Guest Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 " Late?"- " he'll meet ' himself comin' in one o' these days!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Somebody a bit gormless 'she's a right old Lizzie Dripping' Blimey O'Reilly, when gobsmacked San Fairy Ann, when it doesn't matter. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 He thinks he's tough but he couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 I did something silly this afternoon and I just came out with a saying to myself: that I haven't heard for years. Mam and Dad would say this to me quite often? I can't imagine why. You daft Klondyke. Any ideas what a Klondyke is? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 It's a place in Canada carni, as in the Klondyke Gold Rush. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Another for a fool or twerp : "'E's a right cloth-ears." 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Also, folk who weren't listening were called ' cloth-ears ' or ' cocking a deaf 'un '. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted November 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 If you butted in someone else's business, you were sticking your oar in. Look what the cat dragged in, for someone you hadn't seen for a while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 "He woz dead sukeh looking", for somebody who was a bit gormless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 #1830. Finally found out what a Clondyke is. My spelling was wrong before? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clondyke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 In slang, it can also mean a lesbian. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 The meaning I was after is the one in #1836. It took me a long time to find it, on a site that I don't normally use. I'm pretty sure that the meaning that I found, is what my parents meant when saying that to me. A bit daft was another one they used. I get the feeling they were trying to tell me something I did see that it was also slang for Lesbian, but I knew that wasn't the meaning I was researching for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 I'm absolutely sure as well, carni, haha. A word can mean so many things. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,731 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 San Fairy Anne comes from the French 'Ca Ne Fait Rien', meaning literally 'That does nothing'... or more colloquially, 'It doesn't matter'. Oddly, I only heard it in St Helens in the 70s. 'Ah'll bat yer tabs/box yer ears'. I shall strike you.. General incredulity was expressed as 'Ooo Err' with a rising inflexion. 'It's like Casey's Court in 'ere'. A chaotic situation. 'Looks like Jackie Pownall's in 'ere' Very untidy. A reference to Pownall's Rag/scrap place which IIRC was down Bath St way. I'm sure there are more.. I'll drag 'em back eventually.. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Dad used to say San Fairy Anne. It was always one of his usual sayings, DJ360, the meaning you have described is just what we thought he meant when he said it. I never heard anyone else say it except him. We just thought it was an expression from his Navy Days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 I think there were a number of French expressions like that, which were picked up and anglicised by British soldiers during the first world war - quite a lot of whom had probably left school at the minimum age, with little or no French. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Just used this saying in another thread. If we did or said something unusual, I remember mam would often use the expression. "You've been watching to much Television my girl". Must have been blamed for many things. "Mind you I think that is true"! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 That trollop? She's mutton dressed as lamb, she is. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 I hope you don't mean carni, Beduth. (To any sensitive posters...I'm joking) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Oh Dear. Me Too? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 "Get in that bath,he's got tide marks!!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 To someone who didn't know what they were doing, or trying to do - You're like a fart in a colander. Always pronounced culander. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Or a fart in a thunder storm or running round like a headless chicken 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Yes Chulla ' and doesn't know which hole to come out of' 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Not at all Michael Booth. I wouldn't say such a thing to a lady but what I would say is "She is not as bad as she was before she was as good as she is now." lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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