Old expressions and sayings.
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oldherbaceous
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I just didn't want to be the first one to get it right again, Alan
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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alan refail
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oldherbaceous wrote:I just didn't want to be the first one to get it right again, Alan
Morning Smartypants
So why's it the answer
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50p = half of a £1.oo 10 shillings= half of a £1.00 12d to a shilling
12x10=120 but i could be wrong.
12x10=120 but i could be wrong.
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Da iawn OH
That'll set Elaine's mind at rest
That'll set Elaine's mind at rest
Morning OH and Alan.
Well thank you for that...at last! I knew it had to be something like that but I couldn't "see" it at all.
It did get me remembering the rhyme we used to chant at school regarding money;
12 pence, one shilling
18 pence, 1/6
24 pence, 2/- etc etc all the way up to a pound!
Cheers!
Well thank you for that...at last! I knew it had to be something like that but I couldn't "see" it at all.
It did get me remembering the rhyme we used to chant at school regarding money;
12 pence, one shilling
18 pence, 1/6
24 pence, 2/- etc etc all the way up to a pound!
Cheers!
Happy with my lot
Further to Mouse's Yorkshire expression, my Grandad used an expression regularly as a scathing put down.
"Tha thinks tha knows nothing and tha knows nowt"
Certainly shuts argumentative folk up..at least long enough to try to work out whether they've been insulted or not.
Cheers.
"Tha thinks tha knows nothing and tha knows nowt"
Certainly shuts argumentative folk up..at least long enough to try to work out whether they've been insulted or not.
Cheers.
Happy with my lot
When I was an apprentice an inspecting Officer visited the classroom.
He asked, how many farthings in a pound and quick as a flash I said 960 and his reply was "laddy you are storing a load of crap in your brain get rid of it." I never ever put my hand up again. Once bitten twice shy!
Ooh another saying!
JB.
He asked, how many farthings in a pound and quick as a flash I said 960 and his reply was "laddy you are storing a load of crap in your brain get rid of it." I never ever put my hand up again. Once bitten twice shy!
Ooh another saying!
JB.
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Elaine, I think there is a famous cricketing quote rather like that where a Pakistani cricketer is supposed to have said after a heated argument "you all think I know bugger nothing but in fact I know bugger all".
Have any of you (Northerners) ever heard of custard pie / custard tart being called 'Kaah (presumably 'cow') pie'?
The older I get, the more these regional expressions interest me, but I can't find any references anywhere to this one, which my mum assures me was used when she was a girl!
The older I get, the more these regional expressions interest me, but I can't find any references anywhere to this one, which my mum assures me was used when she was a girl!
Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Mark Twain
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alan refail
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Hi Mouse
No, but when I was young one of the worst things we were fed (and there were plenty) was "beast custard" made with the milk of a newly calved cow.
No, but when I was young one of the worst things we were fed (and there were plenty) was "beast custard" made with the milk of a newly calved cow.
alan refail wrote:Hi Mouse
No, but when I was young one of the worst things we were fed (and there were plenty) was "beast custard" made with the milk of a newly calved cow.
Yes, that doesn't sound too appetising!
Here's another old saying that I have heard my mum use many times when describing someone well known for being economical with the truth:
-That one would lie when the truth would do better!
Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Mark Twain
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Two more sayings that have come back to me - written in English this time!
-Shut your cake hole = shut up
-Put (the) wood in (the) hole = shut the door.
Actually, that last one only sounds right if you leave out 'the' and use the Yorkshire gutteral stop instead, NOT a 't', like many bad actors stick in when trying to imitate a Yorkshire accent!!!
-Shut your cake hole = shut up
-Put (the) wood in (the) hole = shut the door.
Actually, that last one only sounds right if you leave out 'the' and use the Yorkshire gutteral stop instead, NOT a 't', like many bad actors stick in when trying to imitate a Yorkshire accent!!!
Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Mark Twain
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Quite right Mouse - Michael Mackintyre's mickey take on the Yorkshire accent is rubbish. Far too many "t"s.
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Another common Yorkshire-ism:
It's fair siling it down!
It's fair siling it down!