Dialect/slang

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Wed 13 Aug, 2008 3:59 pm

By hummery Chrism! Them two 'doityerselfers' on yourAvatar must be 'cream-crackered' by now!LOL.Is that the Mr (and Mrs) Grinder,mentioned in your footnote?LOL agen!Never heard a clothes horse called a 'wintersedge' in myancient days,Lily's Mum,but we did used to have' fun and games'in an upended clothes horse propped against the windowsilland covered with a blanket! That was,until our mams caught usand then it was 'lads in one tent,lasses in the one next door'!Spoilt all our fun!

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Wed 13 Aug, 2008 4:05 pm

Hi Sundownerdon't worry abt the spelling of Boracic mate! If youhadn't heard of it you have a good excuse!Arry

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Wed 13 Aug, 2008 8:15 pm

arry awk wrote: Hi Sundownerdon't worry abt the spelling of Boracic mate! If youhadn't heard of it you have a good excuse!Arry Hi arry awk since i joined this site i have rememberd things long lost in the past. They do say every thing that has happened in our lives is still locked in our brains just needs a jolt to bring it out not the electric kind i must add.

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Thu 14 Aug, 2008 5:35 pm

About right SD! But NOT everything.please!

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Thu 14 Aug, 2008 9:30 pm

arry awk wrote: About right SD! But NOT everything.please! Hi arry awk Iwill do my best to stick with the thread i have not had the PC that long but since i found this site i have been hooked.What has this got to do with dialect/slang i will shut my gob did you notice the pun?

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Fri 15 Aug, 2008 5:03 pm

Another few things I remember my grandparents saying and I still use nowadays,Done up like Tommy Nutter: dressed upIt's all my eye and Peggy Martin:when something doesn't ring trueNicked in t' ead: bonkersKak handed: not very nimble fingeredDoin all under him/her: meaning incontinent and usually said in hushed tones a la Les Dawson.No idea who Tommy Nutter is or Peggy Martin for that matter!

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Thu 21 Aug, 2008 5:40 pm

just remembered another one," like 2 pennorth o dropdead": not feeling too good

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Thu 21 Aug, 2008 9:55 pm

Lilysmum wrote: just remembered another one," like 2 pennorth o dropdead": not feeling too good Also thick as two short planks. Bright as a button.Put wood int ole.Shut your trap. Bent as a two bob watch.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 22 Aug, 2008 9:08 am

"He couldn't pull the skin off a rice puddin'." - someone who's not very strong."Thick as a workhouse sandwich.""He's as soft as a Monday morning s****!"Who was "Soft Mick?"

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Fri 22 Aug, 2008 12:49 pm

sundowner wrote: Lilysmum wrote: just remembered another one," like 2 pennorth o dropdead": not feeling too good Also thick as two short planks. Bright as a button.Put wood int ole.Shut your trap. Bent as a two bob watch. I only ever heard this from a former colleague, a bit crude so I'll put the asterisks in: "Thicker than a seven slab sh**thouse"....Bent as a nine-bob note (think that might have been on before).