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30 Mar 17 - 10:09 PM (#3847712) Subject: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: gnu Buddy a mine from the Granite Planet (NF.ca) used ta greet me wit' 'at. So, what ye got in yer gob eh? Let's ear some localisms. Let us all know where they originate and, if appropriate, why. If you care ta be bothered, right? |
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30 Mar 17 - 10:22 PM (#3847714) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Joe Offer My cousints in Milwaukee used to live down by Mitchell Street, where the streetcar turns the corner round. Enah, hey? |
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31 Mar 17 - 04:27 AM (#3847734) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Senoufou Here in Norfolk UK everyone will ask, "Are yew orlroit bor?" (on an ever-rising note) which merely means "Hello!" And when leaving, they'll say, "Dew yew keep a-troshing bor!" (For 'bor' substitute 'mawther' if the remark is to a female.) |
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31 Mar 17 - 04:42 AM (#3847735) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Bugsy When I saw the thread title, I thought it had something to do with an indecent sex act. CHeers Bugsy |
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31 Mar 17 - 05:39 AM (#3847748) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Steve Shaw Yeah, good job that comma wasn't a hyphen... Well I'll go to t'foot of our stair... |
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31 Mar 17 - 06:46 AM (#3847770) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Senoufou If the punctuation was thus:- "What ye got in yer mout'? Me old cock?", it would indeed imply something rather indecent! |
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31 Mar 17 - 06:59 AM (#3847771) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Dave the Gnome Aye - You need to be pretty careful with your punctuation on that one. Expression that I only heard when I met Mrs G. She was born just around the corner from me but our families seem to have some major linguistic differences. "It's black o'er Bill's Mother's" Meaning the clouds are coming in and it looks like rain. DtG |
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31 Mar 17 - 07:27 AM (#3847774) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Will Fly Local to us: "Oi'm a Sussex pig - and I won't be druv!" |
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31 Mar 17 - 08:30 AM (#3847782) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Senoufou A rather teasing greeting in Norfolk goes thus:- "Ha yer fa' got a dickey bor? Dew, he hint got wun roit now!" Translation:- "Does your father have a donkey mate? If so, he hasn't got one at the moment!" (Meaning you're a donkey and have strayed from home) Dave, here they say "Thass roit daaark o'er Will's muther's!" |
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31 Mar 17 - 08:48 AM (#3847785) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Steve Shaw When in a place where he's deliriously happy, the northerner may say "eeee, I could be bloody miserable 'ere!" |
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31 Mar 17 - 12:08 PM (#3847829) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Mrrzy Things I learned to say to blend in in the south: Might could/should ought, as in, I might could do that (this one actually made it onto that map of what your state is famous for), or, you shouldn'ta oughta done that Store-boughten, as in, did you make it? No, it's store-boughten Things we say because kids in our family said it and we liked it: Clo = garment (the singular of clothes misperceived as plural) DizEE = illness (the singular of disease, ditto) Uck = stuck And, my personal fave, Rup, which came from the following conversation: Me: Aunt Mom's gone to Europe (Aunt Mom was what all our kids called our mom, who didn't want to be called Grandmother) Twin A, after much thought: Is that my Rup *and* [Twin B]'s Rup? |
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31 Mar 17 - 12:46 PM (#3847842) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: gnu Indeed, punctuation in the thread title is of paramount importance. Without the comma, there is no 'joke' intended. With the comma, the joke is obvious, especially when accompanied by a wry smile from the speaker. If also accompanied by a 'nod and a wink', well ye moight be in fer a time, eh? Depends onna colour a yer skates, roight? |
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01 Apr 17 - 02:26 AM (#3847938) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Thompson Dublin: "How's she cuttin'?" and in answer to that, "She's trimmin' well!" A nautical reference. |
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01 Apr 17 - 12:33 PM (#3848020) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: gnu My old man... That's like tryin' ta shove butter up a wildcat's ass with a red hot poker. |
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01 Apr 17 - 02:10 PM (#3848034) Subject: RE: BS: What ye got in yer mout', me old cock? From: Dave the Gnome It's like trying to plait sand. :D tG |