| Broad Yorkshire?...
Up all neet finishin't model?
Well, if tha's clobberd tha's nobbut ta blame but theesen tha knows!...
Are yer coomin' down't pub for't pot?
As my dear Grandmother used to say...
On the subject of slang...
Last 'soap an bacca day' (Saturday)I was havin' a ball n' chalk (walk)down the 'frog n' toad' (road) and I follerd me iser (I suppose= nose) ter the old 'battle' (that's battle cruiser, or 'boozer' to you,) as I felt the need for a few 'pigs' down the 'gregory' (that's pig's tails or Ales...beers to our American readers..Gregory Peck for the 'neck'...getting a few beers down one's throat,one would say...in the vernacular) so I checked me 'sky-rocket' (pocket) and Gawd... stone the crows!!! I shouted...someone's 'ad me 'bees and honey' (money)...must 'ave bin a 'tea-leaf' (a thief), now I'll have to go home to the 'trouble' (trouble and strife=wife) and spend all me 'Harry Lime' (time) with me 'saucepans'. (not doing the washing up one would suppose, but 'saucepan lids' are kids)
Fascinating isn't it? |