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  1. Kempton

    Kempton Well-Known Member

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    Wtf? I mean Wtf?
     
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    Kempton, Jul 13, 2017
  2. DMD

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    When you think about their meaning, it's odd you can't say words like **** and **** in front of the kids, but you can call them buggers and sods.
     
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  3. Leon T Trout AFC

    Leon T Trout AFC Well-Known Member

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    Very true.

    I grew up think that they were fairly light words: 'eeh, come 'ere yer little bugger' etc.

    Got a bit of a shock when I discovered their true meaning.
     
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    Leon T Trout AFC, Jul 13, 2017
  4. AlRawdah

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    Berk.
     
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  5. bum_chinned_crab

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  6. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

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    It's too cold to snow.
     
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  7. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    I saw on something like Myth Busters (but not Myth Busters) that they dissected that and it's actually true.
     
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  8. DMD

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  9. bum_chinned_crab

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    'Here' as in Hull? Never heard until I met her and her family.
     
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  10. Kempton

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    Who is Jack Frost?
     
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  11. originallambrettaman

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    He's a detective with Denton CID.
     
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  12. Kempton

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    No that was just a fictional character. I meant the real Jack Frost.
     
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    Kempton, Jul 14, 2017
  13. Happy Tiger

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    "It's looking a bit black over Will's mothers" is one from round here I think when it turns dark and look like rain.

    Who the frig is Will, or his mother?
     
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  14. Chazz Rheinhold

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    Buggerlugs
     
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  15. originallambrettaman

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    'Bill's mother/Will's mother' is a First World War saying, Bill is Kaiser Wilhelm ll and it refers to storms coming from the east.
     
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  16. Happy Tiger

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    Ohhh right, that makes sense. I've only heard in the Fens so assumed it was a local thing.
     
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  17. Real ale tiger

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    They would be worried they would croak
     
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  18. Walter Sobchak

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    My dad used to say 'a full cupboard is a happy cupboard' which I quite like.

    Mind your own beeswax is an odd saying.

    I've just made this saying up - "He keeps his hogs well peeled". Make of it what you will.
     
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  19. bum_chinned_crab

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    If someone ever asks me if they can do something with my blessing my standard response is "knock yourself out".

    I don't know why, it's a bloody stupid saying.
     
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    bum_chinned_crab, Jul 14, 2017
  20. originallambrettaman

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    Daft as a brush.

    One my grandma's favourites.
     
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