NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 All my eye Betty Martin could originate from several places one explanation is that 'all my eye' meaning rubbish was the favourite saying of a 18th century Londoner called Betty Martin but there quite a few other theories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Ave bin messin arahnd all mornin ' an' nerry a pot washed. Get yer 'air cut, yer robbin' the barber! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted September 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 If you needed a haircut in our house, mam would say, if you don't get it cut soon, someone will stick a violin in your hand. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 A variation on the Ms Martin derogation in our family was "All mi eye an` NELLIE Martin". Seems that there were a few sisters in the Martin family spreading nonsense and rumour! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 If something is right for you, do people still say "That's right up your street". I know my mum used to say that.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Commo said: A variation on the Ms Martin derogation in our family was "All mi eye an` NELLIE Martin". Seems that there were a few sisters in the Martin family spreading nonsense and rumour! An expression we still use at our house but we say Betty Boothroyd or Betty Grable! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 If someone( like a nasty old woman neighbour) came out and shouted at us kids while we were playing( not being a nuisance) my Dad would come out and tell to ' get back in ',and if he was really mad he would say'Blast your bleddy eyes'no idea what he meant by that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted September 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 We had that last saying in our house Loppy. Also if someone was talking rubbish, what a load of eyewash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 We had your second saying too, KJ. I wonder if they ca,me out of the navy. Me dad was a sailor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 My mother used to say "Stop Chinning" when we talked to much. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 After coming out with a load of foul language when I were a kid,me dad shouted"Come here, I'll teach you to swear" but I already knew how to swear he did come out with some strange things Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,120 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Reading through these I have to say, they've given me a right chuckle. Some very odd and peculiar sayings around that's for sure! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 When coming across someone with, in our opinion, strange ideas, or being awkward or obstreperous, we would label them as" a funny ossity". 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Yesterday, I said something I probably have never said before as I was hanging out the washing. It was cool and windy with no sun. I said: "I'll hang it out anyway so it can nop". I realised that's what my mum used to say. It meant that the washing would dry off a bit but not get completely dry. I think Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 Just found this lot on a Nottingham History site ( And a bit of an old fashioned one it is.. but interesting) : http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/mellorsarticles/bulwell5.htm Quote Bulwellisms. A number of words are in common use which are obsolete, or colloquial, or "real natives," as surree for sirrah; bargast, a contemptible boy; by leddy, by my lady; by giney, (hard g) and my hiny, for emphasis; snied out, infested; addling, earning; jos-hawk, silly; sally-fardling, dawdling; trapesing, walking aimlessly; titivating, smartening up; nesh, sensitive; galivanting, walking affectedly; nattering, peevish; happing, wrapping; pottering, poking. Have yer made (locked) the door? These, and many others, have been collected by Mr. F. J. Wilkinson. I only ever heard 'by giney' a couple of times from my Grandma. Interesting that he has 'by leddy' ( bleddy?) as 'by my lady'. I'd always thought 'bleddy' was just a different pronunciation of 'bloody'. But when you get into this lot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody .. it seems that theories include both the 'By my lady' and the 'bloody', derived from various other sources as possible origins. Ah wunt a guessed arfonit miduck... eyamashed? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 One of my Mum's less ladylike expressions... 'Tidy yersen up yer look like a bag o' s**t tied in the middle!' 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Not so much what the parents said, but 1 teenage girl to her pal. She'd hook one arm and tell her mate to 'put yer leg in bed' meaning link arms to walk together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 As a kid I went in the chip shop at the bottom of Farnborough Rd and was told they were frying new potatoes and were a penny more. I said "Cor Blimey", the man stopped and looked as though he was going to faint. "Do you know what you've just said? - It means God blind me". I don't think i ever said it again. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 I didn't know that, Brew. Now you mention it though it does make sense. I always thought of it as Cockney slang so never used it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 792 Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 On telling of a secret its between you and me and the gate post,if you told anyone the secret they would say you have let the cat out of the bag. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,713 Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Not a parent but my nan used to say “I can’t hear you I haven’t got my glasses on 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 My Dad used to say that as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Strangely enough when I first started wearing glasses I had to take them off to hear what people were saying Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hellsbells 0 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 On 3/29/2015 at 10:53 AM, carni said: Oh Chulla, That one made me laugh. I have never heard that one before! Haha I used this today and my other half couldn’t stop laughing. Not said or heard it for years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 I used to worked with a bloke in the tool room at Smith Dennis, on Berridge road and when he were hot he used to say " he were fair mythered and if he were cold he'd say " he were raight snatched". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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