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CLKD

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Local names for 'things'
« on: November 15, 2023, 11:47:25 AM »
Any1 know what a 'ginnel' might be ?

'troshle' any1 ?

Alley-way ?



I know that in England a swede is an orange, round vegetable but in Scotland they are called turnips: down here turnips are a different root veg altogether!

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sheila99

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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2023, 01:19:55 PM »
Haven't heard of a troshie but here in the NW a ginnwl is an alleyway between back to back terraces. Suedes and turnips are different root vegetables, not different names for the same thing. They both taste  :sick02:
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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2023, 01:33:03 PM »
 tnx.  ;D haven't sucked on a good piece of suede for a few years ;-).

'troshle' is a Norfolk word for threshold

dwile flunking any1  ;D
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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2023, 03:48:27 PM »
Turnips are neaps  ;D
You don't want to start with the aberdonian language
Drookit- wet
Feert- scared
Gypit (the "g" sounding as g for goat) - stupid
Fits a dee- what's wrong
Different language  ;D
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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2023, 03:54:06 PM »
Love it  ;D

I suspect that every area has its 'common' language because people didn't travel as often or as far unless droving from Wales or driving geese from Nottinghamshire. 
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jillydoll

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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2023, 05:44:45 PM »
Yes alleyway is like The Gully.

Go up the gully and you'll find the houses.  ;D

Cob..........bread roll.


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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2023, 06:56:01 PM »
Cob…….mud, straw & water !
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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2023, 07:05:57 PM »
Thought cob was a pony?
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jaypo

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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2023, 07:39:31 PM »
Quote from: SarahT on November 15, 2023, 07:05:57 PM
Thought cob was a pony?
😂🤣 you're not wrong Sarah
Adding on from Jill's gully lol
Ben the hoose - in the other room 🤷‍♀️😂
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sheila99

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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2023, 11:07:59 PM »
Quote from: jillydoll on November 15, 2023, 05:44:45 PM
Yes alleyway is like The Gully.

Go up the gully and you'll find the houses.  ;D

Cob..........bread roll.
Gully - ravine
Cob - annoyed (got a cob on) - scouse.
- small hairy horse whose main aim in life is to lean on your fences until they break (never again...)
- middle bit of maize, corn on the cob
- round lump of coal
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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2023, 07:37:48 AM »
 :thankyou:
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jillydoll

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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2023, 03:56:00 PM »
Ent  = it's not.
Tara a bit = see you later.
Wench = affectionate word for woman. ( which my brother regularly calls me.)  ;D
The cut = canal.
Ee_ya = here you are.
Cack handed = clumsy.
Bostin = great.

A Cob in brummie land is a bread roll. 🤷‍♀️.........don't  ask me.  ;D
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jaypo

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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2023, 03:58:13 PM »
Ok guess this one
Fit ill a dee wi is
Ahhhh Aberdonians,common as much,bit like the brummies 😂 🏃🏼‍♀️ 💨 💨💨💨💨
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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2023, 04:09:31 PM »
I know, I know........🙋‍♀️

Is it...........Fit as a fiddle? .................it is ent it? ........my  :medal:

 ;D
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Re: Local names for 'things'
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2023, 04:45:15 PM »
No it's not actually........no star for you,go stand in the corner  ;D
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