Dialect/slang

The origins and history of placenames, nicknames, local slang, etc.
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Bramleygal
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Right, I don't live in Britain.

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I now dwell in the land of Obama, but my grandparents lived in the Republic of Armley.

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I read in the paper the other day that someone has devised an on-line "Gran Slang" dictionary to help kids in the text talk generation understand what older people are saying. I think it's already been done on this thread!!

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Chrism wrote: Breakfast, dinner, tea. You can't have your dinner at tea-time as tea-time would then be dinner-time, but dinner-time is mid-day and not evening. And if you had your dinner at tea-time what would you have at dinner-time? eye lad,theres nowt wuss than 'LUNCHTIME' snobs...not even paper cuts..and theres nowt wuss than them..not even a summer cold,and theres nowt wuss than them...not even
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I described something as 'black bright' yesterday - to be met with blank stares. You all know what I meant don't you?

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Geordie-exile wrote: I described something as 'black bright' yesterday - to be met with blank stares. You all know what I meant don't you? yup
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Geordie-exile wrote: I described something as 'black bright' yesterday - to be met with blank stares. You all know what I meant don't you? I still use it - does it come perhaps from black leading? Mind you, I bet the old H&S would have the major incident clean-up team out if yer took the top off a tin these days - see the one in the news this week?Police called to a suspicious, strange smell comming from a car with a broken window. The Fire Brigade were called to clean up and the Poice Officers who came into contact with it (wonder why they did?) were taken to Hospital but released later once the HP Brown sauce had been washed off their hands! I don't think any comment is needed to that    

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"Tek ner gorm" Take no notice. And if you leaked spit while speaking "oh dear I'm losin' mi dip!"
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Trojan wrote: "Tek ner gorm" Take no notice. And if you leaked spit while speaking "oh dear I'm losin' mi dip!" Now't termarter(dip) wi'that!Wish I hadn't bothered! lol?

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Britches @rse steam = hard physical work
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