rangieowner wrote: How about the response to the nosey child who keeps asking "What's that?"......... ................................"$hit wi sugar on!" We used to get that answer when pestering about "what's fo tea ma"... ... ...or "What's fo' tea ma?" answer " A run round t'table an'a bite out of each leg"
Sit thissen dahn an' tell us abaht it.
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Arry Awk
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Johnny39 wrote: When I was a kid - many, many moons ago - my parents, relations, neighbours etc. had sayings for children who they thought were listening in to adult conversation. One, that has always stuck in my mind is, "Littlle pigs have big ears". Another saying - for over inquisitive children - who persisted in asking what this, that or the other was, was, "It's a wingwam for ducks to peak on"! The word "peak" I'm not very sure about, as it was always pronounced "peeark". Anyone else with any of the quotations? In my early years(!) When i would query to Mum'Where's this/that or t'other,she would often reply either ' Ont'dogshelf where thaleft it!' or 'At back o' Leatherses' which I gather, was a pawnshopnear Leeds market! Never found out quite where!Re the 'Wigwam for ducks to perk/park/perch on' quotationThis has been brought up before on the Dialect and Slangthread by Lily's Mum!