harrycatcat 31 Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 A few years ago at the local pub there was this old woman about 75 in nearly every night but she was a real laugh. When it was cold she would say "there will be more snotty noses than stiff dicks tonight" and the pub would fill with laughter cos you dont expect it from an old woman. She would also say "its that cold it could freeze your frock off" Are there any other funny local sayings ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Don't know about funny. But cool as f*ck all the same. I find some people round me tend to ask; " What's Strange? " It's brilliant because, ask me this minute, " How are ye, Ditch? / How's things? " and ye'd get ye ears bent back with a miserable littany! It's human nature. Ask me " What's strange? " and my mind would go straight to a completely differant file and we'd end up pondering just how the f*ck the inverted biscuit tin on the pole of my bird feeder came to be at half mast this morning! I thought, as soon as I saw it: " That's strange ....! " Try that yeselves sometime. Ask a mate, by way of greeting; " What's Strange? ". Once they get to realise ye mean, " Has anything strange happened around ye since last we met? ", ye get a far more interesting bout of initial conversation! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I dunno about saying but the black country has loads of words that dont seem to be used anywhere else in the country like bonk = bank wammall = dog yed = head knob = small hill cut = canal jed = dead Theres loads i cant think off right now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Try that yeselves sometime. Ask a mate, by way of greeting; " What's Strange? ". Once they get to realise ye mean, " Has anything strange happened around ye since last we met? ", ye get a far more interesting bout of initial conversation! i think i might do that! generally when i ask "how are you" i genuinely mean it.. otherwise i just say "hello" but the reply i get back is "fine"... liars... when is everything just fine? should be interesting to use that saying from now on personally i like George Carlin's approach to the matter "I'm not doing unwell thank you.." as for local sayings now.... i dont know if they are local or world wide or what... "as happy as a dead hog in the sunshine" .... basically means someone is so happy they dont care whats going on around them.. usually what a man says after getting laid .. "tough titty" .. or "Tough titty said the kitty when the milk went dry" ... means tough shit, too bad, so sad.. nothing you can do about it. "Tie a pork chop around his neck so the dog will play with him." - usually when talking about how ugly someone is, or if they grew up with a chip on their shoulder. "Stuck like a hair in a biscuit. " - tough to get rid of "fish or cut bait" ... shut up, and work or, make up your mind, something like that - my personal favourite none the less "that dog wont hunt" .. bad idea "that dog'll hunt" .. which is a good idea lol and then some ways to insult people... dumber than a box of rocks and my uncle used to say.. "uglier than fartin in church" if someone was TOO skinny that they "would have to run around in the shower in order to get wet." "front teeth so bucked out they could eat an apple through a picket fence" "sittin there like a turd on a log" .... a boring do-nothing person.. and thats all i can remember in my lifetime.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 We're I live, used to be a fishing town but it's all a big tourist spot now. There's the remnents of a old dialect that was in use by the old fishermen, that's sadly on it's way out due to the influx of people moving here to retire/bring their children up in a safe environment, from the cities. It's only spoken now by a few of the old guy's in the pub. My grandfather's 'Tenby' accent was that thick, that unless you knew him and the dialect, you wouldn't be able to understand him! A few of the younger people say the odd word of it here & there, but I think when the old boys have faded from living memory, the accent will dissapear. Anyway, here's a few words. Maid (pronounced mai'd) = Woman/Girl Hop aboard = To pull. e.g. Did you hop aboard that maid last night? Gut'n = To gut a fish. eg. Have you gut'n yet? = Have you gutted that fish? It's blaw'n = It's windy (blowing) Rai'n =Rain Craow = Crow Wind'a = window Sun'da = Sunday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest oneredtrim Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 (edited) . Edited January 13, 2008 by oneredtrim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
earth&hounds 94 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 there is an old fella in my local that says its gonna rain between shower and going to be dark till morning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 just remembered another from a friend's from mom - she was from Georgia "Shit fire and save the matches!" - usually an exclamation like "What the hell!" and another from my uncle was if a person said "Well....." and waited too long to finish the sentence .. he would normally reply "That's a deep subject for such a shallow mind" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 "Norfolk Born Norfolk Bred!! Strong In The Arm And Thick In The Head"..... "I Can't Read Or Write!! But I can Drive A Tractor"..... Just a couple of sayings about the Intellegent Norfolk species . Jasper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bill88 6 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I dunno about saying but the black country has loads of words that dont seem to be used anywhere else in the country like bonk = bank wammall = dog yed = head knob = small hill cut = canal jed = dead Theres loads i cant think off right now Bostin = no fecking idea,but a lad i worked with from Heath Hayes said it every time i laid a kerb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotty 0 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 In Somerset when asking where something is they put too on the end, eg wheres johns smith live too? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff.C 0 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 "Norfolk Born Norfolk Bred!! Strong In The Arm And Thick In The Head"..... Jasper This saying is used on here by someone from Devon. It is also similarly used around here,as, Derbyshire born,Derbyshire bred,strong in the arm and "wick"in the head. ("wick" means something like shrewd or clever,not weak as some pronounce it). Cold enough for a walking stick!! is a saying round here. One old boy,if asked how he was,would say,"I'm pretty and well and modest thank you!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacherjim 0 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 its colder than a penguins minge = cold fower than a pond frog = ugly flatter than ghandis flip flop = flat lazier than a cuckoo = lazy lazier than a mexican donkey = lazy blacker than a blind cobblers thumb = black skens like a basket of whelks = cross eyed sweating like jacko in mother care = hot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I dunno about saying but the black country has loads of words that dont seem to be used anywhere else in the country like bonk = bank wammall = dog yed = head knob = small hill cut = canal jed = dead Theres loads i cant think off right now Bostin = no fecking idea,but a lad i worked with from Heath Hayes said it every time i laid a kerb. Bill your as saft as a bishops cock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FUBAR 0 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Wumspun = home made Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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