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Post by Skankmonkey on May 15, 2015 15:23:34 GMT
Orts (aughts?) - what yer've left on yer plate when yer dunner finish yer dinner.
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Post by bathstoke on Jun 24, 2015 5:06:24 GMT
Stoggers
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Post by kidcrewbob on Jun 24, 2015 23:41:31 GMT
The old man used to say 'bosunt', instead of full. As in food. "Have you had enough to eat?" "Aaar am bosunt." Might just have been something peculiar to him and not a Staffycher thing. I always chuckle at Stokey ladies who shorten 'couldn't' to cun't. I was in a fairly posh household t'other day and the missus was cunting all over the show with impunity. I like the word 'thrape' too. Lend and borrow are the Potteries Achilles' Heels. My nan used to say bosunt for being full......must be local (Talke)
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Post by bathstoke on Jun 25, 2015 6:54:42 GMT
Don't sit too close to the fire you'll get chilblains Don't sit with you're back to the fire it'll make you sick Made to eat bread and butter when we had jelly , tinned fruit and carnation or blancmange Still doesn't make sense 50 years later My grandfather used to call me fly-blow. Doesn't it mean little'un...
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Post by PerCyfilth ....Captains Log on Jun 25, 2015 7:19:59 GMT
BOAK...To pull away from summat... ie. That hoss boaked at the fence
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 25, 2015 9:27:37 GMT
Don't sit too close to the fire you'll get chilblains Don't sit with you're back to the fire it'll make you sick Made to eat bread and butter when we had jelly , tinned fruit and carnation or blancmange Still doesn't make sense 50 years later My grandfather used to call me fly-blow. Doesn't it mean little'un... He was talking about you're left wing rhetoric
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Post by bathstoke on Jun 25, 2015 9:51:57 GMT
Don't know if anyone else used it or it was a north staffs thing but my dad used to say "Fly Blown" i.e. when you were wrapped up in clobber on a warm/sunny day. "tak thee sweater off, thayt be bloody flyblown" My Grandfather called me Fly-Blow, thought it meant little'un...
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Post by bathstoke on Jun 25, 2015 9:54:25 GMT
My grandfather used to call me fly-blow. Doesn't it mean little'un... He was talking about you're left wing rhetoric Sorry Harry, pressed the wrong quote!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 20:48:17 GMT
Not sure mentioned, can't be arsed read up. What about; Sken Ronk
As my aunty Betty used to say when I refused to help her "Sken thee then"
And many a time I was called a ronk sod meaning cheeky
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Post by felonious on Jul 22, 2018 12:19:05 GMT
Bosted, as in broken or ugly.
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Post by felonious on Jul 22, 2018 12:19:50 GMT
Shag, as in "Ayup shag, ow at?"
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Post by harryburrows on Jul 22, 2018 12:46:47 GMT
Shag, as in "Ayup shag, ow at?" Shouldn't that be shag or short for shagnasty ? Shaq wa slang for lazy overpaid show pony
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Post by felonious on Jul 22, 2018 12:50:17 GMT
Shag, as in "Ayup shag, ow at?" Shouldn't that be shag or short for shagnasty ? Shaq wa slang for lazy overpaid show pony Never heard of shagnasty.
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Post by Clayton Wood on Jul 22, 2018 13:16:04 GMT
Bonk - a steep incline
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Jul 22, 2018 13:26:29 GMT
Shotties...Marbles. Eshole...Fireplace. Not sure about this one,netty...outside bog. Snappin...food.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 22, 2018 13:44:20 GMT
I'm still looking for my Arfur tow crate in Staffy cher book.
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Post by Clayton Wood on Jul 22, 2018 14:05:25 GMT
Trenchermon - healthy eater.
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Post by cerebralstokie on Jul 22, 2018 14:23:00 GMT
My favourite is "crossomical" (deliberately awkward. When a child, if I asked a question which my parents did not wish to answer, I was told "leos for meddlers and crutches for lame ducks"
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jul 22, 2018 20:58:04 GMT
When I used to go me grandmas for tea I would ask her what was on she would always answer....."jam and 'errin's "
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Post by raythesailor on Jul 23, 2018 7:33:13 GMT
Ma Lady moved up to N Staffs infirmary from Bristol to work in intensive care,
She was totally confused when a relative asked of a very ill patient “ Ey up Duck, is he going down Bonk rapid ?”
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Post by Clayton Wood on Jul 23, 2018 9:09:17 GMT
Clout(s) - underwear
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 23, 2018 17:05:27 GMT
Has anyone ever used or heard the word ‘fang’ meaning to catch or seize? I heard it on ‘owd grandad piggott’ and seems to be another word from Scandinavia.
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Post by Clayton Wood on Jul 23, 2018 18:03:19 GMT
Has anyone ever used or heard the word ‘fang’ meaning to catch or seize? I heard it on ‘owd grandad piggott’ and seems to be another word from Scandinavia. Sorry, no mate. Cast is to remove as in cast a clout BUT! en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fangEtymology 1 From Middle English fangen, from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”). So quite possible it seems
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 24, 2018 8:27:07 GMT
Has anyone ever used or heard the word ‘fang’ meaning to catch or seize?I heard it on ‘owd grandad piggott’ and seems to be another word from Scandinavia. Yes, definitely. Many moons ago various friends and I sometimes used to muck about trying to 'tow crate', and some of the older folks in the group, who knew of such words and expressions as everyday language from their childhood, were real experts. In fact I always thought the word was 'feng', and the usual expression in which it was used was "feng ewd o' that" meaning "hold that", for instance when passing something to someone else. Thinking more about it, I never heard it as 'fang' - always 'feng'. Theer y'are, mar meet, dunner werrit theesen abite this any mow nah!
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Post by yeokel on Jul 24, 2018 8:41:54 GMT
Has anyone ever used or heard the word ‘fang’ meaning to catch or seize?I heard it on ‘owd grandad piggott’ and seems to be another word from Scandinavia. Yes, definitely. Many moons ago various friends and I sometimes used to muck about trying to 'tow crate', and some of the older folks in the group, who knew of such words and expressions as everyday language from their childhood, were real experts. In fact I always thought the word was 'feng', and the usual expression in which it was used was "feng ewd o' that" meaning "hold that", for instance when passing something to someone else. Thinking more about it, I never heard it as 'fang' - always 'feng'. Theer y'are, mar meet, dunner werrit theesen abite this any mow nah! My dad used to say " fang 'old of this fer a min, wut?" if I was helping him in his workshop and my assistance was required to hold or support something.
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 24, 2018 9:34:30 GMT
Yes, definitely. Many moons ago various friends and I sometimes used to muck about trying to 'tow crate', and some of the older folks in the group, who knew of such words and expressions as everyday language from their childhood, were real experts. In fact I always thought the word was 'feng', and the usual expression in which it was used was "feng ewd o' that" meaning "hold that", for instance when passing something to someone else. Thinking more about it, I never heard it as 'fang' - always 'feng'. Theer y'are, mar meet, dunner werrit theesen abite this any mow nah! My dad used to say " fang 'old of this fer a min, wut?" if I was helping him in his workshop and my assistance was required to hold or support something. Exactly, Yoky. "An' dunner trap thee 'and!"
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 24, 2018 9:57:51 GMT
There's a tendency to say 'her' when the rest of the English-speaking world would say 'she'. Oh, yes. Picture the scene:"Wee-er is 'er?" "Ar dunna noo........ar conna say 'er rynd eeya......'er musta gone wom."
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 24, 2018 10:17:11 GMT
Chonnock --- Swede (although swedes were always called turnips!)
Cumber --- Cucumber
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Jul 24, 2018 10:18:32 GMT
Woe..Wall.
Bo....Ball.
Conner...Can't.
Wunner...Won't.
Asner...Have not.
Chong..Chewing gum.
Chonick... Turnip.
Musner...Must not.
Werrit..Worry.
Yed...Head.
Fate...Feet.
Brock...Broken.
Sate...Seat.
Youth..Male of any age.
Owe at..How are you.
Owrate...Alright.
Marlady...My Wife,girlfriend.
Cost..Can you.
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Post by raythesailor on Jul 24, 2018 16:55:22 GMT
A few years ago I was working in S Devon and had Students from mainly the S Coast and Home Counties.
I was genuinely shocked when they had no comprehension of what I was talking about when I used the expressions;
“You are going all around the Wrecking.”&. “It’s a bit black over Bills Mothers.”
Are these peculiar to N Staffs, or just N of Watford ?
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