carni 10,094 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 One i remember hearing about someone sure of themselves is He or she is not backward at coming forward. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Oh come on , if you're going to say that one you have to do it in 'Nottinghamese' 'is not backuds at cummin forruds' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Soz I had a posh moment.Norapunagen.lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Me mam used to say......................quick, get down behind settee afore the insurance man sees yer, he'll want payin' if he thinks we're in!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 If we were pulling a horrible face about ote,mam ud say purit rate else yull stay like it ya mardy bogger.and pur a sock in it if we was bein cheeky. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 If we were pulling a horrible face about ote,mam ud say purit rate else yull stay like it ya mardy bogger.and pur a sock in it if we was bein cheeky. "Yowl get struck like it !" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 \snip\, but the one i never understood and still dont is if u had a bad cold you need your chest rubbing with a blue brick! has any one eles heard this? Blue Brick = Vick? Rhyming slang perhaps? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Worrabaht this'n: Meaning not understanding/unsure/puzzled: Looking "Gone aaht". eg "When I tode 'im ter shurrup cuz eewer mekkin is sen look daft, he just stood and looked at me gone aaht". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Laggy bands for gadders. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 I remember when asking where mum or dad was going if they went out thier reply would sometimes be "There and back to see how far it is" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 My kids just asked where I'd been , my reply? "T'other side of Yupperton" Not heard it in tears ..........LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 When asked where they had been my parents would reply "Been a puffy trotting to watch the monkeys dance" in other words Mind yer own bloody business! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beachbum 68 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 I remember being told never to pick dandelions, they'ed make you wet the bed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 There's some truth in that. I'm buggered if I can remember what though, although it's something to do with the white sap being used as a laxative in olden days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Dandelion leafs are not a laxative but a diuretic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 That's easy for you to say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 I believe the French call dandelions (maybe colloquially) "pis-en-lit." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 It's something like that, and it's also where we get the word piss from Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 If some one looked miserable they would say, ya look like ya lost a bob and found a tanner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 It's something like that, and it's also where we get the word p1$$ from From the old latin 'pissier', to urinate............................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 And it's a bit black over Bill's mothers.................................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 This description of someone who was tight , i.e. a bit of a skinflint , made me laugh when I first heard it down here in the West Country : Ee'd skin a turd to save a shillin' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 If some one looked miserable they would say, ya look like ya lost a bob and found a tanner. Apologies if I've posted this before. I once heard the following saying concerning someone who looked glum (a colleague, not parents, and not from Nottingham) - "E's got a face as long as a gas man's mac." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 If we referred to a girl or woman as she my mam would say.... who's she, she is the cats mother. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Thought of another one You could Knock me down with a feather! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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