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West Ender · 07-09-2005, 21:31

My dad had a few dialect expressions - though I think some of them were his own. One of them was "manking" and it meant - er - getting up to no good behind the bike-shed, so to speak.

My favourite, of his, I have never been sure whether he made it up. He would refer to anyone having a tantrum (or "losing their rag" or just acting a bit wild) as "Having a Tommy Berry Do". Has anyone else ever heard it and, if so, who the hell was Tommy Berry?

07-09-2005, 21:31	#9
West Ender Passed away 25-11-09 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lymm, Cheshire Posts: 2,674 Blog Entries: 147 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 193	Re: lost dialect My dad had a few dialect expressions - though I think some of them were his own. One of them was "manking" and it meant - er - getting up to no good behind the bike-shed, so to speak. My favourite, of his, I have never been sure whether he made it up. He would refer to anyone having a tantrum (or "losing their rag" or just acting a bit wild) as "Having a Tommy Berry Do". Has anyone else ever heard it and, if so, who the hell was Tommy Berry? __________________ * Some cinemas let the flying monkeys in............and some don't.