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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 26 Jul 2012 19:47

My grandson (28 months old) has been visiting for a few days ........

............ I've been calling him the "scallywag" :-D :-D :-D



and, yes, it means a mischievous child



although it could also be used for the kind of man who might lead the girls on, and then clear off




s

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

martynsue

martynsue Report 26 Jul 2012 19:18

scragg end--looking untidy,
scally wag--i think this was a mischievious child,

Researching:
rudrum-norfok/mangan-ireland/sutton-norfolk/jones-oldham

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Jul 2012 20:33

OH still gives me a hard time for saying "buz" :-D :-D

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

martynsue

martynsue Report 25 Jul 2012 20:32

kekkle,-kettle.
bokkle,bottle.
buz, -bus.
hospikal-hospital

Researching:
rudrum-norfok/mangan-ireland/sutton-norfolk/jones-oldham

martynsue

martynsue Report 25 Jul 2012 20:29

i was alway's told when pulling my face that it looked like a slapped ****

Researching:
rudrum-norfok/mangan-ireland/sutton-norfolk/jones-oldham

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Jul 2012 20:22

and then the pronunciations of place names ................

Owd'am

Glod'ick

Watter'ead



If I was pouting because I wasn't ebing allowed to do whatever I wanted to do, granddad used to say .............

"Better change that face or a pidgeon will land on your upper lip and then it will stay like that."

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Jul 2012 20:20

and a bonny bride

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

martynsue

martynsue Report 25 Jul 2012 19:48

also my children were,
lad--boy,
lass-- girl.

they used to say oh what a bonny baby.

Researching:
rudrum-norfok/mangan-ireland/sutton-norfolk/jones-oldham

martynsue

martynsue Report 25 Jul 2012 19:45

goody two shoes,
someone who alway's told on you.

Researching:
rudrum-norfok/mangan-ireland/sutton-norfolk/jones-oldham

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Jul 2012 19:40

I was called a giddy kipper as well :-D


have we had "smarty-pants"?


...... when someone thought you were being too clever with them, or answering back.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

martynsue

martynsue Report 25 Jul 2012 18:32

flags---pavement.
bowgie--home made go cart,you won't see them very much these day's..
tarrah--bye.

Researching:
rudrum-norfok/mangan-ireland/sutton-norfolk/jones-oldham

SueCar

SueCar Report 25 Jul 2012 17:55

Nowadays I'm so posh I wouldn't even look down into a drain (joking ha ha) but in those days in Liverpool we looked down the grid.

As in:

Where d'you live?
Down the grid.
What house?
Pan o' scouse.
What number?
Cucumber.
What street?
Pig's feet.

It stopped nosey kids from finding out where you lived then coming round yours and being a pest keep asking if you were coming out to play.

Researching:
Pic: Montbretia. Researching Naylor, Halhead, Salt, Wright, King, Hayter, Garvey

Janice

Janice Report 25 Jul 2012 17:46

Very first post reminded me that my dad used to say to my baby sister, "What's up with you, nazzy-pants?"

Mum used to say 'stop mithering' if we were pestering her.

If we were being naughty, Nana would say 'do you want a lander?'

This was in Cheshire.

Mum always pronounced Co-op as Quorp and it was years before i realised they were the same thing.

martynsue

martynsue Report 25 Jul 2012 17:20

goin t washhouse--going to the launderette,

are ya flecky--if you had a itch,

my granny used to call us chucky eggs when we were little,also a giddy kipper,

Researching:
rudrum-norfok/mangan-ireland/sutton-norfolk/jones-oldham

SueCar

SueCar Report 25 Jul 2012 14:05

Re: keep thissen to thissen, I think that is something that my mother-in-law's father from north Nottinghamshire might have also said.

Translates literally as "keep thyself to thyself".

He also used to say "Put a bit o' watter round face an' if yer goin' out, don't forget to put wood in 'ole!"

Researching:
Pic: Montbretia. Researching Naylor, Halhead, Salt, Wright, King, Hayter, Garvey

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Jul 2012 06:13

OH uses "Aye Aye" from Chester area.


I didn't use it

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SueCar

SueCar Report 25 Jul 2012 00:46

Sylvia: hee hee hee hee, it's funny how our mothers were the same! :-)

Ooh, just remembered: if our Nana wanted us to hurry up & get on with something or just to walk faster she would say " 'eck-'eck ".

I saw one of my neighbours going across to the shop the other day, and instinctively because we are both northerners instead of just saying Hi & because I had seem him twice in 24 hours I said "Aye-aye!" Does anyone else use that expression?

Researching:
Pic: Montbretia. Researching Naylor, Halhead, Salt, Wright, King, Hayter, Garvey

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Jul 2012 00:36

keep thissen to thissen



keep things private, don't get involved

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Jul 2012 00:35

ooooh Sue

my mother would say the same thing to me!!! :-D

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SueCar

SueCar Report 24 Jul 2012 23:40

If you opened a drawer to look in it your mother would say "don't go rooting in there please!"

edit: Lancashire

Researching:
Pic: Montbretia. Researching Naylor, Halhead, Salt, Wright, King, Hayter, Garvey

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