Things our parents used to say

[annswabey 599]

I'd forgotten about ditched for dirty too - my Mum used to say it. Also chatty for dirty, and also used if someone was scratching themselves - perhaps because they had nits or fleas "Are you chatty?"

[FLY2 10,108]

Ditched was regularly used by mum, especially if I'd been out train spotting, whereby I'd always return home filthy, school shoes scuffed from wall climbing and trespassing. Knees grubby and invariably bloody and school gabardine Mac covered in mud, grease and oil from shed bunking escapades . No Vanish or fancy washing machines in those days. It was the wash house on Bath St.

[nonnaB 4,895]

Clarty is a word my mum used to use for something a bit gooey or sticky

[nonnaB 4,895]

And it stinks like a midden.

[MargieH 7,599]

My Mum said 'clarty' when referring to muddy soil on the fields - the sort of mud that sticks to your shoes/boots

[crankypig 457]

Granny used to say you were a Tommy Opposite if you didnt agree with something.

[DaveN 1,118]

I remember my dad always used to tell me not to run the hot water and cold water taps at the same time.

[benjamin1945 16,139]

Me Mam always used to say.....'he's a bigger liar than Dick Hart'......if she thought someone was being fictional with the truth,.......never did know who Dick Hart was......anyone else heard that one ?

[Cliff Ton 10,458]

I knew several people who were often called Dick Head.

[carni 10,094]

I know their posh brothers....... Richard Cranium. ..Anyway Mooooving on.

[carni 10,094]

A couple of well used expressions Mam often used and so do I.

If one of us was unnecessarily worrying and moaning about something trivial, Mam would tell us to stop Whittling on about it.

If we were just going on about something, she would say ...What are you wittering on about.

[Deepdene Boy 642]

Mam, used to say if something was muddled up, it was cock-eyed.

[Beduth 202]

I used to work for Hart, Bart & Far....go.

[StephenFord 866]

Looking in the mirror first thing this morning (a frightening sight!) I was reminded of another that my mum used to say : "Yer 'air's stickin' up like a chapel 'at peg."

[benjamin1945 16,139]

Dad always said.............'off to work so you can have Biscuits to dip in ya Tea'...........

[Bubblewrap 3,815]

You're wandering round like a lost Jew.

[redbowen 131]

If wit were shit you'd be constipated.

[Bubblewrap 3,815]

Just a little test on the local lingo

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jenthomas/can-you-speak-nottinghamshire?utm_term=.yuK2KGggx#.goB4z700L

I got them all right :jumping:

[benjamin1945 16,139]

Easy Peasy...................

[Bubblewrap 3,815]

Lemon Squeezy

[Merthyr Imp 729]

Don't you mean easy puddies?

[annswabey 599]

Easey!

[StephenFord 866]

Talking to my little grandson aged 3 yesterday, a phrase used by my mum and grandma came to me without thinking about it : "Be a good lad, and don't eat sludge!" Not sure what my son and his wife thought of that one!

[MargieH 7,599]

Never heard that one before, Stephen. Sounds disgusting...

[DJ360 6,721]

If anywhere, especially the house, was untidy, my Mum would say. it: 'Looked like Jackie Pownall's' (I believe Pownalls scrap yard was down by the old Vic baths?)

Another variation was .'Looks like Narrer (Narrow) Marsh'.

If we were all going a bit mental, or arguing etc, it was 'Like Casey's Court'.

Grandma didn't approve of throwing any food onto the fire. 'Feeding the Devil'.

My Dad used to refer to heavy rain as 'Siling down'.

I've noticed the word 'Leery' coming back into popular usage. When we were kids it was pronounced 'Leareh' and meant something more like 'big headed',

'Ooo-er', or 'Oowerrrr!', was an expression of denial or disbelief. So, any hint of cockyness would be greeted with 'Ooweerrr, yer leary bogger!'

And of course if you were out and about with Mum or Dad and wandered into the road you'd probably get a 'Bat rahnd yer tabs' and be told to 'Gerront courseh'.

Col