katyjay 5,090 Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 How about when an item of clothing was yanked off over your head, they'd say 'skin a bunny' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 One of my dads favorites that one about silk purses Eric 'cos he had come from 'nowt' himsen and didn't expect us to 'over achieve' .Two of us went to university and one of us saw the world through work and pleasure,so I think he would be happy if he was still alive Beefy, How come you chose uni and not 'work and pleasure'? Just curious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Couldn't be ar5ed with all that fun and games malarky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 What a colourful young life you led Fraser built one up to be a caring person in ones community no doubt? Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
teebee 8 Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Just a couple from my dear departed Mum, that might have been appropriate for a member who no longer seems to be listed! "Little boys should be seen and not heard" and "If you've got nowt worth saying, why don't you keep your trap shut, unless you want a clout round the ear 'ole" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BAZZER 10 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 As an ex Nottingham man, this thread brings back hundreds of memories,,,, my mothers family were from Sneinton, so almost every phrase on here was used by my dear old mam. A word I havn't heard since leaving Nottingham in 1970,,,, is 'sucker'. Another word which wasn't heard down here,,,,, is cheese/ham cobs,,,,, though slowly the term 'cobs' is now catching on. It's great when my family visit as they bring the obligatory nottinghamese with them. ---:--- I bought a couple of books recently,,,,,, the first one I bought cuz I thought it was pure nottingham was "Ey Up Mi Duck",,,,, the cover states "Dialect of Derbyshire (& almost as an afterthought) and the East Midlands ! The other was "Owd ya tight",,,,, which I actually obtained down here in Cornwall. Every now & then I use similar phrases to my Son (24) or mates, then explain why ! Great thread,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Baz Just remembered: we had a shop on St Anns Well Road & a Geordie woman used to come in with her unruly kids. One day I said to one of 'em "touch that again & i'll bat ya tab". The mother looked at me quite shocked...... but she explained that it wasn't because I'd told the kid off,,,, it was because they don't use SWEAR words, "especially like that one" in front of the kids (I never did know what TABS are in GeordieLand) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Tabs is Geordie slang for Cigarettes, so I still don't get her annoyance.!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Not as in "Ye'll get yer tabbs batted, if you don't mind aahht!" Heres another. You know spring is here when yer see "The bods treddin" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 A few gems from my old man, usually at about 2,000 decibels as he was a quarry fitter at Hoveringham Gravels and deaf as a stone; Having walked into the house and omitted to close the door.....WAS YER BORN IN WAARSUP? This phrase apparently hails from the late 1920's, during the General Strike; the locals of Warsop were alleged to be so poor that they had to burn the doors in their houses to keep warm! When surveying the mess which is the natural state for a typical teenager's bedroom.....IT'S LIKE JACKIE POWNALL'S RAG SHOP IN 'ERE! "Rammel" was junk or rubbish, and on a cold day it was "bloody taters in 'ere"; the latter, I think, coming from the expression for freezing the balls (taters) off a brass monkey. Anyone dressed scruffily would be deemed to look "like a sack of spuds tied up in t'middle". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted October 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 When it started to get dark in the living room, mam would say 'put a light on a dark subject' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BAZZER 10 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 when someone said sommat daft, my mam would say "he's like a man i'm aunt to",,,,,, At first I didn't understand what she was exactly saying (tho' I got the gist (?!),,,, but later on I did get to understand the words she was saying,,, still got the gist,,, but I still ain't got a clue wot she meant, or where it cum from ! any ideas ? i also recall her saying,,,, "it's like Jackie Bells in 'ere" (mmmmmmmmm,,,, I wonder who Jackie was,,,,,,,,,) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 jackie bells was a rough pub in netherfield, see elsewhere Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted October 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Bazzer, my mam would say 'he's like a man I'm maiden aunt to' [still don't get it though] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 If we left lights on in the house, my mum would say "what d'ya think this is, Blackpool Illuminations?" Speaking of books on dialects, there was an excellent one in Stoke on Trent (where I went to college) called "Arfur Tow Crate"! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BAZZER 10 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Bazzer, my mam would say 'he's like a man I'm maiden aunt to' [still don't get it though] ,,,, shame,,,, if this had popped up last year I could have asked her,,,,, we used to reminisce a lot,,,,, and get the Bisto box out, which held the old photos,,,, we'd look at almost every picture in there before it went back in the cupboard,,, one of the earliest with me as a lad (as opposed to a baby) sitting on the back step at Elford Rise. I very nearly sent it to another post on here about "show us ya back yard",,,,,, but ain't got the b*l*s. Can't wait for more sayings,,,,,,,,,,,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
teebee 8 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Our Mum, whenever asked about her age, was always "as old as me tongue but a litle bit older than me teeth". And whenever she put on her coat to go out, she always seeme to be "off to see a man about a dog" - though she never came back with one! Even if she had, it would have cost "money and fair words", as did almost everything else she acquired. (Not very forthcoming sometimes, was our Mum). And bedtime always meant we were "off up wood hill" - (staircase - no carpets either). !sleeping! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 ...And bedtime always meant we were "off up wood hill"... Are you sure we aren't related? All those sound very familiar except in our house it was "up wooden 'ill to blanket fair"! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Come aht the bleddy road, it's like woking wi a man wi no arms Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted October 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 We always went up the apple and pears to bed. A friend I write to from our old Amesbury Circus days, says they were told to get to sleep before the 10 o'clock horses came round. This wasn't a saying in our house as I'd never heard of it before she told me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Ayup Katyjay. Me granny used to say that about the hosses, it comes from a time when the council or whoever used to come round at night with the horse and cart to empty the ash cans (old fashioned name for toilet), you wouldn't want to be chucked in with that lot would you? so "off to bed before 10 o'clock comes round" Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
teebee 8 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Are you sure we aren't related? All those sound very familiar except in our house it was "up wooden 'ill to blanket fair"! Always hoped I'd got a rich relative somewhere. Blankets ??? Don't think we had those. Just an old eiderdown with our coats piled on top. And no central heating or double glazing -- or even gas & electricity. (And had to be careful where you put your feet when you got out of bed. Especially if the guzzunder hadn't been pushed fully under under the bed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Up wooden hill to Bedfordshire was the equivalent in our 'ouse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Thanks Rog for the explaination about the horses. I'll have to tell her as I don't think she knows the origin. and teebee, I'd forgotten about the guzzunder, and slopping it out of a morning. We called ours a po. Now, I wonder what that was short for, anyone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Not only am I talking to myself, I'm answering myself! Maybe po was short for pisspot? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Short for Potty (Which just about sums you up ..............LOL) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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