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Re: Old local expressions
Polari and or Palari....??
Wasn't that the very fay chatter spoken by Julian and Sandy on the old Kenneth Horn radio show? |
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15-06-2012, 13:48
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15-06-2012, 13:53
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"Camp"
That was the word I should have used rather than "Fay" |
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15-06-2012, 15:23
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Fey = otherworldly, enchanted, magical, fairylike
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15-06-2012, 17:20
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Re: Old local expressions
...as in Morgan Le Fay?
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15-06-2012, 17:32
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15-06-2012, 17:38
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No John....what you mean is fow.
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15-06-2012, 18:06
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15-06-2012, 21:17
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15-06-2012, 21:22
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Retlaw, I did try and tell him it was 'fow'........!
As in....'fow as a summons'
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15-06-2012, 21:23
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Have we had 'mardy'?.......someone who is a wet nelly, a softie baby, a cry baby.
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