Old local expressions

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

Always remember family n many people using the word "Laking" meaning the lazy beggers off work again, those who regularly had Mondays off me grandad always said hes having a "Miners Monday" worked wi a guy in 80s who always was laking on monday, he used to roll in tuesday morning n all the lads would sing a well known record of the time the Bangles - Manic Monday, though Miners was sung in place of Manic.

My mum used to work with a woman whose husband was a miner, she often said her hubby regularly miss going in on Monday because he paid to much tax if he did work 5 days

[cashman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

My mum used to work with a woman whose husband was a miner, she often said her hubby regularly miss going in on Monday because he paid to much tax if he did work 5 days

Think perhaps he was conning her, Sunday night in my experience was the night the pit lads got really ratted,dunno why?

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

Think perhaps he was conning her, Sunday night in my experience was the night the pit lads got really ratted,dunno why?

The guy in question didn't drink

[cashman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

The guy in question didn't drink

well then he musta been a knobhead.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

well then he musta been a knobhead.

He was a sober knobhead though

[suedarbo]

[mobertol]

38°C over here for the last 10 days -another week to go apparently...living constantly in air-conditioning and with fans on. As a result i woke up this morning and my first thought was "Mi neck is givin' mi some jip...."!!

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by cashman

Always remember family n many people using the word "Laking" meaning the lazy beggers off work again, those who regularly had Mondays off me grandad always said hes having a "Miners Monday" worked wi a guy in 80s who always was laking on monday, he used to roll in tuesday morning n all the lads would sing a well known record of the time the Bangles - Manic Monday, though Miners was sung in place of Manic.

I think the proper Accy word for having a day off work is "playing" -it features in my great.grandads journals of his accounts while working as a dataling opening up new coal faces at hapton mine....early 1900's.

[garinda]

'They could talk the hind legs off a donkey.' - Said of a talkative person.

[jaysay]

thas getton more mouth than Plymouth and there was another saying but would have to use the over 18s

[keith higson]

Another favourite saying from my Mum was "He/She was a fret worker (worked a week fretted for months).

[wuff]

Or even "a bag a welks"

wuff

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by jaysay

thas getton more mouth than Plymouth and there was another saying but would have to use the over 18s

Are you refering to whats under a cows tail.

Retlaw.

[Margaret Pilkington]

'if oo hed any mor meawth, she hev no face to wesh'
'her as too much o wat cat licks its bottom wi'
'She hez a meawth like a roven(torn) pocket'
'She hez a meawth like a rusty bucket'

[Margaret Pilkington]

'He hez a face like a bulldog licking waz(pee) off a thistle'
'Her hez a face like a hens bum on a frosty mornin'
'He hez a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp'
'Gerrawaywithee'