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jaysay

14-06-2012 09:28

Re: Old local expressions

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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 997564)

Having worn them from the age of two - unfortunately -Yes! Had an elastic under my hair to keep them on! :D

I'm just glad I was blessed with good eyesight, Its still quite good at distance, just need glasses for reading small print, don't really need them for the computer but I wear them, no use over straining what I have now

cashman

14-06-2012 09:44

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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 997578)

Never heard of gigs or bins, some used to call them goggles - I distinctly remember one time "binning" my glasses when i was abut 8 or 9. I threw them down a drain at the side of the house and told mum I'd lost them:o

I have actually returned to pink glasses recently. :cool:

Gigs or bins i still hear used today, Though "Pans" seems to have died away, apart from in my vocabulary.:D

Margaret Pilkington

14-06-2012 10:44

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'Bins' for glasses comes from the shortening of binoculars...can't help with the derivation of 'gigs' though.

cashman

14-06-2012 11:36

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Pans comes from Frying Pans, meaning large lenses, Hence me mam was called Pan Eye.:D

Retlaw

14-06-2012 12:24

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 997598)

'Bins' for glasses comes from the shortening of binoculars...can't help with the derivation of 'gigs' though.

Gig is from Gig lamps, the lamps they had on horse drawn carriages & early motor cars

Margaret Pilkington

14-06-2012 13:13

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Well, I never! That is a good explanation Retlaw.

mobertol

14-06-2012 14:12

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You learn something new every day!

Have a bad knee at the moment - "gammy" would describe it!

Another rhyming adjective is "jammy" - if someone is a bit lucky. "Jammy devil" is one my Gran used a lot!:)

Margaret Pilkington

14-06-2012 14:21

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Lucky Josser, was another one...though I am not entirely sure it is a local expression.

Retlaw

14-06-2012 14:22

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 997623)

Well, I never! That is a good explanation Retlaw.

So watch out for them when you next see a Sherlock Holmes film.

Margaret Pilkington

14-06-2012 14:33

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I hate Sherlock Holmes films.....I only catch snippets when, himself is watching them and I walk through the living room to the kitchen...absolute dross.

susie123

14-06-2012 14:36

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 997633)

Lucky Josser, was another one...though I am not entirely sure it is a local expression.

I've never heard it anywhere else - think it's very local.

cashman

14-06-2012 14:47

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 997633)

Lucky Josser, was another one...though I am not entirely sure it is a local expression.

Only heard Lucky Josser or Lucky Joss around this neck o the woods.

Retlaw

14-06-2012 14:49

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 997637)

I hate Sherlock Holmes films.....I only catch snippets when, himself is watching them and I walk through the living room to the kitchen...absolute dross.

Now Now Margaret, you have to be very intelegent to fully understand the writings of Arthur Conan Doyle, my uncle Mycroft taught me all I know about solving mysteries. Except the mysteries of women, even God himself can't solve that one.

Retlaw.

Margaret Pilkington

14-06-2012 15:35

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Retlaw, I am intelligent...intelligent enough to find the off button anyway.
If I had my way(which I don't - not often enough anyway) I would never watch these old films.

katex

14-06-2012 17:22

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Have we had 'collywobbles' ? Being nervous or upset stomach.

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