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Ford talk - colloquialisms, rhyming slang..
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gilbert grape
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Wet suit and a plank?basil said:
gilbert grape
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Just having a flick back through this thread as I've never read it.........
Dunna, Wunna, Shunna & Dunna have always been part of my dialect.
Marrah seems to be widely used and my Cumbrian pal refers to all of his mates as Marrah. Not heard it anywhere else apart from Staffs & Cumbria though.
I find my own accent drifting more North than South with having a number of marrah's in Derby & Stoke and I find accents rub off on me (theres another one).
Inteet
Dunteet
Abahhht
Gerroff
Just a few I've used along the way.
Dunna, Wunna, Shunna & Dunna have always been part of my dialect.
Marrah seems to be widely used and my Cumbrian pal refers to all of his mates as Marrah. Not heard it anywhere else apart from Staffs & Cumbria though.
I find my own accent drifting more North than South with having a number of marrah's in Derby & Stoke and I find accents rub off on me (theres another one).
Inteet
Dunteet
Abahhht
Gerroff
Just a few I've used along the way.
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
Do any people still refer to 'The Colony' these days?
'Attwood's roundabout'* and 'Lloyd's roundabout'** are terms that are falling into disuse, I fear, despite my efforts.
For how long will people still refer to 'The RAF'?
* Probably Kwik-Fit roundabout now.
** McDonald's roundabout, I suppose.
'Attwood's roundabout'* and 'Lloyd's roundabout'** are terms that are falling into disuse, I fear, despite my efforts.
For how long will people still refer to 'The RAF'?
* Probably Kwik-Fit roundabout now.
** McDonald's roundabout, I suppose.
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
I would use it to mean the Seimens Colony - Salt Avenue, Sabine Street, etc. I have heard the English Electric houses between the Garth and the Nesbit referred to as a colony, also - but not so often.Lucy said:
I would happily use the Colonnade as a location, not that I go there very often.
Alee
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i keep hearing people refferring to girls as "bum" . ie "shes bum" . apparrently its supposed to mean fit..i personally thought it was ment as an insult the 1st time i herd it.
spoke to someone the other day and they "this car is bacon" still dont know what that was ment to mean!
spoke to someone the other day and they "this car is bacon" still dont know what that was ment to mean!
Em L
Mental Floss
I've not noticed this before either so read the whole thing, I've only lived in Stafford for 8 years but most of those words/phrases I'd heard before I moved here - I'm originally from Lancashire.
The only ones I'd never heard before were "nesh" and "grebo", though it wasn't long after moving here before I heard them. My friend from Uttoxeter refers to some people as "sketty?" not sure if thats a Stafford one. Also my ex used to say something was "riffy", which to him meant dirty and in need of a wash.
The only ones I'd never heard before were "nesh" and "grebo", though it wasn't long after moving here before I heard them. My friend from Uttoxeter refers to some people as "sketty?" not sure if thats a Stafford one. Also my ex used to say something was "riffy", which to him meant dirty and in need of a wash.
Scoot Doggy Dogg
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When I was young in Utch (uttoxeter) the kids at school used to refer to the unwashed as "skit-rats".Em K said:
When I was younger and at school in dudley the unwashed were referred to as "tippers". It was fun when a lad from Yorkshire joined our school and use to refer to t'tippers.
I like "soapy" which is definately a southern one.
toooldtorock
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Keith Webb who was the landlord at the Nags Head many, many years ago use to describe someone who kept coming to the bar a lot as.....'they't up 'n darn lek a nesh carrot'
Glam
Mad Cat Woman
I come from Stone way and folk there sound very much like potters or clayheads as my youngest call 'em. One of me dads favourite sayings were -
'Cost kick a bow agen' a woe, y'ed it back an bost it, meaning 'Can you kick a ball against a wall, head it back and burst it?' I also say Ow at meaning how are ya? We also miss certain words out, like i'm goin' work (pronounced werk) not i'm going to work. I had write up some notes other day and I put that a patient were werritin,no-one knew what I meant!
'Cost kick a bow agen' a woe, y'ed it back an bost it, meaning 'Can you kick a ball against a wall, head it back and burst it?' I also say Ow at meaning how are ya? We also miss certain words out, like i'm goin' work (pronounced werk) not i'm going to work. I had write up some notes other day and I put that a patient were werritin,no-one knew what I meant!
