When was the last time you heard anyone say the word 'Guffaw'?
Syl said
Dec 28 1:45 PM, 2022
Does anyone still have a chinwag?
And thanks to most people having blinds instead of nets..there are very few curtain twitchers around nowadays.
Anonymous said
Dec 28 1:49 PM, 2022
Syl wrote:
When was the last time you heard anyone say the word 'Guffaw'?
I don't think I've ever heard anyone actually say it.
As far as expressions go, and not sure if it was just a London thing - 'I'll give you <insert whatever extravagant thing it was you asked for>'... e.g. 'Mum, can we have steak for dinner tonight?' Mum: 'I'll give you steak' (meaning 'no way you little sod').
Anonymous said
Dec 28 2:04 PM, 2022
Syl wrote:
Does anyone still have a chinwag?
No, and no knee-tremblers any more
Syl said
Dec 28 2:28 PM, 2022
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:
Does anyone still have a chinwag?
No, and no knee-tremblers any more
Hard cheese...as they used to say.
Syl said
Dec 28 2:35 PM, 2022
I doubt anyone still refers to a female having nice threepennies?
Amazingly, the threepenny bit was withdrawn from circulation over half a century ago.
Magica said
Dec 29 2:32 PM, 2022
We still say chinwag down here, also lots of cockney rhyming slang. We use it alot.
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Syl said
Dec 29 7:19 PM, 2022
Magica wrote:
We still say chinwag down here, also lots of cockney rhyming slang. We use it alot.
Threepennies was originally cockney rhyming slang I think, 'Apples and pears'...is the only other one that springs to mind.
Magica said
Dec 29 10:21 PM, 2022
Well there's
Current bun ......Sun, said lots by old Londoners
Apple n pears .....stairs, still used
Whistle and flute. ..... Suit. Just say whistle now
Syrup and fig ........ Wig, just say syrup now
And so on lol. My kids or grandkids don't know it,.Just my generation. We were brought up with it. Another bit of old London killed off.
Syl said
Dec 30 11:59 AM, 2022
Magica wrote:
Well there's
Current bun ......Sun, said lots by old Londoners
Apple n pears .....stairs, still used
Whistle and flute. ..... Suit. Just say whistle now
Syrup and fig ........ Wig, just say syrup now
And so on lol. My kids or grandkids don't know it,.Just my generation. We were brought up with it. Another bit of old London killed off.
Oh yeah, I did know them Mags ...my OH says things like, 'is he wearing a syrup? and he is from Manchester.
Anonymous said
Dec 30 2:09 PM, 2022
rhyming slang... cobblers... and not so much a word or saying but something people don't do any more is take their shoes in to have them re-soled or heeled, they just buy new shoes, alas and farewell to cobblers shops all round the country.
Syl said
Dec 30 7:16 PM, 2022
Anonymous wrote:
rhyming slang... cobblers... and not so much a word or saying but something people don't do any more is take their shoes in to have them re-soled or heeled, they just buy new shoes, alas and farewell to cobblers shops all round the country.
We have a cobblers in our town centre, he has been there for 40 years that I know of. But I bet you are right, they are a dying breed.
Magica said
Dec 30 11:00 PM, 2022
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
Well there's
Current bun ......Sun, said lots by old Londoners
Apple n pears .....stairs, still used
Whistle and flute. ..... Suit. Just say whistle now
Syrup and fig ........ Wig, just say syrup now
And so on lol. My kids or grandkids don't know it,.Just my generation. We were brought up with it. Another bit of old London killed off.
Oh yeah, I did know them Mags ...my OH says things like, 'is he wearing a syrup? and he is from Manchester.
Exactly Syl, comes from our generation.
Digger said
Dec 31 12:25 AM, 2022
Corned beef legs and fireside tartan
Syl said
Dec 31 1:46 PM, 2022
Digger wrote:
Corned beef legs and fireside tartan
My sister used to hog the coal fire when we were growing up...the price she paid, was mottled corn beef legs.
Served her right.
Anonymous said
Dec 31 2:48 PM, 2022
Do people still suffer from chilblains, lumbago or goitre?
Anonymous said
Dec 31 3:42 PM, 2022
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Corned beef legs and fireside tartan
My sister used to hog the coal fire when we were growing up...the price she paid, was mottled corn beef legs.
Served her right.
What about this?
Not an expression as such but always creases me up and makes me sad at the same time because it was part of my childhood and the show will never be repeated due to the virtue signallers and terminally offended wokes.
Phil.
Syl said
Jan 10 12:25 PM, 2023
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Corned beef legs and fireside tartan
My sister used to hog the coal fire when we were growing up...the price she paid, was mottled corn beef legs.
Served her right.
What about this?
Not an expression as such but always creases me up and makes me sad at the same time because it was part of my childhood and the show will never be repeated due to the virtue signallers and terminally offended wokes.
Phil.
Remember the Black and White minstrels?
Love thy neighbour.
Alf Garnett.
Till death us do part.
Mrs Slokems Pussy.
Queer as folk.....though that one would probably still scrape through nowadays.
Magica said
Jan 10 4:46 PM, 2023
Are you being served
All great shows, sadly cancelled now 😣
Syl said
Jan 10 6:10 PM, 2023
Magica wrote:
Are you being served
All great shows, sadly cancelled now 😣
Most of the people who starred in these shows are dead.
There were some good shows back then, cutting edge stuff like bouquet of barbed wire, Play for today, some good cop series too.
When was the last time you heard anyone say the word 'Guffaw'?
And thanks to most people having blinds instead of nets..there are very few curtain twitchers around nowadays.
I don't think I've ever heard anyone actually say it.
As far as expressions go, and not sure if it was just a London thing - 'I'll give you <insert whatever extravagant thing it was you asked for>'... e.g. 'Mum, can we have steak for dinner tonight?' Mum: 'I'll give you steak' (meaning 'no way you little sod').
No, and no knee-tremblers any more
Hard cheese...as they used to say.
I doubt anyone still refers to a female having nice threepennies?
Amazingly, the threepenny bit was withdrawn from circulation over half a century ago.
I
Threepennies was originally cockney rhyming slang I think, 'Apples and pears'...is the only other one that springs to mind.
Current bun ......Sun, said lots by old Londoners
Apple n pears .....stairs, still used
Whistle and flute. ..... Suit. Just say whistle now
Syrup and fig ........ Wig, just say syrup now
And so on lol. My kids or grandkids don't know it,.Just my generation. We were brought up with it. Another bit of old London killed off.
Oh yeah, I did know them Mags ...my OH says things like, 'is he wearing a syrup? and he is from Manchester.
rhyming slang... cobblers... and not so much a word or saying but something people don't do any more is take their shoes in to have them re-soled or heeled, they just buy new shoes, alas and farewell to cobblers shops all round the country.
We have a cobblers in our town centre, he has been there for 40 years that I know of. But I bet you are right, they are a dying breed.
Exactly Syl, comes from our generation.
My sister used to hog the coal fire when we were growing up...the price she paid, was mottled corn beef legs.
Served her right.
Do people still suffer from chilblains, lumbago or goitre?
What about this?
Not an expression as such but always creases me up and makes me sad at the same time because it was part of my childhood and the show will never be repeated due to the virtue signallers and terminally offended wokes.
Phil.
Remember the Black and White minstrels?
Love thy neighbour.
Alf Garnett.
Till death us do part.
Mrs Slokems Pussy.
Queer as folk.....though that one would probably still scrape through nowadays.
All great shows, sadly cancelled now 😣
Most of the people who starred in these shows are dead.
There were some good shows back then, cutting edge stuff like bouquet of barbed wire, Play for today, some good cop series too.