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In reply, when asked how you were.

Fair t'middlin'.

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or 'ahm nobbut middlin'...that is not as good as 'fair to middlin'

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terms of endearment: Arraminta, Totty lime juice, little lily slapcabbage.
I got called all of those by my gran

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Little lily slapcabbage!!
Fantastic:D:D:D

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Gansey!

:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

If you had a fancy new one, you'd get teased more than when you'd just had a haircut.


gansey - definition of gansey by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

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You say gansey i say ganzy lets call the whole thing off:D:D

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We aren't moaners.

We lied, and put a brave face on.

We were never nobbut middlin'.

:D

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i still use that term,ganzi, paris is always playing hell wi me fer it.:D

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Me neither! I tell folk...'Just because you have a pain, doesn't mean you can be a pain'!

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You're right though.

It's pronounced ganzy.

Never twigged it came from Guernsey sweater.

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When my auntie had completed all her morning chores she changed her 'brat'(apron) from a black gaberdine one(well, it didn't show the muck did it?) to a flowery one, that was just for show.

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Darwendosser n meself always wore a brat at slingers in 63.:)

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:tongueout:tongueout:tongueout

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A very rare occurrence.

'Once every Preston Guild.'

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Someone brazen.

'More front than Blackpool.'