crankypig 457 Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Beduth #1800 I am still nesh,granny used to say you were suckie if you acted thick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LocalBornFurriner 7 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Although I was born in Hyson Green my Mum was from the East End and my Dad's from North Wales, so the local lingo was quite a mystery when I started school...however "taters" for low temperatures is familiar. There may well be other connections to other Midlands sayings, but dahn sahf "p'tater mould" is rhyming slang for "cold" and is generally used abbreviated. I also remember "suckers" and "tooffies" for what I knew as ice lollies and sweets, "tabs" for ears, and playing Dobby at break-times, long before Harry Potter was thought of. I was introduced to Kali (pronounced kay-lye) which my Mum called lemonade powder, and I don't know whether it was a local term or a brand name but it was weighed out in two-ounce or quarter-pound batches from a big jar in the corner shop. [Note for those educated in the metric system: roughly 55 or 115 grammes]. I've also come across "spice" as a generic term for sweets but only in writing, and I don't recall having heard it as a child. The learning curve wasn't all one way, however! Pity the poor teacher who asked us in September to write the classic "What I did on my holidays" and was faced with a request to spell Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch....as our neighbour used to say, "Yer don't get many o' them fer a shillin'". 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 #1803 http://mumblingnerd.com/2010/06/23/nottinghamenglish-phrases-in-idiomatic-form/ Here are a few to get your tongue round.😃 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesleyred1865 137 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 When pigs fly up Hockley Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Welcome to Nottstalgia,LocalBornFurriner. I look forward to sharing your memories.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,511 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 And welcome from me too LocalBornFurriner. Reciting that long Welsh village name (can't be bothered to write it all out) was my party piece when I was little. Went there for the very first time when heading for a ferry to Dublin a couple of years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Welcome to Nottstalgia, LocalBornFurriner. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,603 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Welcome to Nottstalgia, LocalBornFurriner. Looking forward to reading more posts from you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 I read a piece about that long Welsh name where an American couple went into a café there and asked the waitress if she`d say the name of where they were really slowly so they could get the pronunciation and she said, 'B-u-u-r-r-g e-r-r- K-I-I-I-ng.' Was it on here? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Doesn't matter. Still funny! Suckers; tabs and kali embedded in my memory 'LocalBornFurriner' and welcome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SPIKEISLAND9 46 Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 `e giz me the sodding pip `e does, `es bin over there chewing to `er for an hour. Yer neen`t start blaughtin` Look what I`ve found Dad! Yo ent found it cos it ent bin lost. Yor trouble is y`eat enough for two ar**holes an y`v only got one! (And I was a skinny kid!) SPIKEISLAND9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Any news mam?...Nelson's dead!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 " won't always be dark at six". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Leopards don't change their spots!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 If you don't eat it(dinner) you'll have it for your breakfast(never happened) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 When I was very young and my mum bought me a new item of clothing I would always try it on to show my grandfather. In his broad West Yorkshire accent he would always say "ay lass that's right grand but a ye gotten it big enough?". Clothes had to last! This saying has been passed down the generations with reference to various items. Our son quoted this when I bought my husband a 36cm wok! These gems are part of our heritage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
holmes7 0 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 When we were kids we asked our mother whats for tea, her reply was A run round the table and a bite on the door knob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 My grannie(when I was after a drink of. Pop)would say lions drink water,and look how strong they are. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 For 'it's neither one thing or another', say 'it's neither arsehole nor breakfast time'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 When my dad was confused, which was quite frequent with my mum nagging and pestering him, he would come out with this classic. " I don't know whether I want a 5hit, shave or a haircut" . It always made me chuckle. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Another favourite when befuddled....I don't know whether I'm coming or going. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Yer daft me duck ya foller balloons. Yer daft me duck ya foller balloons ya wear your mothers pantaloons. And one my old grandad used to say: "is he as he was or is he woss?" "I'll take my hand off your face!!" As Billy Connolly said: "It's not the bit about taking the hand off it's the bit where it connects first" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 My wife's granddad used to say, concerning "the younger generation" - bearing in mind this was probably 60 years ago, so he meant the likes of us(!) - "They'll do owt sooner than wo'k!" (It wasn't true, by the way!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 My wife's granddad used to say, concerning "the younger generation" - bearing in mind this was probably 60 years ago, so he meant the likes of us(!) - "They'll do owt sooner than wo'k!" (It wasn't true, by the way!) It was in some cases Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I can remember my Nan saying to me: "Don't be ashamed of who you are. That's your parents job." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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