Things our parents used to say


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Yes, Katy, it was called 'sleep' at our house. I remember Mam also calling it 'guile'. Like many things our parents said I`ve no idea how you`d spell that. Never saw it written.

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Not a parent saying but when I was a young lad we often called 'football' togger. Did anyone else, and if so do lads still say it?

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So this isn't exactly what my parents used to say but rather a term not used any more and not very nice. When I was young in the 60's you used to get life size models of children, boys and girls with a crutch or calliper on the leg with a slot for putting coins and sign 'please help spastics' It is a term not used any more but was pretty common back then. If one of your mates miss kicked a ball or mucked up in similar circumstances you'd unkindly call him a spaz. As I have mobility difficulties now myself I cringe when I think about it. Does anyone else recall this.

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Giving hubby a haircut today reminded me of a couple of things mam said when someone needed a haircut. If you don't get it cut soon, someone will put a violin in your hands, and, if it was particularly shaggy, are you going for an estimate first?

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"Yer useless article ".

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Ney mind hey'....................when someone did'nt like his opinion (Dad)

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If someone gave mam something, she'd sometimes give them something at the same time, and say 'exchange is no robbery'

Also if it was a hot day, she's say she was a sweaty Horrocks.

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Eating or drinking you start to cough and splutter.......................Mam always said.......'its gone down wrong hole'...............

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If anybody was pulling a face or grimacing our parents would call it 'pulling meegrims' (sp?)

I can`t find any similar word in dictionaries etc. I wonder if it was a Nottingham word or just one of their own.

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