Words sayings you don't hear too often

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Her's another one CANE

Used to Get the cane at school

[ravenrover]

AHHHH that well known pre-fix "used to get" ............ exactly my point!

[Nudga]

Onesy twosies (kick ups)
S.P.O.T (two players kicking ball against a wall.

Knock a door run
Grand National or hedge hopping.

[Dagenham Rover]

Her's another one CANE

I once got the cane for failing the post dinnertime hand inspection 3 times in a half term   

You never knew when Mr Henry was going to check if you had washed you hands after dinnertime, if he decided you hadn't (even if you had) you went in his book, 3 times in a half term you copped it

[i_ateallthepies]

Soz - Sorry


Daan't pit (definitely don't hear that these days)


Rec' - Recreation ground


Dike - similar fate to 'gay' described earlier


Chumpin' - collecting bonfire wood

[roversdude]

Something not heard very often in Doncaster town centre (following this mornings visit) is English

[RobTheRover]

Her's another one CANE

I once got the cane for failing the post dinnertime hand inspection 3 times in a half term   

You never knew when Mr Henry was going to check if you had washed you hands after dinnertime, if he decided you hadn't (even if you had) you went in his book, 3 times in a half term you copped it

Jesus,  Daggers. I grew up in Rosso and we didn't even get that level of child cruelty inflicted upon us.

[RedJ]

Maybe they decided living in Rosso balanced it out Rob.

[roversdude]

We had a teacher with a book of punishments ranging from standing in corner with your arms out doing little circles - (if your arms dropped a board rubber came whiz zing at you) to having your hair wound up in the clip on a pen
He always said No 49 was castration with a hatchet No 50 castration with blunt hatchet

[drfc1951]

I got the cane on my first day at secondary school.First lesson after lunch we had Technical Drawing with the dreaded Jock Briggs.We had to draw 2 lines at the top of our paper exactly 1/4 inch apart.Mine was slightly bigger so i got whalloped.That was at Rosso.

[belton rover]

'Nif mags' (I actually found a stash of quality nif mags under a hedge when I was 14 - it's not just an urban myth)

[Dagenham Rover]

'Nif mags' (I actually found a stash of quality nif mags under a hedge when I was 14 - it's not just an urban myth)

Snap    and in 1970 that was a find and a half

[roversdude]

Remember finding one under a hedge
Why under a hedge ffs

[keyser_soze]

Had a discussion recently about kids these days and access to porn on the internet, when all we had was mags under bushes and the odd grainy VHS that some proud lad brought in.

I grew up in Retford so some might not be relevant but we called sweets 'grots' and loved a game of 'Wembley Doubles', 'Wall-ey', 'British Bulldogs' or 'headers and volleys'.

Spitting was 'gozzing', and the worst kind of goz was a 'greenie'.

My grandad from Wath used to say 'strike a light' a lot.

[keyser_soze]

Great thread btw, bit of light relief after the b*llocks all over the rest of the forum.

[Dagenham Rover]

Her's another one CANE

I once got the cane for failing the post dinnertime hand inspection 3 times in a half term   

You never knew when Mr Henry was going to check if you had washed you hands after dinnertime, if he decided you hadn't (even if you had) you went in his book, 3 times in a half term you copped it

Jesus,  Daggers. I grew up in Rosso and we didn't even get that level of child cruelty inflicted upon us.

Thats Edlo for ya,  get a second trio  and the  cane with the frayed end  came out,  now that bugger hurt

and I ain't joking ..late 60's  showing my age now!

[roversdude]

Got to agree great thread

Heard someone other day call their mate a Dougie - not heard that for ages
Punishment at Grammar School was fierce and often underhanded

[keyser_soze]

Used to be 'JOEYYYY' in my day.

[River Don]

'Nif mags' (I actually found a stash of quality nif mags under a hedge when I was 14 - it's not just an urban myth)

Snap    and in 1970 that was a find and a half

And of course Snap is food.

My Nan couldn't abide things. Abiding seems to have gone by the wayside.

Cob was to chuck summat.

Maungy was to be annoyed and irritated.

[River Don]

Most if not all of those expressions are still in common usage. I use most of them and hear all the others used but usually by older folk these days.
Sadly this is probably due to the amount of American television programmes that kids watch noes days
Also kids are reluctant to leave there bedrooms after school and play 'kerby' for hours like we used to do.

It's not just American TV but British TV too. Kids all over the country are pronouncing words in Estuary English, because of programmes like EastEnders.

I remember my mates girlfriend complaining to us while we were watching  Peter Kay, saying that he wasn't funny and then she says "who the f*** talks like that anyway? Where was she from... Bolton.

[moses]

Had a discussion recently about kids these days and access to porn on the internet, when all we had was mags under bushes and the odd grainy VHS that some proud lad brought in.

I grew up in Retford so some might not be relevant but we called sweets 'grots' and loved a game of 'Wembley Doubles', 'Wall-ey', 'British Bulldogs' or 'headers and volleys'.

Spitting was 'gozzing', and the worst kind of goz was a 'greenie'.

My grandad from Wath used to say 'strike a light' a lot.

I lived in Retford as well from 1977-1983 and made the move from Wemblies to cuppies when we moved to Doncaster.
Also a JOEY I only heard that in Retford and between me and my brother. The greater insult was to be called an ERNIE. I.E. someone who hung rounds with a JOEY. I cringe as type this to think of the unthinking cruelty of kids...
Not sure if JOEY was a Doncaster insult as well?

[CusworthRovers]

Joey was a good put down then and was used on my manor. Joey was also a name for a crow (bogie)

Fleg - Spit (one assumes it may have derived from Phlegm)

Rush Goalie

Basin cut

Some of the other cruel playground 'put downs' that have been replaced are bif, spino, spazmo, spacker, puff. They are now tool, nerd, dork, dweeb, knobhead, d**khead and retard

[River Don]

Some of the kids at our school were really cruel with the Joeyyy thing. Sometimes it could be a simple throwaway insult 'you Joey Deacon' sometimes it became an elaborate mocking 'spaz' performance.

It wouldn't be just a Yorkshire thing though, It would be nationwide.

[CusworthRovers]

Indeed, what young lad or lass didn't call somebody a 'Joey' a 'Deacon' or 'Joey Deacon' and exaggerate a spastic walk, head movement and spastic speech to mock the recipient of this name calling.

I certainly did, but I was in the junior school, I was young naive and daft.


Sweet Jesus we had disabled people in our school and on our estate. Innocent cruel bas**rds we were

The kids who went to a special school or were death and dumb also used to cop for it too. What innocent cruel bas**rds we were yo them too.

Kids with glasses (especially the NH'ers with sellotape)

Kids with ginger hair

Kids with freckles

Kids with spots

Kids with greasy hair

Kids with scruffy clothes

f**k sake, I need a shrink and a Vicar to forgive my childhood sins.

Dear Doctor,
 

[idler]

That would have ruled most kids out when I was at school.

[ravenrover]

Indeed, what young lad or lass didn't call somebody a 'Joey' a 'Deacon' or 'Joey Deacon' and exaggerate a spastic walk, head movement and spastic speech to mock the recipient of this name calling.

I certainly did, but I was in the junior school, I was young naive and daft.


Sweet Jesus we had disabled people in our school and on our estate. Innocent cruel b*****ds we were

The kids who went to a special school or were death and dumb also used to cop for it too. What innocent cruel b*****ds we were yo them too.

Kids with glasses (especially the NH'ers with sellotape)

Kids with ginger hair

Kids with freckles

Kids with spots

Kids with greasy hair

Kids with scruffy clothes

f*** sake, I need a shrink and a Vicar to forgive my childhood sins.

Dear Doctor,
 

Apart from the glasses that describes me very well when I was a nipper, only one thing to add to make it complete Short-arse! 

[JonWallsend]

Had a discussion recently about kids these days and access to porn on the internet, when all we had was mags under bushes and the odd grainy VHS that some proud lad brought in.

I grew up in Retford so some might not be relevant but we called sweets 'grots' and loved a game of 'Wembley Doubles', 'Wall-ey', 'British Bulldogs' or 'headers and volleys'.

Spitting was 'gozzing', and the worst kind of goz was a 'greenie'.

My grandad from Wath used to say 'strike a light' a lot.

The internet has meant that kids will never experience that feeling of joy that is discovering a nif mag in a hedgerow. Months of near misses when you spied the coloured paper only for it to be a catalogue (in itself a decent find) or an advertising leaflet, just made it all the better.

Great thread by the way.  My grandma had a little cupboard under the stairs that we all used to call the glory hole as in "Put that box in the glory hole". It seems to have gone out of fashion now, I can't imagine why.

[JonWallsend]

Packed.

Usually when you were about 13 and one of your girlfriend's (let's call her Lindsey for the sake of this scenario) mates would approach you in the yard and say,
" You've been packed by Lindsey."
 To which you quick as a flash, but not truthfully, would retort,
" I'm not bothered. I was gonna pack her anyway."

[IC1967]

Plan B.

[keyser_soze]

Packed.

Usually when you were about 13 and one of your girlfriend's (let's call her Lindsey for the sake of this scenario) mates would approach you in the yard and say,
" You've been packed by Lindsey."
 To which you quick as a flash, but not truthfully, would retort,
" I'm not bothered. I was gonna pack her anyway."

I remember getting a 'your packed' letter and being more disgusted by the grammar than the packing.