Local phrases and sayings

[winjim]

Well, they're all wrong. It's a cob.

 

[Dave 123]

@Dave 123

The services have a massive vocabulary of phrases and sayings

Some are civilianised and used by both, others are more specific

For instance:
When you cough up a load of phlegm and either cough it into your hand / handkerchief or on the pavement it is known as a "Dockyard Oyster"

Are you happy with military as well, or would you rather keep to Local

I laughed out loud at that one...!

 

[Julia9054]

Love thee and thaa still in use in some parts of Yorkshire.
I play in a brass band and was struggling to find several pieces of music.
Another player says "thaas avin trouble wi music toneet aren't tha, thee"

 

[Dave 123]

Every craw caws its ain bairn the whitest.

What?

 

[ufkacbln]

One of those where translation is too literal....

Squaddies were infamous for their skills in German language.

I was at RAF Wegberg in the middle of the Rheindalen camp

We would go out for a meal and exchange pleasantries in German, but always ask about menus and specials in English.

Squaddies would blunder in and order in "German"

I remember one waitress questioning the wisdom of a chocolate sauce on a steak

 

[MontyVeda]

We have a saying that goes like this...

We'll I'll go to the foot of our stairs

...it's used when one intends to relocate themselves to a position on or near the lowest tread of their staircase.

 

[ufkacbln]

In Scotland the term "Hen" is used to describe a female

A friend of ours had a French girlfriend, who took exception when the shopkeeper asked "Is that you, Hen?" (HAve you got everything, my Dear)

Apparently in France a "Hen" is a "lady of negotiable virtue" so did not go down well

 

[marinyork]

Love thee and thaa still in use in some parts of Yorkshire.
I play in a brass band and was struggling to find several pieces of music.
Another player says "thaas avin trouble wi music toneet aren't tha, thee"

Should really be dee and daa/dar .

 

[steve50]

Well, they're all wrong. It's a cob.

We have a saying that goes like this...

We'll I'll go to the foot of our stairs

...it's used when one intends to relocate themselves to a position on or near the lowest tread of their staircase.

In yorkshire it would be used as a term of sarcastic astonishment, as in "well would you believe that"

 

[steve50]

The generic population of Sheffield are commonly known as "thee, tha, thower's"

 

[ufkacbln]

Well, they're all wrong. It's a cob.

A Cob is.......

 

[Accy cyclist]

Well, they're all wrong. It's a cob.

Or a t cake, pronounced taycake.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Here are some Lancastrian oddities.

He was agate, meaning he was saying.

Tadaa, meaning goodbye.

 

[Dave7]

@Dave 123 .........which part of the Wirral ?
I was dragged up in Seacombe then Moreton before "emigrating" to darkest Warrington .
Anyway.....back to local phrases.
Last week I was heading to the queue in Costco when a guy next to me said "go ead la".........."you go before me sir".
It was Phil Thompson (ex Lpool player).

 

[Dave 123]

@Dave 123 .........which part of the Wirral ?
I was dragged up in Seacombe then Moreton before "emigrating" to darkest Warrington .
Anyway.....back to local phrases.
Last week I was heading to the queue in Costco when a guy next to me said "go ead la".........."you go before me sir".
It was Phil Thompson (ex Lpool player).

Born in Clatterbridge, brought up in Ellesmere Port (Great Sutton would have been the posh version!)

Phil Thompson. Even as a blue I can say that he was one of the greats.