Different words,same meaning.... - Page 3

jackyalex · 17-04-2008, 13:56

We have the same problem with the dinner/tea and lunch/dinner, my hubby is from the south too and i always say's tea and he says its not tea its dinner,oh well.
We also have different meanings for words here like butties and packed lunches are called Bait, well bait to me is something you would use for fishing, also a brew is a cuppa thats if you ever get offered one, people dont seem to know what a brew is here, maybe they think it means homebrew.

cashman · 17-04-2008, 14:01

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Originally Posted by flashytart

i know what you mean about dinner and tea, although i must admit, i call dinner lunch and tea dinner sometimes

see women always complicate things, all are just "Feeding Time" to fellas.

Eric · 17-04-2008, 15:08

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Originally Posted by cashman

see women always complicate things, all are just "Feeding Time" to fellas.

Right .. as long as it is dead and it is on a plate or between two slices of bread, it doesn't matter what you call it

derekgas · 17-04-2008, 18:37

In birmingham once, the lady of the house commented that the neighbours were 'having it off' in the garden, there was a mad rush of northerners to take a peek, only to find the neighbours were having a row! In birmingham, apparently, having an argument is termed having it off!

Eric · 17-04-2008, 20:32

I had problems when I first came to Canada ... once asked someone to knock me up in the morning .... culture shock!

Alan Gilmartin · 17-04-2008, 23:20

Well a different meaning just heard on the radio, Mugabe, spelt backwards. Is E ba Gum, no wonder he dosnt like the the British.

moon · 19-04-2008, 13:32

In class a few weeks ago we had a long chat about the same meaning different words and because I go to a school in Haslingden they all say different things than I do, it's weird how even though it's only half an hour away people from Haslingden speak so differently then we do down here! Confusing!!!!