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Old 12-08-2011, 21:41   #46
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Re: Old local expressions

In reply, when asked how you were.

Fair t'middlin'.
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:42   #47
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or 'ahm nobbut middlin'...that is not as good as 'fair to middlin'
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:44   #48
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terms of endearment: Arraminta, Totty lime juice, little lily slapcabbage.
I got called all of those by my gran
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:46   #49
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terms of endearment: Arraminta, totty lime juice, little lily slapcabbage.
I got called all of those by my gran
Little lily slapcabbage!!
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:46   #50
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Mek sure thas gettin the ganzy on or thall ketch thi deeth.

Gansey!



If you had a fancy new one, you'd get teased more than when you'd just had a haircut.


gansey - definition of gansey by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:48   #51
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Gansey!



If you had a fancy new one, you'd get teased more than when you'd just had a haircut.


gansey - definition of gansey by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
You say gansey i say ganzy lets call the whole thing off
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:48   #52
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or 'ahm nobbut middlin'...that is not as good as 'fair to middlin'
We aren't moaners.

We lied, and put a brave face on.

We were never nobbut middlin'.

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Old 12-08-2011, 21:49   #53
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i still use that term,ganzi, paris is always playing hell wi me fer it.
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:50   #54
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Me neither! I tell folk...'Just because you have a pain, doesn't mean you can be a pain'!
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You say gansey i say ganzy lets call the whole thing off
You're right though.

It's pronounced ganzy.

Never twigged it came from Guernsey sweater.
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:52   #56
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When my auntie had completed all her morning chores she changed her 'brat'(apron) from a black gaberdine one(well, it didn't show the muck did it?) to a flowery one, that was just for show.
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:54   #57
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Darwendosser n meself always wore a brat at slingers in 63.
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You're right though.

It's pronounced ganzy.

Never twigged it came from Guernsey sweater.
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:58   #59
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A very rare occurrence.

'Once every Preston Guild.'
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Old 12-08-2011, 21:59   #60
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Someone brazen.

'More front than Blackpool.'
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