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Moidered...(as in give o'er moidering me)is another version of mithered......and Oined means badly treated(as in 'tha looks oined')...well, those are the meanings where I come from...they may have other meanings in other localities...or there may even be other words for them.

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I remember it as moithering

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Yandeed.:D

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Powfagged - has applied to me often in the past few years

tired/knackered

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Mi oud gran usd to call mi gormless
Nout much as changed:D

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splendid woman.:tongueout

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It's been mentioned in other threads, but travel fifty miles and no one knows what mard means.

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gormless is 'simple' 'dim' 'thoughtless' a 'ponheyd'...which although never explained to me i took it to mean no more sense than a saucepan.
This thread could run and run :D

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'Mard'....a softy.....a wimp.....a cry baby.

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Perhaps his granny was French.


Gormless - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary


It would explain a lot.


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My gran used to call me Fanackapan, which I've just seen is a term of endearment, and I always though meant little sod.

Fanackapan - The People's Dictionary

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Where do you get a french connection?:confused:
'norse' = scandinavian

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It wasn't until much later in life that a bedroon refered to as a bomzit, was actually two words.

:rolleyes:

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I used to get called that too...but mine was Fanny Fanackapan....and sometimes lily slapcabbage or arraminta...I answered to all of them.

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