The Pianoman 1,532 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Someone has just posted this on me Facebook page: http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/17-words-and-phrases-you-would-only-ever-hear-in-nottinghamshire-1-6965229 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 I think one is also said in Lincolnshire, that's Watter for Water my parents both from lincs, pronounced water like that and also, my grandparents when I visited them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 "Watter" was also used in Nottingham, as kids we used to call water "watter". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted November 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 I always got a 'flea in me ear' for calling water watter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 If ya dunt stop playin in that watter ah'l bat ya tab...... Evri-won shud lern t tork propper just lyk wich wot uz lott doo ,coz uz lott from Nottingum ar propper posh torkers.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WilliamsonMeadows 18 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 I still call water Watter and a horse an Oss much to the disappointed of my movver. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 With regard to water... if I wanted a drink and there was only water to be had,me dad used to refer to it as "frog wine" whereas when I lived in Derby it was "council pop". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Corporation hair cream too.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 'Adam's Ale' was another water term in our house back then... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 We called an ice lolly a sucker when I was young - is that still the same? When I moved to Leicester I went in a shop and asked for a sucker and the shopkeeper had no idea what I was talking about. Amazing how words varied so much between neighbouring towns. I thought at the time that the words 'ice lolly' sounded a bit posh 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 MargieH, That Nottingham expression is one of the first that I had to drop when I came to West-Mids. It was easier to drop it, than try to explain it! I now say Ice Lolly. It used to sound posh to me, But I have got used to it now. I soon resort back to Sucker, when I am in Nottingham. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted January 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 I did that once when we were on holiday at Portsmouth & Sunny Southsea. I was deemed to be of an age where it was OK for me to go into a shop by myself while my parents were outside. I may as well have been talking to the shop assistant in Chinese Mandarin and I was getting very upset because the 'person' behind the counter couldn't understand what a sucker was. It was a relief when my parents came in to find out why I had been in the shop so long. I was quite happy when I had got me sucker! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Had similar problem in Cambridge asking for 'Nobs' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 And that one benjamin, assuming that you mean Brussel Sprouts. I think it is only said in Nottingham! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 A old friend of ours paid us a flying visit from Brighton on Wednesday & said he had given up alcohol & said he now drinks "Virgin Marys". A Bloody Mary without the vodka. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Had to do the honours for you Carnie' and make you 2'000.......................and of course i meant brussel sprouts, bleddy hell.lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Just mentioned knobby greens to my wife & she said she had never heard the term before(lived in Loughborough area for 30 years) I always call them farty balls Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 YEA but you are posh bubble. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 #10, probably nowhere as bad as several hundred years back. When Pilgrims went on the march to Dover to cross the channel to visit the Holy places in Europe, dialects and meanings changed by the mile!!! Asking to buy an egg was a major problem, the humble chickens egg had so many different names. Remember, back then, the average surf never traveled more than a couple of miles in his/her lifetime. I remember when the wife and I were sailing to the states from Australia, we docked in Wellington, New Zealand. We went for a breakfast and had "Iggs", Bacon etc. Iggs being the way the Kiwi waitress said eggs. "And how many iggs do you want and how cooked"...LOL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Hey benjamin, Thankyou Miduck. 2000, I must have got some thing right. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 I know I'm posh I even get out of the bath to have a "P" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 I have a bath once a year, whether I need one or not. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Only dirty people have a bath. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 sooner have a shower , Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tree 6 Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 I went into a shop in Yorkshire and asked where their suckers were. She turned around and pointed to a pack of babies dummies and asked what colour I wanted! 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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