Bush Rummager 4,521 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 3 minutes ago, greg64 said: i think it comes from the Dutch word snappen which means snack Oh right. Looks like I'm wrong again then! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 23,279 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 14 minutes ago, WILF said: That’s it, I’m all in on stuff like this….. Dutch for gloves is “Hand Shoes” ! Also, live animals in the English language are Anglo Saxon words but it’s dead form are Norman words……which probably tells us who was doing the farming and who was doing the eating ! Cow/beef Pig/pork etc etc An exit sign in Sweden says “ Uit Gan” We Geordies say “Gan Oot” Cheers. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,067 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 39 minutes ago, WILF said: That’s it, I’m all in on stuff like this….. Dutch for gloves is “Hand Shoes” ! Also, live animals in the English language are Anglo Saxon words but it’s dead form are Norman words……which probably tells us who was doing the farming and who was doing the eating ! Cow/beef Pig/pork etc etc Same as most of the language used in Law making that's all Norman..so I believe 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
samboy 304 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 I remember a workmate had one he used to brew his tea in and it was stained inside from constant use. One of the lads cleaned it for him with sand till it was spotless. But the chap went mad and said the tea will never taste the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,684 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 3 minutes ago, TOMO said: Same as most of the language used in Law making that's all Norman..so I believe Didn’t know that mate, great all that stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 23,279 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 47 minutes ago, WILF said: That’s it, I’m all in on stuff like this….. Dutch for gloves is “Hand Shoes” ! Also, live animals in the English language are Anglo Saxon words but it’s dead form are Norman words……which probably tells us who was doing the farming and who was doing the eating ! Cow/beef Pig/pork etc etc Arabic for “toes” is “ foot fingers”. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,067 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 2 minutes ago, WILF said: Didn’t know that mate, great all that stuff Words like Homicide...infanticide...you get the picture....in fact there are loads 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,262 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 35 minutes ago, chartpolski said: An exit sign in Sweden says “ Uit Gan” We Geordies say “Gan Oot” Cheers. Gan oot...... Gan yem..... Gan ower.... Yakka/pitmatic/geordie. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,262 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 2 hours ago, jukel123 said: "Have you got your bait marra?" Means...Have you got your sandwiches mate? Gorenni bait marra..... Geordie/mackem. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,067 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 1 minute ago, mackem said: Gorenni bait marra..... Geordie/mackem. Bait is sometimes used down here...but then again with the pits back in the day there were Geordies living in the villages were I grew up including my own mother...sp I do know some of them words 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 23,279 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 The Jocks call bait “piece”. Cheers. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,262 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 1 minute ago, TOMO said: Bait is sometimes used down here...but then again with the pits back in the day there were Geordies living in the villages were I grew up including my own mother...sp I do know some of them words Pitmen from the UK migrated across the world as well as within the country,I wonder if there's pitmatic slang in use anywhere Ozzie FIFO mines and suchlike places, wouldn't surprise me if the odd phrase or word had migrated and stuck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,262 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 Just now, chartpolski said: The Jocks call bait “piece”. Cheers. Have you been reading your old copies of The Broons or Oor wullie Charts, lol. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 23,279 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 Just now, mackem said: Pitmen from the UK migrated across the world as well as within the country,I wonder if there's pitmatic slang in use anywhere Ozzie FIFO mines and suchlike places, wouldn't surprise me if the odd phrase or word had migrated and stuck. It’s amazing how many people around the world have said “ why aye man” to me, including a Yemeni labourer in the Middle East who had worked in the merchant marine out of South Shields. Cheers. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 7,957 Posted September 14 Author Report Share Posted September 14 I love listening to accents. The only ones I'm not partial to are the Belfast accent. They always seen to be SHOUTING some fundamentalist religious crap and the Birmingham accent, it seems so slow and slightly re...tarde...ed. lol People think there's only one Scottish accent. In fact there's dozens. The same is true of Ireland. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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