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« Reply #5985 on: May 29, 2008, 07:59:14 PM » |
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As Kinboshi has shown, pikelets are flatter, thinner crumpets. A bit like a more savoury Scotch pancake.
All varieties of crumpet were referred to as pikelets in Nottingham, even in the baker's shops. So would you have to distinguish between them when asking for them? "Two thin pikelets and two fat pikelets please baker" I rmember calling them pikelets when I lived in Nottingham. Never saw the thin ones so no need to distinguish. |
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« Reply #5986 on: May 30, 2008, 09:14:55 AM » |
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Just thought of another good Nottingham word. My wife's family are much more "Nottingham" than mine, and they come out with this stuff all the time.
"Our spare room is full of rammel"
Rammel = junk
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« Reply #5987 on: May 30, 2008, 11:40:03 AM » |
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Just thought of another good Nottingham word. My wife's family are much more "Nottingham" than mine, and they come out with this stuff all the time.
"Our spare room is full of rammel"
Rammel = junk
I've heard that one too, but I thought it was just one guy's personal vernacular. |
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« Reply #5988 on: May 30, 2008, 11:44:54 AM » |
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me and my friends used to say rammel when we were at school
if someone said something stupid we would say they were talking rammel
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« Reply #5989 on: May 30, 2008, 12:01:18 PM » |
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When I first moved down to London I walked into the local bakers and asked for an "egg cob please".......might as well come from the far east with no knowledge of English
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The most insidious of rules are those that aren't rules at all.
They are the limitations that we invent for ourselves
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« Reply #5990 on: May 30, 2008, 02:29:06 PM » |
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Now you walk into a shop and they come from the far east with no knowledge of english LOL
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Just because you don't like it...... It doesn't mean it's not the truth
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« Reply #5991 on: May 30, 2008, 02:51:47 PM » |
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Have you the photos of the isolated tribe in Brazil? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7427417.stmI can't help but wonder what they must be thinking when a plane flies overhead! |
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Do you think it's dangerous to have Busby Berkeley dreams?
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« Reply #5992 on: May 30, 2008, 03:00:21 PM » |
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'Da plane, da plane'  |
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« Reply #5993 on: May 30, 2008, 03:10:08 PM » |
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It was in today's Independent, too, fascinating.
This was the picture - I so wish I could photoshop/edit those graphics.....
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« Reply #5994 on: May 30, 2008, 03:10:21 PM » |
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My dad eats "Vittles"
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« Reply #5995 on: May 30, 2008, 03:18:34 PM » |
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It was in today's Independent, too, fascinating.
This was the picture - I so wish I could photoshop/edit those graphics.....
What would you like to do? |
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« Reply #5996 on: May 30, 2008, 04:11:22 PM » |
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Mardy, or mahdi; in a bad mood.
Mardy is quite universal. eg: Mardy Bum - a song by Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys. I was told once that "doing a mardy/mahdi" originates from the Mahdi of Sudan who famously performed a Nelly Melba-like retreat from the British army sometime during the 19th century. I've read about him, he didn't do much retreating though - besiged Khartoum for almost a year before taking it (and killing General Gordon). He died the same year as he won the seige, but his independent state of Sudan lasted another 4 years before the British Empire re-invaded a few years later. |
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May the bird of paradise fly up your nose, with a badger on its back.
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« Reply #5997 on: May 30, 2008, 04:56:22 PM » |
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Quiz for you.
What is this?
If you know the answer, don't answer. Only answer if you don't know. If you get my drift. Note, all the circles are "unique".
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« Reply #5998 on: May 30, 2008, 04:57:30 PM » |
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Quiz for you.
What is this?
If you know the answer, don't answer. Only answer if you don't know. If you get my drift. Note, all the circles are "unique".
oooooooooh me sir, me sir. |
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« Reply #5999 on: May 30, 2008, 04:58:32 PM » |
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I know.It.
too.
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My eyes are open wide
By the way,I made it through the day
I watch the world outside
By the way, I'm leaving out today
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