Christian Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 ok....... breakfast, lunch and dinner. supper is an evening snack. downstairs and upstairs toilet I say scone (phone) he says scone (gone) Hes is scottish and thinks im posh I say sofa, he says couch! Whats all this 'going for the messages'????? the Scots will know what I mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 is anyone else getting really confused with all this??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 We've kind of drifted completely off topic haven't we? The scone debate is a constant source of tension in our house, i say skon, OH says scone as in phone. He thinks i sound posh whereas i think he sounds like he's trying to be Hyacinth Bucket Toilet or loo, not bothered Used to be knickers, now pants Usually bum, though i am aware that it sounds a bit common A new one for you, OH calls alleys, ginnels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 A new one for you, OH calls alleys, ginnels My Gran used to call them "snickets"! I call them "jitties" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 he yorkshire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I call them ginnels with the "g" pronounced as in "gun" (Mancunian) My children who are from Sheffield call then "gennels" with the "g" pronounced as a "J" Him Indoors calls them snickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I call them ginnels with the "g" pronounced as in "gun" (Mancunian) My children who are from Sheffield call then "gennels" with the "g" pronounced as a "J" Him Indoors calls them snickets. Thats odd my sil calls them ginnels hard G and shes Sheffield way. Wonder if one of her parents is from somewhere else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 OH is from Weymouth, and its a hard G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 OH has just informed me that he learnt Ginnels from Lancashire, we used to live in Morecambe. He's now lookinmg in the dictionary, as apparently a ginnel is a specific type of alley....i'm bored already! Okay, its definately a hard G and not a specific type of alley at all. Once he gets a dictionary in his hand, he's an absolute nightmare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 so you dont have any posh friends then richard?! No chance - I'm not fit to be allowed in posh company! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 We can't go off topic in this thread - I renamed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Knew we could rely on you Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 ok....... breakfast, lunch and dinner. supper is an evening snack. downstairs and upstairs toilet I say scone (phone) he says scone (gone) Hes is scottish and thinks im posh I say sofa, he says couch! Whats all this 'going for the messages'????? the Scots will know what I mean! Hi We have scones to rhyme with gone. As for messages - I trained in Edinburgh and lived there for 6 years - and I never really got over 'going for my messages'. Here in Norfolk we have some lovely dialect words and phrases - the use of 'do' being really intriguing, as in; He told me not to do it do I should get wrong don't you overwind the clock do that'll break. 'Sit you down' is a common phrase and there can't be anyone in Norfolk who doesn't know the old story of the nurse during the 1914 - 1918 war who thought a badly injured soldier came from near her village. The rules at the time didn't allow the nurses to talk to the patients, but she leaned over and whispered 'Ha yar far gorra dicky bor?' He answered straight away 'Ya, an 'e want a fule ter roide 'im'. You are supposed to be able to tell a Norfolk man or woman anywhere if they know the answer to that question. It means - has your father got a donkey? and the answer is 'yes and he wants a fool to ride him'. Bor is the Norfolk equivalent of 'mate'. All wonderful stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Okay, its definately a hard G and not a specific type of alley at all. Once he gets a dictionary in his hand, he's an absolute nightmare I've got an OH just like that! The original party pooper mine is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 deffo a snicket, and I'm a namby pamby southerner born and bred! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 We call an alley a close (s as in snake, not z).....right, I'm away to get my messages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 What Is "going for the messages?" Is it shopping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Yes Egluntine, its a frequent moan in this house as I hate food shopping - "Aw naw, we're needing messages" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy C Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 I think I must be getting old... I just picked up the Radio Times (no thats not the reason) to check the line up for the Diana Memorial concert and decided that I wouldn't bother recording it. The older bands I didn't like back then and the newer ones I have heard of but don't know what they sound like. PS as a Devonshire lass I have Scones (as in ice cream cone) with my clotted cream (yes, I do mean it that way around) when I have afternoon tea, or lunch, when I visit my family. Otherwise my breakie is in a bowl, lunch is in a plastic box, my dinner on a plate at the dining table. Weekend brunch can be outside, in the conservatory, in the dining room or on the sofa in the living room watching Soccer Saturday depending on the season. I wear pants inside my trousers; my husband wears kaks (how do you spell that?) on the inside of his pants. I regularly visit our downstairs loo, but he calls it the khazi. The one upstairs is the bathroom. When visiting family members with a lack of domestic goddess-ness the facilities are referred to as bogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Messages Yup only in scotland BUT apart from Fee does anyone else know what I mean when I say I am off for my 'piece' Smutty suggestions are not allowed I need the answer by 4 as I am away for 2 weeks No pressure now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 BUT apart from Fee does anyone else know what I mean when I say I am off for my 'piece' Here in the Black Country we'd be eating a sandwich Don't know what you'de be doing Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Well done Debs so not just Scotland for that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 It was sort of baby talk, like choo choo (train) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 According to OH a piece and jam is very popular! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 BUT apart from Fee does anyone else know what I mean when I say I am off for my 'piece' It was sort of baby talk, like choo choo (train) 'piece' I thought it was what a Scottish workman took in his tupperware box for his dinner (sorry - midday meal, whatever you call it). I used to, and still do, call it 'pack-up' - not sure where that came from tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
