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12-08-2011, 21:41
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Re: Old local expressions
In reply, when asked how you were.
Fair t'middlin'.
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12-08-2011, 21:42
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Re: Old local expressions
or 'ahm nobbut middlin'...that is not as good as 'fair to middlin'
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12-08-2011, 21:44
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Re: Old local expressions
terms of endearment: Arraminta, Totty lime juice, little lily slapcabbage.
I got called all of those by my gran
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12-08-2011, 21:46
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Re: Old local expressions
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Originally Posted by margaret pilkington
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
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Last edited by Neil; 18-08-2011 at 04:22.
Reason: fix quote
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12-08-2011, 21:46
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Re: Old local expressions
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Originally Posted by walkinman221
Mek sure thas gettin the ganzy on or thall ketch thi deeth.
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Gansey!
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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12-08-2011, 21:48
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Re: Old local expressions
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You say gansey i say ganzy lets call the whole thing off
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12-08-2011, 21:48
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Re: Old local expressions
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or 'ahm nobbut middlin'...that is not as good as 'fair to middlin'
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We aren't moaners.
We lied, and put a brave face on.
We were never nobbut middlin'.
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12-08-2011, 21:49
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Re: Old local expressions
i still use that term,ganzi, paris is always playing hell wi me fer it.
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12-08-2011, 21:50
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Re: Old local expressions
Me neither! I tell folk...'Just because you have a pain, doesn't mean you can be a pain'!
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12-08-2011, 21:50
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Re: Old local expressions
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You say gansey i say ganzy lets call the whole thing off
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You're right though.
It's pronounced ganzy.
Never twigged it came from Guernsey sweater.
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12-08-2011, 21:52
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Re: Old local expressions
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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The world will not be destroyed by evil people...
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12-08-2011, 21:54
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Coffin Dodger.
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Re: Old local expressions
Darwendosser n meself always wore a brat at slingers in 63.
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12-08-2011, 21:56
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Re: Old local expressions
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Originally Posted by garinda
You're right though.
It's pronounced ganzy.
Never twigged it came from Guernsey sweater.
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12-08-2011, 21:58
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Re: Old local expressions
A very rare occurrence.
'Once every Preston Guild.'
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12-08-2011, 21:59
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Re: Old local expressions
Someone brazen.
'More front than Blackpool.'
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