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jaysay 20-08-2011 08:38
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ave sin more meat on a jockey's whip

Eric 20-08-2011 12:47
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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 927927)
the Kalifornia vegie loonies have a mantra, "if it has lips don't eat it"....... if I followed that mantra I would be Pope ;) :D :D
Vegetarian: Comes from an old Mohawk word meaning "can't hunt worth a damn";):D

Margaret Pilkington 20-08-2011 17:23
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'Tek Shanks' pony.' - Walk.

'Feel like mi throat's bin cut.' - Very hungry.
Another one for hungry.....'mi back and mi belly's floppin together'

Margaret Pilkington 20-08-2011 17:25
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ave sin more meat on a jockey's whip
ahve sin moor meyt on a nasty fooark.
Ther's moor meyt on a sugar stealer.

her 'as legs thad ud cut baccy(my isn't she thin?)

Retlaw 20-08-2011 19:11
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Another one for hungry.....'mi back and mi belly's floppin together'
Aye me bellies rubbing agaiun me backbuan.
Retlaw

keith higson 21-08-2011 01:06
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My mum always said that she would side the table (for those that have never heard this expression she meant that she would tidy the table up)

cashman 21-08-2011 09:17
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My mum always said that she would side the table (for those that have never heard this expression she meant that she would tidy the table up)
thats one i'd forgotten, most women used that phrase back in the day.:) me mam,nan, aunts,etc

jaysay 21-08-2011 10:23
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Yon lasses legs are so thin she's like a seagull wi wellies

Stumped 21-08-2011 17:16
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One that could still be pertinent today: 'Yon's an arse like a circus elephant!'

garinda 22-08-2011 01:10
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Not confined to this area, but often heard locally.

Pandæmonium - A noisey place/wild uproar.

Odd really, such a literary word, capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost, was widely used.

'There were a reet din in there, it were Pandæmonium.'

steeljack 22-08-2011 01:19
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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 928217)
Not confined to this area, but often heard locally.

Pandæmonium - A noisey place/wild uproar.

Odd really, such a literary word, capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost, was widely used.

'There were a reet din in there, it were Pandæmonium.'
remember the older folks being asked if they had their Portmanteau packed in the days before wakes weeks started .... travel was usually by a Charabanc ....... seems the older generation had a better/wider vocabularies than present day , can be sure the Mutha 'f ' word wasn't part of everyday conversation ;)

garinda 22-08-2011 01:22
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As thick as pig muck - Not the full shilling - Stupid.

Though who tested the various dungs, to ascertain pigs' plop-plops was densest?

garinda 22-08-2011 01:28
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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 928219)
remember the older folks being asked if they had their Portmanteau packed in the days before wakes weeks started .... travel was usually by a Charabanc ....... seems the older generation had a better/wider vocabularies than present day , can be sure the Mutha 'f ' word wasn't part of everyday conversation ;)
What you say, I agree with.

I think our vocabulary has become smaller.

Just seems odd.

A biblical word, or saying I could understand.

Pandæmonium was widely used, and everyone would know what was meant. Though I can't imagine everyone was familiar with Paradise Lost.

Mind you, everyone would similarly understand Bedlam, to have a similar meaning, but almost no one would ever have been to London.

steeljack 22-08-2011 01:36
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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 928221)
What you say, I agree with.

I think our vocabulary has become smaller.

Just seems odd.

A biblical word, or saying I could understand.

Pandæmonium was widely used, and everyone would know what was meant. Though I can't imagine everyone was familiar with Paradise Lost.

Mind you, everyone would similarly understand Bedlam, to have a similar meaning, but almost no one would ever have been to London.
getting on a thread wander here ....... think the same applies to penmanship (joined up writing ;)) , know that mine is no-where near as good as my parents or grandparents , think in particular my Grandma's who left school at 12 to go 1/2 time in the mill , her writing was damn near copperplate, and I'm thinking most of their work was done on slate

garinda 22-08-2011 01:44
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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 928222)
getting on a thread wander here ....... think the same applies to penmanship (joined up writing ;)) , know that mine is no-where near as good as my parents or grandparents , think in particular my Grandma's who left school at 12 to go 1/2 time in the mill , her writing was damn near copperplate, and I'm thinking most of their work was done on slate
Again, agreed.

Perhaps the school leaving age should be again lowered to ten or twelve.

Considering the good education many left with by that age.

:rolleyes:


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