A lady at work used this version the other day. She is from South Africa, so I wondered if it was from there.He stuck a feather in the ground and thought he could grow a chicken
Funny/local sayings
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2 words from around south Bedfordshire.
Limbing. That excessive scratching that causes skin damage.
Stroddle The area between the tops of the legs
1 from the west country
Smeeching when the frying pan is too hot and fills the air with grey smoke.
Some "gadget" words I use to describe odd things with no purpose.
Boffit Originally a tetrahedral arrangement of springs and pads that wouldn't stop moving from a Rupert Annual.
Jumney sprocket, Term used by a DT teacher in the past.
Bifurcated Ninge Wheel, from its a square world, an early BBC tv show.
And for those hidden insults:
"I reckon your IQ is well into double figures"
"The world's only living brain donor"
"The hard of thinking" Generic/
N'Joy
Limbing. That excessive scratching that causes skin damage.
Stroddle The area between the tops of the legs
1 from the west country
Smeeching when the frying pan is too hot and fills the air with grey smoke.
Some "gadget" words I use to describe odd things with no purpose.
Boffit Originally a tetrahedral arrangement of springs and pads that wouldn't stop moving from a Rupert Annual.
Jumney sprocket, Term used by a DT teacher in the past.
Bifurcated Ninge Wheel, from its a square world, an early BBC tv show.
And for those hidden insults:
"I reckon your IQ is well into double figures"
"The world's only living brain donor"
"The hard of thinking" Generic/
N'Joy
Meaning the same thing, my mother-in-law says "there's nothing for the dumb"But then I'd get confused at school as teachers would say, " If you DON'T ask you don't get"
Haha! Reminds me of that Monty Python sketch, "You were lucky...":There was a comedy sketch with a character called Willie Eckerslike, used to say something like, " I say what I mean & I mean what I say" then go on to talk about how he lived in a paper bag growing up etc.
Northern Irish here we have some random ones
could eat a childs ar*e through a wicker basket = starving
I know your a pian but youre not made of glass = youre in my way of looking at something
didn't come up the lagan in a bubble = I'm not stupid
Houl yer whisht = be quiet
baltic = freezing
could go on
could eat a childs ar*e through a wicker basket = starving
I know your a pian but youre not made of glass = youre in my way of looking at something
didn't come up the lagan in a bubble = I'm not stupid
Houl yer whisht = be quiet
baltic = freezing
could go on
Foos yer doos? (how are you're pigeons) = how are you?
Reply: Aye peckin' awa (still pecking away) = I'm well
Technician Q
(she/her)
I thought "smeech" was a real word! I'm Cornish.
We add extra unnecessary words to our sentences here which amuses my son in law no end. Where's it gone to? Where you bin to? And anything east of the Tamar is "upcountry", doesn't matter if it's Devon or Durham they're all just upcountry. Anything good is bleddy ansum, or proper job, and if you tell someone you'll do it dreckly it means it'll happen anytime between later today and never. Also, everyone knows we call tourists emmets - it means "ants", they crawl along from place to place in a line, mostly on the A30!
Reminded of a tale of a reporter interviewing an old man on one of the Caribbean islands. He observed that everyone was very relaxed and easy going and enquired if there were any local words like "Manana", as used by the Spanish. "Yes" he replied, "17 or so actually, but none have the same crushing sense of urgency that "Manana" does.
I keep telling my HOD its grim up north - he's Lancastrian
Mafted is a word my dad uses. If he's hot then he's mafted, but if the weather is hot then it's mafting.
When he's cold, he's nithered
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Some of these are a bit random but are in regular use within my family. I thought it was normal until it was pointed out to me that it's not!
My Mum is from a rural area of South Pembrokeshire which seems to have a dialect all of its own, so some of these are very localised.
Some examples:
"Off like a long-dog" - to disappear or go off somewhere really fast
"I've had a quick swill" - to have a wash
"There'll be Hell and bandy" - big trouble, a mighty rumpus. (I once used this in school and was greeted with a blank look and asked "Who's Helen Bandy?")
"Two pi**pots higher than a brick" - very short person
"He's in the ar*e of the world" - in a mess or disorganised state
"He never said Bah, Boo, Sh*t or Ar**hole" - He didn't say anything.
"Stumm" - to suffocate, very hot
"There we are then" - Handy phrase used to end a tedious conversation
I'm sure I can think of more. Thanks for this thread, it's made me laugh.
My Mum is from a rural area of South Pembrokeshire which seems to have a dialect all of its own, so some of these are very localised.
Some examples:
"Off like a long-dog" - to disappear or go off somewhere really fast
"I've had a quick swill" - to have a wash
"There'll be Hell and bandy" - big trouble, a mighty rumpus. (I once used this in school and was greeted with a blank look and asked "Who's Helen Bandy?")
"Two pi**pots higher than a brick" - very short person
"He's in the ar*e of the world" - in a mess or disorganised state
"He never said Bah, Boo, Sh*t or Ar**hole" - He didn't say anything.
"Stumm" - to suffocate, very hot
"There we are then" - Handy phrase used to end a tedious conversation
I'm sure I can think of more. Thanks for this thread, it's made me laugh.
I use "quick swill" for a wash as well - there's probably overlap between welsh and cornish.
Here they are swallows, as they fly in, make lots of noise, and leave
Technician Q
(she/her)
Interesting - my grandfather always talked about the grockles in Blackpool and was born in Huddersfield (although his National Service was in Dorset).