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Post by NassauDave on May 12, 2021 23:15:19 GMT
Ay up shag.
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Post by spitthedog on May 12, 2021 23:49:37 GMT
My Dad used to say this when we got up late for school. Ive never met anyone who came across this word for this meaning! I thought he'd just made it up!
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Post by PotterLog on May 13, 2021 1:28:51 GMT
My Dad used to say this when we got up late for school. Ive never met anyone who came across this word for this meaning! I thought he'd just made it up! Never heard this one, or the fang one above. How would you use “franked”?
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Post by Orbs on May 13, 2021 6:32:27 GMT
My Dad used to say this when we got up late for school. Ive never met anyone who came across this word for this meaning! I thought he'd just made it up! Never heard this one, or the fang one above. How would you use “franked”? I heard my uncle say ‘fanged owd’ for ‘grabbed hold of’ Franked would be as simple as ‘I saw Dave this morning, he was franked.’ - basically meaning late.
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Post by Orbs on May 13, 2021 6:35:24 GMT
Flitted - moved house
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Post by elystokie on May 13, 2021 6:49:49 GMT
My Dad used to say this when we got up late for school. Ive never met anyone who came across this word for this meaning! I thought he'd just made it up! My Dad used Franked whenever any of us were late for work or school. He also used to call people he didn't know "Chief" - not heard anyone else use this, local or elsewhere. He drank "Mickey Mouse" for a while, half lager, half bitter, never heard that used outside the area either.
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Post by wagsastokie on May 13, 2021 8:51:37 GMT
My Dad used to say this when we got up late for school. Ive never met anyone who came across this word for this meaning! I thought he'd just made it up! My Dad used Franked whenever any of us were late for work or school. He also used to call people he didn't know "Chief" - not heard anyone else use this, local or elsewhere. He drank "Mickey Mouse" for a while, half lager, half bitter, never heard that used outside the area either. Mickey Mouse was also used in north Cambs when I was growing up But as you moved south it became a pint of golden
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Post by riverman on May 13, 2021 9:02:54 GMT
My Dad used to say this when we got up late for school. Ive never met anyone who came across this word for this meaning! I thought he'd just made it up! Never heard this one, or the fang one above. How would you use “franked”? It means getting up late for work. Back in the day if you were late your clock card was marked or "franked" so that pay could be deducted. Hence people would say " I was franked this morning" if they got up late for whatever reason.
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Post by riverman on May 13, 2021 9:11:34 GMT
Weigh. As in "I conna weigh this up at ow" meaning can't work something out or understand.
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Post by Dutchpeter on May 13, 2021 9:15:40 GMT
Just moving the discussion from dialect to accent, I think in the potteries there’s a slight distinction between the southern and northern towns. I think the south is a soft sounding accent (Denis Smith being a good example), while the north of the city sounds a bit harsher. Not a particular distinct difference (like Ireland) but noticeable. If you’re a Castle Black (Newcastle) I always thought the accent is the same (of course) but lacks the dialect. Thoughts?
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Post by crowey on May 13, 2021 10:28:28 GMT
.... Boslem
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Post by crowey on May 13, 2021 10:28:56 GMT
My Dad used Franked whenever any of us were late for work or school. He also used to call people he didn't know "Chief" - not heard anyone else use this, local or elsewhere. He drank "Mickey Mouse" for a while, half lager, half bitter, never heard that used outside the area either. Mickey Mouse was also used in north Cambs when I was growing up But as you moved south it became a pint of golden
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Post by crowey on May 13, 2021 10:30:30 GMT
My Dad used Franked whenever any of us were late for work or school. He also used to call people he didn't know "Chief" - not heard anyone else use this, local or elsewhere. He drank "Mickey Mouse" for a while, half lager, half bitter, never heard that used outside the area either. Mickey Mouse was also used in north Cambs when I was growing up But as you moved south it became a pint of golden .... where did you grow up in North Cambs Wag? Wisbech?
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Post by Orbs on May 13, 2021 10:30:56 GMT
'Up bank' and 'down bank' seems to cause much consternation here in Nottingham. Makes perfect sense to me mind.
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Post by wagsastokie on May 13, 2021 10:33:43 GMT
Mickey Mouse was also used in north Cambs when I was growing up But as you moved south it became a pint of golden .... where did you grow up in North Cambs Wag? Wisbech? In and around Peterborough which was when I was born part of Huntingdonshire Had a few piss ups in Wisbech March Whittlesey in My time
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Post by yeokel on May 13, 2021 10:43:16 GMT
Never heard this one, or the fang one above. How would you use “franked”? It means getting up late for work. Back in the day if you were late your clock card was marked or "franked" so that pay could be deducted. Hence people would say " I was franked this morning" if they got up late for whatever reason. In my experience, if someone was franked one of their workmates would clock them in. Thinking about it now, it was mostly women who did it for other women.
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Post by elystokie on May 13, 2021 10:50:59 GMT
Mickey Mouse was also used in north Cambs when I was growing up But as you moved south it became a pint of golden Thanks for the reminder about the golden, I remember now, that's what they called it in Pompey when we went on the piss there.
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Post by The Drunken Communist on May 13, 2021 10:52:16 GMT
I think bullyhead might be one.
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Post by yeokel on May 13, 2021 11:06:08 GMT
Pronunciation rather that the word itself, but it is rare to hear the word ‘kiln’ pronounced as ‘kil’ outside the potteries.
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Post by marylandstoke on May 13, 2021 12:17:29 GMT
I believe there are a few words of Scandinavian origin unique to the area. Nesh is one, fang is another, however I’ve never heard fang in use ever. I have heard, and used, fang farrier for dentist.
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Post by wakefieldstokie on May 13, 2021 12:27:00 GMT
‘Fcuks sake, Vokes on again!’
😉😂
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Post by marylandstoke on May 13, 2021 12:36:27 GMT
Moonlight Flit - moved house under cover of darkness, usually also with a distinct lack of rent* *See also The Baltimore Colts.
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Post by PotterLog on May 13, 2021 13:34:24 GMT
"Road" for "way", as in anyroad.
Or as may un mar lady might have it, ennyreowd
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Post by lawrieleslie on May 13, 2021 13:43:26 GMT
My favourite. I use it down here in Devon loads. My Janner Grandkids use it now as well.....dunner werrit Grandad is often heard around the family Sunday dinner table in our house. Well it was, to be resurrected on 23rd May.
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Post by murphthesurf on May 13, 2021 14:56:51 GMT
Overheard at the greengrocer's:
Wassup wi' thee face, yewth, ast gorr eddake or a kewwd?
Arm dayin.
Thee wants av a glassa wayter an sum bay chum spiders!
Nairww, arm ow rate, duck.
At?
Aaah.
Well giz afe a cumber an a chonnock, then.
Ow rate. Feng ewd o this peeper bag fost, then, wut.
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Post by murphthesurf on May 13, 2021 15:35:45 GMT
I think bullyhead might be one. Oooooh! Haven't heard that word for SO MANY years and years, in fact so long that I had totally forgotten it and had to think about it, to see if I really did recognise it, but I'm sure I do. If it's how I remember it, it used to mean a somersault, but I think its use was maybe 'phased out' perhaps in the 1960s or 70s and replaced with what might have been considered as sounding more 'trendy', ie. a 'forward roll'. You definitely get 10/10 and a gold star for posting that one, Comms.
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Post by mrcoke on May 13, 2021 16:00:57 GMT
My Dad used to say this when we got up late for school. Ive never met anyone who came across this word for this meaning! I thought he'd just made it up! My Dad used Franked whenever any of us were late for work or school. He also used to call people he didn't know "Chief" - not heard anyone else use this, local or elsewhere. He drank "Mickey Mouse" for a while, half lager, half bitter, never heard that used outside the area either. Does anyone still use the expression "buzzed" for being late/sleeping in? " Cos thee kick a bowel, street darn straight?"Back in the 50s and 60s Wolstanton Grammar School held an eisteddfod every two years, which included competitions for writing and speaking in the local accent. Anyone remember?
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Post by lordb on May 13, 2021 16:13:32 GMT
Overheard at the greengrocer's: Wassup wi' thee face, yewth, ast gorr eddake or a kewwd? Arm dayin.Thee wants av a glassa wayter an sum bay chum spiders! Nairww, arm ow rate, duck.At? Aaah.Well giz afe a cumber an a chonnock, then. Ow rate. Feng ewd o this peeper bag fost, then, wut.
classic I once heard outside Queue for Ritzy's (this dates me) a scabby looking chap ask 3 people in quick succession for a light, all 3 said no he then said " Anner any ov yer gorrer any onyer?"
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Post by Clayton Wood on May 13, 2021 16:29:11 GMT
Chong - chewing gum Backs - walkway between rear of terraced houses. Casey - ball used in nogger.
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Post by Orbs on May 13, 2021 16:32:02 GMT
Clemmed - hungry
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