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jaysay 28-08-2011 11:38
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Another one "if they put your brains in a bird it would fly backwards"

Retlaw 28-08-2011 11:59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 929660)
Just found this idiom at the back of my Lanky english booklet
"Least room most thrutchin' "
Have you heard of that one? Apparently it means: Those who have least about them boast the most!
Ger off wi thi, thrutchin means pushing & shoving, to either get rid of something or make room for something.
Retlaw.

MargaretR 28-08-2011 12:17
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Ye soft ha'peth

Margaret Pilkington 28-08-2011 12:18
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 929661)
Another one "if they put your brains in a bird it would fly backwards"
I like that one John.....I might just use that.

Another one......'if tha brains were dynamite tha wuddent hev enough to blow thi hat off'...or if tha brains were elastic, that wuddent hev enough to mek a frogs jock strap'

Margaret Pilkington 28-08-2011 12:20
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another one for you...'ther nod all daft that slavver'
And another......'ther's more of em walkin abeauwt than were ever locked up' (said of daft folk)

cashman 28-08-2011 12:23
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 929661)
Another one "if they put your brains in a bird it would fly backwards"
was always "Budgie" round our way.:)

Anniebee58 28-08-2011 15:07
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Quote:
Originally Posted by walkinman221 (Post 924239)
Yon mons about as much use as a back pocket in a vest.
Yons gittin a face like like a dropped pie.
Wur not all daft that slaver.

My dad always used to say if someone was on the large size " look at her she favours a pile of muffins" nowadays they say she's got a muffin top, and there are plenty of young girls walking round accy with muffins tops lol!

mobertol 28-08-2011 15:38
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 929666)
Ye soft ha'peth
Is a ha'peth a hapenny piece?

My Grandad used to tell me that he used to go to the chip shop and ask for a penneth of bits when he was young -couldn't afford fish and chips.! The "bits" were all the leftover bits of batter, chips and fish...delicious:rolleyes:

jaysay 28-08-2011 17:51
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 929696)
Is a ha'peth a hapenny piece?

My Grandad used to tell me that he used to go to the chip shop and ask for a penneth of bits when he was young -couldn't afford fish and chips.! The "bits" were all the leftover bits of batter, chips and fish...delicious:rolleyes:
That reminds me of the woman who went in the butchers with her little lad and she asked the butcher for a bone for the dog, little said hooo goody goody we're getting a dog:D

Stumped 28-08-2011 18:03
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As owd as me tongue, an' a bit owder than me teeth!

walker 28-08-2011 21:02
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Your stood there like cheese at 4d (pence)

Margaret Pilkington 28-08-2011 21:04
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Quote:
Originally Posted by walker (Post 929757)
Your stood there like cheese at 4d (pence)

Or...you're stood there like one o clock half struck. I never did get that one.

jaysay 29-08-2011 08:37
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watch the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves

Gordon Booth 29-08-2011 11:37
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Where does 'rootin(g?)' come from, as in 'Have you been rootin in my drawers?'

Margaret Pilkington 29-08-2011 12:06
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I don't know...but if you ever go to Oz, don't use that term...it means something entirely different:)


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