Old local expressions

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Having worn them from the age of two - unfortunately -Yes! Had an elastic under my hair to keep them on!

I'm just glad I was blessed with good eyesight, Its still quite good at distance, just need glasses for reading small print, don't really need them for the computer but I wear them, no use over straining what I have now

[cashman]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Never heard of gigs or bins, some used to call them goggles - I distinctly remember one time "binning" my glasses when i was abut 8 or 9. I threw them down a drain at the side of the house and told mum I'd lost them

I have actually returned to pink glasses recently.

Gigs or bins i still hear used today, Though "Pans" seems to have died away, apart from in my vocabulary.

[Margaret Pilkington]

'Bins' for glasses comes from the shortening of binoculars...can't help with the derivation of 'gigs' though.

[cashman]

Pans comes from Frying Pans, meaning large lenses, Hence me mam was called Pan Eye.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

'Bins' for glasses comes from the shortening of binoculars...can't help with the derivation of 'gigs' though.

Gig is from Gig lamps, the lamps they had on horse drawn carriages & early motor cars

[Margaret Pilkington]

Well, I never! That is a good explanation Retlaw.

[mobertol]

You learn something new every day!

Have a bad knee at the moment - "gammy" would describe it!

Another rhyming adjective is "jammy" - if someone is a bit lucky. "Jammy devil" is one my Gran used a lot!

[Margaret Pilkington]

Lucky Josser, was another one...though I am not entirely sure it is a local expression.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Well, I never! That is a good explanation Retlaw.

So watch out for them when you next see a Sherlock Holmes film.

[Margaret Pilkington]

I hate Sherlock Holmes films.....I only catch snippets when, himself is watching them and I walk through the living room to the kitchen...absolute dross.

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Lucky Josser, was another one...though I am not entirely sure it is a local expression.

I've never heard it anywhere else - think it's very local.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Lucky Josser, was another one...though I am not entirely sure it is a local expression.

Only heard Lucky Josser or Lucky Joss around this neck o the woods.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I hate Sherlock Holmes films.....I only catch snippets when, himself is watching them and I walk through the living room to the kitchen...absolute dross.

Now Now Margaret, you have to be very intelegent to fully understand the writings of Arthur Conan Doyle, my uncle Mycroft taught me all I know about solving mysteries. Except the mysteries of women, even God himself can't solve that one.

Retlaw.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Retlaw, I am intelligent...intelligent enough to find the off button anyway.
If I had my way(which I don't - not often enough anyway) I would never watch these old films.

[katex]

Have we had 'collywobbles' ? Being nervous or upset stomach.