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Vipers said:
When I were in the Royal Navy, a goffa was a wave breaking over the ship.
Never heard it referring to a soft drink.
I've heard it for a wave too. Comes up as a drink on several searches. Never heard it referring to a soft drink.
One here
http://www.jobsatnaafi.co.uk/text/pages/hm-ships.h...
marmitemania said:
Over the border from Stamford into Northamptonshire especially east Northamptonshire The old Boy/Girl bit is still very regularly used and when needed prefixed with young. So it could be like this. What did he look like then? 'I can't remember but he was a young old boy'. We also and I think this may be paticular to Raunds and surrounding villages but we do not call it Yorkshire pudding we call it bake pudding. Also we have such oddities as Dug>Dog, Lung>long, Tek>take, Frezz>Frozen, caut>coat, You could have the sentence 'I'm gunna tek the dug out fur a lung walk i better tek me caut so i dont get frezz.
Just remembered when I was still at school early nineties we called chewing gum Chud.
Yes a lot of that is familiar especially as Stamford borders or before they changed the boundaries, Northants, Lincs, Cambs and Rutland. My long dead Uncle was an old boy from Wittering which was Nothants. He would Gwup tahn Te Stafmord tek the dug andonethinananother. Not sure if the last phrase was just his but it sounded very Northants.Just remembered when I was still at school early nineties we called chewing gum Chud.
He had an Italian friend. A prisoner of war who settled in Stamford. He spoke very odd English as he'd learnt it in Northants villages. Imagine a bloke with a strong Italian accent but pronouncing the words like we just described. Very amusing to listen to. Very hard to understand unless you were my uncle.
Chud was also North East. I think Sunderland. I worked with a Sunderland bloke who would offer you a bit of Chud.
wildcat45 said:
Vipers said:
When I were in the Royal Navy, a goffa was a wave breaking over the ship.
Never heard it referring to a soft drink.
I've heard it for a wave too. Comes up as a drink on several searches. Never heard it referring to a soft drink.
One here
http://www.jobsatnaafi.co.uk/text/pages/hm-ships.h...
No Ambition And F**k all Interest.
wildcat45 said:
marmitemania said:
Over the border from Stamford into Northamptonshire especially east Northamptonshire The old Boy/Girl bit is still very regularly used and when needed prefixed with young. So it could be like this. What did he look like then? 'I can't remember but he was a young old boy'. We also and I think this may be paticular to Raunds and surrounding villages but we do not call it Yorkshire pudding we call it bake pudding. Also we have such oddities as Dug>Dog, Lung>long, Tek>take, Frezz>Frozen, caut>coat, You could have the sentence 'I'm gunna tek the dug out fur a lung walk i better tek me caut so i dont get frezz.
Just remembered when I was still at school early nineties we called chewing gum Chud.
Yes a lot of that is familiar especially as Stamford borders or before they changed the boundaries, Northants, Lincs, Cambs and Rutland. My long dead Uncle was an old boy from Wittering which was Nothants. He would Gwup tahn Te Stafmord tek the dug andonethinananother. Not sure if the last phrase was just his but it sounded very Northants.Just remembered when I was still at school early nineties we called chewing gum Chud.
He had an Italian friend. A prisoner of war who settled in Stamford. He spoke very odd English as he'd learnt it in Northants villages. Imagine a bloke with a strong Italian accent but pronouncing the words like we just described. Very amusing to listen to. Very hard to understand unless you were my uncle.
Chud was also North East. I think Sunderland. I worked with a Sunderland bloke who would offer you a bit of Chud.
Northants is just plain wrong, they call the river Nene the Nen. Just. Wrong
WinstonWolf said:
wildcat45 said:
marmitemania said:
Over the border from Stamford into Northamptonshire especially east Northamptonshire The old Boy/Girl bit is still very regularly used and when needed prefixed with young. So it could be like this. What did he look like then? 'I can't remember but he was a young old boy'. We also and I think this may be paticular to Raunds and surrounding villages but we do not call it Yorkshire pudding we call it bake pudding. Also we have such oddities as Dug>Dog, Lung>long, Tek>take, Frezz>Frozen, caut>coat, You could have the sentence 'I'm gunna tek the dug out fur a lung walk i better tek me caut so i dont get frezz.
Just remembered when I was still at school early nineties we called chewing gum Chud.
Yes a lot of that is familiar especially as Stamford borders or before they changed the boundaries, Northants, Lincs, Cambs and Rutland. My long dead Uncle was an old boy from Wittering which was Nothants. He would Gwup tahn Te Stafmord tek the dug andonethinananother. Not sure if the last phrase was just his but it sounded very Northants.Just remembered when I was still at school early nineties we called chewing gum Chud.
He had an Italian friend. A prisoner of war who settled in Stamford. He spoke very odd English as he'd learnt it in Northants villages. Imagine a bloke with a strong Italian accent but pronouncing the words like we just described. Very amusing to listen to. Very hard to understand unless you were my uncle.
Chud was also North East. I think Sunderland. I worked with a Sunderland bloke who would offer you a bit of Chud.
Northants is just plain wrong, they call the river Nene the Nen. Just. Wrong
Biker's Nemesis said:
North of Newcastle Morpeth..
Morpeth, my uncle lived there. (he was born in Thornton Hearth, Surrey), When I joined a brand new ship HMS Minerva in Newcastle in 65, I got a bus and went to see him. Living in London only saw him when he visited us. My Uncle John Welsh, bless him.My old Dad would describe an attractive young lady as either a 'Smasher' or a 'Corker'
I assume he knew about back doors and smashing but sadly in the 36 years I knew him before he died we discussed many things, but not that.
He did tell me once about this Hong Kong Police woman........but what happened on tour in the '60s must stay there.
All I can say is that it was a brilliant wake!
Back to the phrases.
My ex-miner Father in law from Nortumberland has a few.
Gissy - pig
Cuddy - horse
Lowie - butterfly
Also 'I wouldn't could'. As in. 'I went to the shops and wouldn't could get any apples'.
I love this thread. Learning loads.
I assume he knew about back doors and smashing but sadly in the 36 years I knew him before he died we discussed many things, but not that.
He did tell me once about this Hong Kong Police woman........but what happened on tour in the '60s must stay there.
All I can say is that it was a brilliant wake!
Back to the phrases.
My ex-miner Father in law from Nortumberland has a few.
Gissy - pig
Cuddy - horse
Lowie - butterfly
Also 'I wouldn't could'. As in. 'I went to the shops and wouldn't could get any apples'.
I love this thread. Learning loads.
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