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Lex
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rebbonk
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I usually say, 'Put wood in t'ole!'
Are you sure you've posted the right link, lex?
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| Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:21 pm |
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margaret
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A Warwickshire word of phrase I came across was the word, Tazzing, as in the phrase, I saw him tazing down the road, meaning going fast.
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| Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:31 pm |
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margaret
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Another one was ( this nowze) , meaning do it now.
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| Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:33 pm |
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Lex
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rebbonk wrote: I usually say, 'Put wood in t'ole!'
Are you sure you've posted the right link, lex? Link corrected! 'Put the wood in the hole' is one I've come across a lot too.
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| Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:50 pm |
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rebbonk
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Having just read them, I wouldn't dare use the reference to the chicken in polite company. It means something very different where I come from.
"It's a bit black over Bill's mothers" is a local expression that I hadn't heard until I was quite old.
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| Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:48 pm |
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Lex
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Now I've reread the chicken one, I get the alternative meaning Rebbonk! 'It's black over Bill's mother's' is one I've only come across in the last few years as well.
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| Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:09 pm |
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rebbonk
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Apparently, it refers to rain clouds coming in from Stratford direction, hence reference to Bill.
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| Mon Dec 28, 2020 2:19 pm |
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Lex
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A few more local words & phrases. One or 2 are a bit more widespread (eg pikeltes) though: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/batch-mardy-42-sayings-made-19775893
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rebbonk
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I thought, 'me bab' came from Birmingham way? My mum came from Nuneaton and I never heard her use it.
I suspect that this article has been compiled from a F/B page, so maybe we ought to treat a few of them with a little suspicion?
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| Sun Feb 07, 2021 6:39 pm |
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Lex
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I did think 1 or 2 were more Brummie - I'd never come across 'blartin' until I made a few friends who haled from Britain's 2nd city.
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| Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:32 pm |
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Lex
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rebbonk wrote: I suspect that this article has been compiled from a F/B page, so maybe we ought to treat a few of them with a little suspicion? I often wonder if contributors to the Telegraph have actually visited Coventry.
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rebbonk
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The Telegraph is (I believe) all written in Birmingham these days with a lot of syndicated material coming from Liverpool.
Oddly enough, blartin' was a fairly common phrase when I was growing up in Wyken.
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margaret
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I've been greeted with Hello Bab, or hello Duck, on chatting on the buses or at the bus stop.
That word blartin', made me s n i g g e r , as it is a rude word in Scotland, at least it was when I was growing up.
ps. [size=84][size=100]The word s n i g g e r , would not show up if I typed the letters together. I wonder why? Hence me separating the letters. [/size][/size]
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