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MITZY 04-03-2007 18:00
Re: Soft Mick.
 
Like 'cack handed' Does this mean left handed? not 100% sure why I think that but something in the back of my mind seems to think so.

grannyclaret 04-03-2007 20:40
Re: Soft Mick.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by garinda (Post 392454)
Not sure if this is the right thread, but who else says 'skrike', or however it's written, meaning cry?

I was going to post in another thread I was having 'a good skrike', as it's a word we use in our family, but then I thought perhaps no one else uses it, or wouldn't inderstand what I meant.
yep we said it too,,,i think i put it on this thread at the first or second page,,,i must have cried a lot as a child ,because i kept being told that i was a skrike arse,,, ooh the indignity of it :mellow8:

grego 04-03-2007 20:48
Re: Soft Mick.
 
We used to say skrike a lot in our family too.
Excellent thread, brought back loads of memories!
Cack handed, we used to say that meaning left handers.

cashman 04-03-2007 23:08
Re: Soft Mick.
 
i still say skrike, didnt realise people dont use it much, one we used to use i dont hear now is (shes knickers for curtains.) where the hell did that come from?:)

garinda 04-03-2007 23:12
Re: Soft Mick.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by cashman (Post 392890)
one we used to use i dont hear now is (shes knickers for curtains.) where the hell did that come from?:)
Never heard that one before!

What does it mean?

Ones I do know for showy women are 'she's all fur coat and no knickers' or 'look at her, up and down like Lady Docker'.

cashman 04-03-2007 23:44
Re: Soft Mick.
 
means not the full shilling, or a bit dotty.

grego 05-03-2007 21:28
Re: Soft Mick.
 
I've heard the fur coat and no knickers one but not the other one.

cashman 05-03-2007 22:45
Re: Soft Mick.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by grego (Post 393284)
I've heard the fur coat and no knickers one but not the other one.
thats probably cos you aint an owd fart like me.:D

garinda 05-03-2007 22:50
Re: Soft Mick.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by grego (Post 393284)
I've heard the fur coat and no knickers one but not the other one.

Found this about Lady Docker.

When asked why the seats were done in zebra skin, Lady Docker famously replied, “Because mink is too hot to sit on.” :D

http://web.mac.com/mwstorer/iWeb/Per...C0D19721B.html

dhelliwe 03-05-2007 19:21
Re: Soft Mick.
 
Soft Mick, the person with everything in abundance. Also a phrase used in Halifax generally to describe having lots of things - shoes, toys, kids, money, blokes, women etc etc. But always more than Soft Mick.

steeljack 14-05-2007 20:32
Re: Soft Mick.
 
I used a term the other day which caused a couple of odd looks , I told some friends kids who were visiting , not to bring any "slutch" into the house from the garden, guess it's one of those Lancashire words which isn't used anywhere else .
:D :D :D

checked my OED (small edition) and its not listed there

garinda 22-06-2007 23:30
Re: Soft Mick.
 
I was just answering a pm from LancYorkYankee, were I called him a clever clogs.

Clever clogs?

Where does that come from?

Clogs that were clever, and walked themselves to the mill?

Did anyone have more clever clogs than Soft Mick?:D

Mancie 22-06-2007 23:38
Re: Soft Mick.
 
Ummm "clever clogs".. a very common saying, while we are at it what is a "clever dick" ????

cashman 22-06-2007 23:39
Re: Soft Mick.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 424171)
I used a term the other day which caused a couple of odd looks , I told some friends kids who were visiting , not to bring any "slutch" into the house from the garden, guess it's one of those Lancashire words which isn't used anywhere else .
:D :D :D

checked my OED (small edition) and its not listed there
i still use that word, but agree never heard it outside lancs.

WillowTheWhisp 23-06-2007 00:00
Re: Soft Mick.
 
It would never have occurred to me that slutch was a Lancashire word.

On the subject of clever clogs - we usually had clever sticks. How clever can a stick be? Can it be cleverer than a clog?


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