Paulus 541 Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 yogooin' bakkuds an' forrads like summat notrite! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Like summat not rite was one of my mother's favourites. My old man came from Sheffield so many of his sayings were somewhat different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted April 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 If my mother was tired, she was 'tatered'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 'cream crackered'......................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted April 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Ready for the knackers yard, was also another one of hers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Cuthbertson died 2009 Who can also forget his great role as the Procurator Fiscal in Sutherlands law in the early 70s He played the doctor in "Murder at Moorstones Manor" a Ripping Yarn by Michael Palin and Terry Jones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 If someone was wimpy, they couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 ...and, if a car lacked in power it "couldn't pull the skin off a rice puddin'". Or, as my dad would say, "It's a rolls canardly" - it rolls down the hills but can hardly get up them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 If I had been given something and I still kept asking for more, mam would say, bleddy hell, do you want jam on it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Yes Katy, remember that one well. Here's a couple more : when dark clouds were gathering my mam would say "It looks a bit black over Bill's mother's". Not to be confused with her expression when I came in from playing, a little dishevelled and thoroughly mucky : "Yer as black as old Nick's nuttin' bag." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilly 8 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 I moan at our youngest girl because she says stuff that is nonsense, and she seems to have a knack of using a single word to make the bottle come off the pop, when she gets told off for anything or she's in a gripey mood she'll answer you with 'and' with a questioning tone...it drives me mad, but I remember when I was a kid and mam and dad had a row, they would be saying 'such as' again with a questioning tone and each time one of them would have a go at the other and cite a problem the other would say 'such as' and it drove me crackers then too...my brother was not one of the worlds most practical sons and my dad used to tell him 'if you had half a brain you'd be dangerous' when we moaned at bedtime my dad always said 'early to bed early to rise' 'nar gerrup them apples and pears...' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Now that reminds me of an old colleague's expression. He was chargehand patternmaker at Derby Loco works, and he had a mighty disdain for the old-style shop foreman, who went everywhere (possibly including to bed) wearing his trilby hat as a mark of his authority. ("E's no pattern-maker - 'e's a wagon-basher from Shildon.") Well, this was his terminology : "If brains were gunpowder, 'e wouldn't 'ave enough to blow 'is 'at off." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deeps 68 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Having left Nottingham a number of years ago it's fantastic to hear all those familiar words and terms again. Ive just tried them all on my daughter she looked at me as if I had just arrived from the planet ZOG she even asked me what colour the sky was on the planet. She has clearly been brought up all wrong. I blame her Mother Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 I had to laugh at your comments, Deeps. I'd forgotten half of the sayings on the Forum but it's a laugh to hear them again. Living in a cold house on Grainger Street in the winter one of the things my Dad used to say to us kids when we went to bed was...."Get them socks off in bed". I used to wear two pairs of socks and if he came up to check I'd take one pair off under the bedclothes, with him watching, and chuck them onto the floor. I always got away with it but I could never understand why he wanted us to take them off. My sister suggested it may be because of the smell....lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Unless I missed it on one of the previous 28 pages, what about 'Using Shank's pony' when we thought we would catch a bus or other ride but walked instead?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 We asked what we having to eat,reply, Cats cocks and onions, is this an old saying or wot? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 'oss cock and lettuce, sheeps cock & onions, not an appetizing thought!! got that from my ex in-laws, from Bestwood village................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 If i complained about the cold or wore a coat in warm weather they would say. You're NESH. Is that Nottinghamian or Yorkshire? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Nesh is still used in nottm i use it myself and others do, Don't know about them in yorkshire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Not something my parents said but wife has recorded all the "Minder" shows on freesat and been watching them (sad I know but what with all this rain etc) and becoming quite an expert of cockney slang! my favorite to date has to be a "paraffin", took me awhile to work out what it meant,lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 "paraffin lamp" perhaps ??? A new one on me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 correct so far, but what did it refer to? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,635 Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Wheel clamp? Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Tramp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilly 8 Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 I remember 'Paraffin Lam' it was a tramp, or when 'ya look like a dogs dinner' your mother would say 'ya not goin art lookin like a paraffin lamp' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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