Dinner or Tea - Page 3

katex · 14-12-2005, 19:03

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

it is not a tiolet it is a water closet or the "Thomas Crapper" be civil and settle for the water closet.

Hate to resorrect an old thread .. seems self-indulgent, however, my jaw dropped today when son, 'in a public place', announced that he must visit the bathroom !! Aaagh are the Yanks coming or summat ?? Preferred when he said was going for a slash (am I allowed that word ?)

ANNE · 14-12-2005, 22:22

Let me see. Breakfast,dinner,tea.
I taught my Children to say Pardon or at least tried to.
They always said " Wot."
I say "I need t go t Loo."
Or can I use your toilet. Depends were I am.
I use quilted paper now but My Nanna used to use newspaper on a string.

WillowTheWhisp · 14-12-2005, 23:04

What's wrong with "Pardon?" eh?

Being married to a Southerner doesn't half confuse life. We always had breakfast dinner and tea but now we don't have any tea and eat later and it's called dinner.

According to me teacakes are a lighter version of muffins. According to him teacakes are actually little cakes with icing on or summat and according to my girls muffins are what I used to call buns only bigger. To me a sausage roll is a thing made with puff pastry. To him it's a sandwich made with a bread roll and sausages.

What's wrong with chips and gravy? He was amazed by that too. They don't have meat pies down there but they do have a weird plastic sausage thing on sale in all the chip shops.

What is it with southern kebabs with all the salad on top so it falls out? Surely it's better on the bottom where the meat can hold it in and where all the meat juices flow down over it and flavour it? I've noticed that Toppings do southern kebabs. Guess where Busman buys his kebabs?!

ANNE · 14-12-2005, 23:15

To me a jam sandwich is a cake. Bread n jam a jam butty.
It's Casserole in the oven. Stew on top.
Mmmm.
Could start a new thread about food differences.
Dabs are called scallops were I come from.

shakermaker · 14-12-2005, 23:24

id hate to ever lose my northern 'twangs'; im extremely proud of where ive grown up and the way i talk; and i am now putting it into fuller practise with the uprise in people my age becoming more posh ??! whats up with that?!! i didnt know we were being invaded by the army of southern shandy boys drinking lager tops with painted toes.....
how very strange...

chav1 · 14-12-2005, 23:43

hey as long as i get food in my gob i dont care what name they give the meal lol

MUMMIBOO · 15-12-2005, 13:01

Brekfast, Dinner, Tea.

what, or sometimes EXCUSE ME ! (if i heard what they said but didnt like it).
Jam Butty,
Chip Barm
fish is fish.
scallop
currant bun
plain barm

Goin t Loo or going to powder my nose (dependant on where i am)

SPUGGIE J · 15-12-2005, 17:32

Jam Butty, = Piece and Jam
Chip Barm = Chip Butty
fish is fish. = Same
scallop = dab
currant bun = the same
plain barm = A roll

pint of heavy = bitter
pint of light = mild
nip = spirit measure
gassed = paraletic

yerself · 15-12-2005, 17:51

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

here in Scotland its potatos not spuds

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

swede is large turnip

Thought you Jocks were fed neeps and tatties for dinner with a clootie dumpling for pudding. Porridge stirred with a spurtle for breakfast.

West Ender · 15-12-2005, 21:52

When all is said and done, does it really matter? Say what you feel like. Speak naturally as long as you can make yourself understood.

I blame Nancy Mitford, myself, with her pronouncements about U and None-U speech. The socially aspirant suddenly became so very careful about what they said, in case they betrayed their humble origins. The funny thing is Nancy admitted, later, that she was just pulling everyone's leg.

Alan Gilmartin · 15-12-2005, 22:43

Its too late, we baby boomers wanted to change the world in the 60s, well its happened, cant blame generations after us.

WillowTheWhisp · 15-12-2005, 23:22

It's all very well just saying what comes naturally until your other half looks at you with a puzzled expression. That's still happening with me and Busman.

SPUGGIE J · 16-12-2005, 07:37

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Originally Posted by yerself

Thought you Jocks were fed neeps and tatties for dinner with a clootie dumpling for pudding. Porridge stirred with a spurtle for breakfast.

We are becomingb a bit more civillized now worst luck. I blame owd reekie