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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: hotel21 on 15 March 2011, 19:19:27
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Kinda following on from the 'Robbers Dog' saying, was swapping PM's the other night with assorted forum members and my use of a certain old Scots (slang?) word was queried as it was unknown to the recipients.
The word in question was 'blether' and means to talk about anything and everything with nothing being particularly important or serious. Example would be to 'to blether like an auld (old) Fishwife'.
There are loads of Scots colloquial words that fit into this category (and I imagine, Welsh and Irish) but what about English?
Semi serious question here. Any examples of words of yore that regionally are still in use but lost to the greater world at large??
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I would suggest that 'blether' is merely the Scottish pronunciation of 'blither', as in blithering idiot. Also blather.
blath·er (blr) also bleth·er (bl-)
intr.v. blath·ered also bleth·ered, blath·er·ing also bleth·er·ing, blath·ers also bleth·ers
To talk nonsensically.
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Yup, would agree with that...... ;)
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Wireless (these days referred to as a Radio)
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In Liverpool a back alley is a 'Jigger'. I know why, but have a guess without your friend google.
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
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In Liverpool a back alley is a 'Jigger'. I know why, but have a guess without your friend google.
5 Dolla long Time type jigger?? ;D
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Wireless (these days referred to as a Radio)
Thats you and I just getting old mate!! ;D
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I would suggest that 'blether' is merely the Scottish pronunciation of 'blither', as in blithering idiot. Also blather.
blath·er (blr) also bleth·er (bl-)
intr.v. blath·ered also bleth·ered, blath·er·ing also bleth·er·ing, blath·ers also bleth·ers
To talk nonsensically.
youre not a house wife husband ........ you wrote the dictionary ;D ;D ;D ;D
round my way there arent many sayings or words i can think of. however im a huge fan of auf wiedersehen pet and geordie phrases include:
howay (''come on'' i think)
hee-da-barl (cus term translated means ''head of balls'' i think lol)
way aye
ec etc etc :)
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In Liverpool a back alley is a 'Jigger'. I know why, but have a guess without your friend google.
5 Dolla long Time type jigger?? ;D
You're not daft Broocie:
Look up "Jigjig" African sailors terminology for having sex ie when they came into port in liverpool and a few scoops the next thing on the agenda was a prostitute and the only place they could go was the back entry(Jigger)
Someone who was bandy 'Couldn't stop a pig in a jigger'.
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
The word "wreck" is used around the stockton on tees area for the same description,not used very often thesedays ,possibly a generation thing?
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Someone who was bandy 'Couldn't stop a pig in a jigger'.
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are you lot still talking english?! :-/ :-/ ;D ;D
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
I think that this is "Rec", which is short for
'Recreation Ground.'
Could be wrong, though; frequently am. :(
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isnt ''wreck'' simply short for ''recreation area''??? ;)
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In Liverpool a back alley is a 'Jigger'. I know why, but have a guess without your friend google.
5 Dolla long Time type jigger?? ;D
You're not daft Broocie:
Look up "Jigjig" African sailors terminology for having sex ie when they came into port in liverpool and a few scoops the next thing on the agenda was a prostitute and the only place they could go was the back entry(Jigger)
Someone who was bandy 'Couldn't stop a pig in a jigger'.
brighton is full of jigger bashes so im told
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In Liverpool a back alley is a 'Jigger'. I know why, but have a guess without your friend google.
5 Dolla long Time type jigger?? ;D
You're not daft Broocie:
Look up "Jigjig" African sailors terminology for having sex ie when they came into port in liverpool and a few scoops the next thing on the agenda was a prostitute and the only place they could go was the back entry(Jigger)
Someone who was bandy 'Couldn't stop a pig in a jigger'.
brighton is full of jigger bashes so im told
:-? :-?
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As to jigajig, go to any seaport in the globe but in particular, the far east, and jiggyjig is very much the professional phrase of choice. ;D Normally quickly followed by a variation of the evenings menu and pricings... ;D
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Someone who was bandy 'Couldn't stop a pig in a jigger'.
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are you lot still talking english?! :-/ :-/ ;D ;D
hast tha ner heerd that un,its towld as thills tha noz
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hast tha ner heerd that un,its towld as thills tha noz
youre just drunk mate ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Bally-Ann day? Usually Wednesday.
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
The word "wreck" is used around the stockton on tees area for the same description,not used very often thesedays ,possibly a generation thing?
That's interesting. :y :y
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Practically all the terms H21 would use are evident in the language used by the Ulster/Scots speakers near to where I'm stuck - very unfortunately - at the moment.
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around where I was brung up, we used the word "lake" to mean "play".
as in "laking football".
comes from old norse "laik" or modern norwegian "lek",
as in "lego".
strangely, two miles in any direction, nobody had heard of it.
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
The word "wreck" is used around the stockton on tees area for the same description,not used very often thesedays ,possibly a generation thing?
That's interesting. :y :y
I always thought that it was 'Rec' an abbreviation of Recreation Ground
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
I think that this is "Rec", which is short for
'Recreation Ground.'
Could be wrong, though; frequently am. :(
It may be, it would be logical, but it was spelt as "wreck", and said in that full sense. Maybe it was nicknamed "wreck" when recreational grounds first came into use, and it stuck in certain parts.
Many words, and names, of course started out in history in one form and metamorphised into the terms we know today. ;)
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When one of my friends was 'performing' in a Jigger,
the chosen lady was so unimpressed with him she was
eating a bag of chips over his shoulders, waiting for
him to finish. ;D
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hast tha ner heerd that un,its towld as thills tha noz
youre just drunk mate ;D ;D ;D ;D
nay av only ad one can toneet happen ;D
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When one of my friends was 'performing' in a Jigger,
the chosen lady was so unimpressed with him she was
eating a bag of chips over his shoulders, waiting for
him to finish. ;D
Does it help you to use the third person, Grumpy? ;D ;D
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around where I was brung up, we used the word "lake" to mean "play".
as in "laking football".
comes from old norse "laik" or modern norwegian "lek",
as in "lego".
strangely, two miles in any direction, nobody had heard of it.
Lost in the Armley Triangle!!
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When one of my friends was 'performing' in a Jigger,
the chosen lady was so unimpressed with him she was
eating a bag of chips over his shoulders, waiting for
him to finish.
are you sure the bird just weren't really fat and was just hungry? :-/ :-/ :D :D
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around where I was brung up, we used the word "lake" to mean "play".
as in "laking football".
comes from old norse "laik" or modern norwegian "lek",
as in "lego".
strangely, two miles in any direction, nobody had heard of it.
we used to lake about in huddersfield :y
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Promulgate (I use it all of the time)
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When one of my friends was 'performing' in a Jigger,
the chosen lady was so unimpressed with him she was
eating a bag of chips over his shoulders, waiting for
him to finish. ;D
Does it help you to use the third person, Grumpy? ;D ;D
;D Had to be you, didn't it. ;D
If it was me, I assure you that the Lady would require
a full-blown banquet, not just a bag of chips. ::)
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When one of my friends was 'performing' in a Jigger,
the chosen lady was so unimpressed with him she was
eating a bag of chips over his shoulders, waiting for
him to finish. ;D
Does it help you to use the third person, Grumpy? ;D ;D
;D Had to be you, didn't it. ;D
If it was me, I assure you that the Lady would require
a full-blown banquet, not just a bag of chips. ::)
Bb12 8jr
Vinegar stings though doesn't it? ::)
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or a wheelchair??? ;D
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if a wrote on ere as a speak ad av WPC Tunnie on mi case avin a reyt ole whinge ;D
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if a wrote on ere as a speak ad av WPC Tunnie on mi case avin a reyt ole whinge ;D
Tee Hee ;D
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Re: Common use of words of old
Reply #33 - Today at 19:57 Grumpy wrote Today at 19:55:
STMO123 wrote Today at 19:44:
Grumpy wrote Today at 19:42:
When one of my friends was 'performing' in a Jigger,
the chosen lady was so unimpressed with him she was
eating a bag of chips over his shoulders, waiting for
him to finish.
Does it help you to use the third person, Grumpy?
Had to be you, didn't it.
If it was me, I assure you that the Lady would require
a full-blown banquet, not just a bag of chips.
Bb12 8jr
Vinegar stings though doesn't it?
is this the post code of the alley where fat chip eating slappers can be found, pitch?
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"Hey up duck!! 'Ow at?"
"Woss want duck?"
"Sowt an' vinegar duck'?"
Gi credit weer credit is due.
Wen cats awee, mice 'll plee.
If yer conna bate em, jane em.
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Re: Common use of words of old
Reply #33 - Today at 19:57 Grumpy wrote Today at 19:55:
STMO123 wrote Today at 19:44:
Grumpy wrote Today at 19:42:
When one of my friends was 'performing' in a Jigger,
the chosen lady was so unimpressed with him she was
eating a bag of chips over his shoulders, waiting for
him to finish.
Does it help you to use the third person, Grumpy?
Had to be you, didn't it.
If it was me, I assure you that the Lady would require
a full-blown banquet, not just a bag of chips.
Bb12 8jr
Vinegar stings though doesn't it?
is this the post code of the alley where fat chip eating slappers can be found, pitch?
whys webby just gone offline ;D
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hahaha just makin sure the sat nav still works ;D ;D ;D
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wats for tea,i ant med owt so get thi sen darn chip hoyl
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Have a look and listen at this.... Stokie Talk ;D
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8DktCn5F24[/media]
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hahaha just makin sure the sat nav still works ;D ;D ;D
Whalley Road, Padiham, Burnley BB12 8JR
:y
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"Hey up duck!! 'Ow at?"
"Woss want duck?"
"Sowt an' vinegar duck'?"
Gi credit weer credit is due.
Wen cats awee, mice 'll plee.
If yer conna bate em, jane em.
Thats not Stokie speak, thats just the way all your fellow patients speak in your "hospital".
Do all the others also spell old as "ode" or is that just you ? :-/
:D :P ;D
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
Would suggest it is rather the word "REC", being short for RECreation area??
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Thees casnt do cat cas (Bristolese)
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"Didicoy".......
.....although these days, the pejorative; "Pikey" would seem to have universally taken it`s place.
*Which appears to have 'itinerant resident of the turnpike' as it`s etymological root). :-/
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Dee do dough don't dee dough? ;D ;D
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eeh that wa grand appen,a just necked a tin a towld speckled hen an a reyt enjoyed it tha noz :-*
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When I was a wee lad in Norn Irn my mum often used the word "fernenst" - I think it meant in front of, or opposite. Anyone else ever heard of the word fernenst ?
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Dee do dough don't dee dough? ;D ;D
;D ;D
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"Didicoy".......
.....although these days, the pejorative; "Pikey" would seem to have universally taken it`s place.
*Which appears to have 'itinerant resident of the turnpike' as it`s etymological root). :-/
Debs - I thank you for that.
Every day is a school day, right enough.... :y
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When I was a wee lad in Norn Irn my mum often used the word "fernenst" - I think it meant in front of, or opposite. Anyone else ever heard of the word fernenst ?
Furthest (from) :-/
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my favourite is calling someone a mincer. my mate whos a scouse calls people lid, whatever that means
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my favourite is calling someone a mincer. my mate whos a scouse calls people lid, whatever that means
New one on me.
Used to calls kids, lids (Bin lids)
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Dee do dough don't dee dough? ;D ;D
"Dere dee are Dad, look at dem dere!" ;D
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"Didicoy".......
.....although these days, the pejorative; "Pikey" would seem to have universally taken it`s place.
*Which appears to have 'itinerant resident of the turnpike' as it`s etymological root). :-/
Indeed Debs, and certainly in the South East "Tinker" was a universal name for all 'travellers', although originally refering to travelling tinsmiths ;)
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
I think that this is "Rec", which is short for
'Recreation Ground.'
Could be wrong, though; frequently am. :(
Yep, that would be my interpretation of it....We have a Rec up the road, recreation ground and of course the Red Rec on Coronation Street that swmbo tells me about... :D :D
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"Didicoy".......
.....although these days, the pejorative; "Pikey" would seem to have universally taken it`s place.
*Which appears to have 'itinerant resident of the turnpike' as it`s etymological root). :-/
Indeed Debs, and certainly in the South East "Tinker" was a universal name for all 'travellers', although originally refering to travelling tinsmiths ;)
As I learned it, many moons ago...
The term “pedlar” means any hawker, pedlar, petty chapman, tinker, caster of metals, mender of chairs, or other person who, without any horse or other beast bearing or drawing burden, travels and trades on foot and goes from town to town or to other men’s houses, carrying to sell or exposing for sale any goods, wares, or merchandise, or procuring orders for goods, wares, or merchandise immediately to be delivered, or selling or offering for sale his skill in handicraft.
And thats the Pedlars Act, 1871. :o
I always wondered what a petty chapman was, for some reason.... :-/
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When I was a wee lad in Norn Irn my mum often used the word "fernenst" - I think it meant in front of, or opposite. Anyone else ever heard of the word fernenst ?
Furthest (from) :-/
Dont think so. If I shouted from one room to another "mum wheres my shoes", she would shout back, "they,re fernenst ye".
It may have been a saying she brought back from the farms of Co. Tyrone, where she was evacuated to during the war. :-/
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Petty, how the outside toilet was referred to when I was a kid.
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Petty, how the outside toilet was referred to when I was a kid.
ours was the shunky. Guessing an abberation from Armitage Shanks (shanksy)
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When I was a wee lad in Norn Irn my mum often used the word "fernenst" - I think it meant in front of, or opposite. Anyone else ever heard of the word fernenst ?
Furthest (from) :-/
Dont think so. If I shouted from one room to another "mum wheres my shoes", she would shout back, "they,re fernenst ye".
It may have been a saying she brought back from the farms of Co. Tyrone, where she was evacuated to during the war. :-/
This is the best I can find:
ahead of ,against. e.g. "where's the kitchen brush?" "it's fernenst the door"
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
I suspect it was actually 'Rec'. :y
We had the Ammanford 'Rec' in my home town and here's another: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreation_Ground_(Bath)
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
I suspect it was actually 'Rec'. :y
We had the Ammanford 'Rec' in my home town and here's another: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreation_Ground_(Bath)
Doh !! Just noticed Sixstring has already mentioned it. ::)
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Ok then what is a moggy?
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
We call it a Rec here Lizzie, short for Recreational Area ;)
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
I think that this is "Rec", which is short for
'Recreation Ground.'
Could be wrong, though; frequently am. :(
It may be, it would be logical, but it was spelt as "wreck", and said in that full sense. Maybe it was nicknamed "wreck" when recreational grounds first came into use, and it stuck in certain parts.
Many words, and names, of course started out in history in one form and metamorphised into the terms we know today. ;)
I should have read the full thing first ;D
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a moggy is a cat. my first cat was called mogs :)
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a moggy is a cat. my first cat was called mogs :)
And a small cat is a moggy minor ::)
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and miggy is where I'm from :y
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Nope a mouse or any smallish scurrying animal.
Mate of mine even calls the ferrets moggies.
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where im from its a cat ;)
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Not very common these days but mice were originally moggies.
Hence this from wikipedia
The term "moggy" a popular colloquial term for a cat in many parts of the country, means a mouse or insect in many parts of Lancashire, notably in the regions surrounding Wigan and Ormskirk. If older dialect speaking residents of these areas are asked what a 'moggy' is, they will say 'owt smo' an' wick ', i.e. anything small and quick. In the same districts, cheese is often referred to as 'moggy meyght' i.e. 'moggy meat', or in other words, food for mice. Many etymological authorities believe that cats were originally referred to as 'moggy catchers' and the term was abbreviated over time.
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Down here in Kent, certainly when I was a child, we used the word "wreck" to describe the grass and play areas (swings, slides, etc).
All locals (of High Brooms) which included my dad, and the children around me grew up using that term, but although I have known others from that area who used the same word, I have never yet found it in use elsewhere! Where, and how it was originally used I do not know but it went back many generations ;) ;)
I think that this is "Rec", which is short for
'Recreation Ground.'
Could be wrong, though; frequently am. :(
It may be, it would be logical, but it was spelt as "wreck", and said in that full sense. Maybe it was nicknamed "wreck" when recreational grounds first came into use, and it stuck in certain parts.
Many words, and names, of course started out in history in one form and metamorphised into the terms we know today. ;)
I should have read the full thing first ;D
i suppose "wreck" would be a good word if the didicoys have weighed all the rather slides in.
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where im from its a cat ;)
:y Same here too.
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Not forgetting "Bampot".
The Urban dictionary has several examples showing several of the many and varied uses this word has . :y
Ken
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Talking of 'ken', why do Scottish people say "I ken that" when they mean "I know that"?