Soft Mick. - Page 9

MITZY · 04-03-2007, 18:00

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

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Originally Posted by garinda

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

grego · 04-03-2007, 20:48

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

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

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Originally Posted by cashman

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

means not the full shilling, or a bit dotty.

grego · 05-03-2007, 21:28

I've heard the fur coat and no knickers one but not the other one.

cashman · 05-03-2007, 22:45

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Originally Posted by grego

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.

garinda · 05-03-2007, 22:50

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Originally Posted by grego

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.”

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

dhelliwe · 03-05-2007, 19:21

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

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 .

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

garinda · 22-06-2007, 23:30

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?

Mancie · 22-06-2007, 23:38

Ummm "clever clogs".. a very common saying, while we are at it what is a "clever dick" ????

cashman · 22-06-2007, 23:39

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Originally Posted by steeljack

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 .

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

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?