Dialect/slang

The origins and history of placenames, nicknames, local slang, etc.
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Bramleygal
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Post by Bramleygal »

Not exactly slang but my gran always referred to the woman who lived next door as "Mrs. Next-Door" even thought they were neighbors for 50 years!!!
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Loiner in Cyprus
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Dont know if this saying has been mentioned before; this afternoon in the local taverna in Peyia, frequented mainly by expats, another ex Lioner said about one of the players, who had bowed legs, in the Blackpool Cardiff game 'he couldn't stop a pig in a alleyway'.
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Loiner in Cyprus wrote: Dont know if this saying has been mentioned before; this afternoon in the local taverna in Peyia, frequented mainly by expats, another ex Lioner said about one of the players, who had bowed legs, in the Blackpool Cardiff game 'he couldn't stop a pig in a alleyway'. Couldn't stop a pig in a ginnel
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Trojan wrote: Loiner in Cyprus wrote: Dont know if this saying has been mentioned before; this afternoon in the local taverna in Peyia, frequented mainly by expats, another ex Lioner said about one of the players, who had bowed legs, in the Blackpool Cardiff game 'he couldn't stop a pig in a alleyway'. Couldn't stop a pig in a ginnel Or Passage!
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It's funny to think that when I was a kid there were plenty of people about who were born and brought up before the motor car was invented.My great aunt used to call what we called then and still call today "coaches" - "saloons" not charabancs. If my memory isn't playing tricks she wasn't alone either. Anyone else (Blakey) remember this term?
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Bramleygal
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Post by Bramleygal »

Dinna fash yersen. (Don't even bother.)
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Bramleygal wrote: Dinna fash yersen. (Don't even bother.) I'd never say 'dinna' for 'don't' - it sounds scottish - definitely not Leeds
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Trojan wrote: It's funny to think that when I was a kid there were plenty of people about who were born and brought up before the motor car was invented.My great aunt used to call what we called then and still call today "coaches" - "saloons" not charabancs. If my memory isn't playing tricks she wasn't alone either. Anyone else (Blakey) remember this term? I've heard people say shara's for buses ,never the full word.
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drapesy wrote: Bramleygal wrote: Dinna fash yersen. (Don't even bother.) I'd never say 'dinna' for 'don't' - it sounds scottish - definitely not Leeds the e is definitely not silent north of the border "dinnae" pron dinnay
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DrapesyDefinitley not Scottish. Lived in Bramley for 23 years.
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