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Chillybean

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Spent 3 years there as student, the first two years watching out for Silverdale miners who had a passion for beating up students if they came from the Thatcherite south. In my last year I finally got cornered in a pub by a few hostile ex miners who on hearing I was from up north and from a mining town spent the evening buying me drinks. Can't fault the folks from Stoke, they're a good crowd once you get over idea of being called Duck.
 

Katniss

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When I lived in Shropshire I would go there for computer courses and I didn't like being called duck.
 

Carole

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When I lived in Shropshire I would go there for computer courses and I didn't like being called duck.

I used to work in a restaurant in Stoke many moons ago when I was a young thing.

A Stokie waitress says to the customer :"Are you ready to order duck?"

The customer from London says with an amazed look "Actually, yes, I would like to order the duck but how could you possibly know that?"

Oh how we laughed.
 

Glam

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When I lived in Shropshire I would go there for computer courses and I didn't like being called duck.
Duck is actually a term of endearment. Nowt wrong with it. In fact, the blokes up Stoke call each other duck. Much better than being called hun, hon, shug and other names that make yr flesh crawl.
 

John Marwood

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Duck is actually a term of endearment. Nowt wrong with it. In fact, the blokes up Stoke call each other duck. Much better than being called hun, hon, shug and other names that make yr flesh crawl.

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Carole

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@Glam : are you alluding to Mancunians saying "Y'all right cock?".
If so, I'd have to agree.

I thought it was more a West Midlands term..

My friend from the West Midlands uses Bab or Cock.
My friend from Manchester only ever uses "love".
 
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