Off-Topic III: The Revengening!

[Mr Mystery]

Yeah that sounds like us.

Everyone should give it a bash you know. It's loads of fun!

[Wolfshade]

Don't have time for such tom foolery, there are bells to be rung.

[Mr Mystery]

Ring them in character.

Guaranteed to annoy the hung over!

[Wolfshade]

Rung while hungover, not a good thing :/

[Psychosplodge]

sounds like hell...

[Wolfshade]

A local newspaper ran a list of 50 west midland phrases (principally, Birmingham and Black Country) and I was wondering if you were familiar with any of these or knew what they are/meant.

1. Bostin
2. Our kid
3. Bab / Babby
4. Wench
5. Scarge
6. Fittle
7. Round the Wrekin
8. A bit black over Bill's mothers
9. Yampy
10. Piece
11. Never in a reign of pigs pudding
12. The Outdoor
13. Noggy
14. Cob
15. Bawl
16. Go and play up your own end
17. Pop
18. Lamp
19. Gambol
20. Snap
21. The cut
22. Back of Rackhams
23. Cack/Caggy-Handed
24. Rocks
25. Half-soaked
26. Bobowler
27. Fizzog
28. Ta-ra a bit
29. Oil Tot
30. Waggin(g)
31. Keep out th'oss road
32. Any road up
33. Ackers
34. Barmy
35. You'll 'ave it dark
36. A face as long as Livery Street
37. A couple or three
38. Go to the foot of our stairs
39. Blarting
40. Island
41. Deaf it
42. Got a bob on
43. Donnies
44. This ain't gettin the babby a frock and pinny
45. Chobbling
46. Clarting
47. Riling
48. Slummocking
49. Got a cob on
50. Pikelet

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

That GoT thread is a mess.

[Wildeybeast]

Cob, lamp and barmy. Hence my insistence that East and West Midlands need to be categorised separately.

Yes it is. I looked in yesterday lunch time before I met out and it was heated but fairly reasonable, I get back last night and everyone went mental in it.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

You say everyone...

[Psychosplodge]

A local newspaper ran a list of 50 west midland phrases (principally, Birmingham and Black Country) and I was wondering if you were familiar with any of these or knew what they are/meant.

1. Bostin nope
2. Our kid sibling, usually younger, used but often replacer with our young 'en
3. Bab / Babby baby
4. Wench affectionate reference to ones female SO
5. Scarge nope
6. Fittle fiddle/bodge to make fit? like fettle?
7. Round the Wrekin nope
8. A bit black over Bill's mothers nope
9. Yampy nope
10. Piece gun? piece of ***? piece of the action?
11. Never in a reign of pigs pudding nope
12. The Outdoor a scary place, the graphics are good the NPCs arseholes
13. Noggy end off uncut bread? head? equivalent of noggin?
14. Cob breadcake, bap, bun, roll wherever you are
15. Bawl cry
16. Go and play up your own end go play outside your own house/on your street
17. Pop carbonated softdrink ie cola
18. Lamp punch
19. Gambol skip
20. Snap nope
21. The cut overpriced barbers
22. Back of Rackhams behind the house of fraiser
23. Cack/Caggy-Handed left handed
24. Rocks get you rocks off?
25. Half-soaked pissed, drunk, half cut
26. Bobowler nope
27. Fizzog nope
28. Ta-ra a bit nope
29. Oil Tot nope
30. Waggin(g) skipping school
31. Keep out th'oss road stay on the path?
32. Any road up nope
33. Ackers nope
34. Barmy mad, daft, loopy
35. You'll 'ave it dark nope
36. A face as long as Livery Street nope
37. A couple or three going out for a few?
38. Go to the foot of our stairs an exclamation of surprise, archaic
39. Blarting crying
40. Island nope
41. Deaf it nope
42. Got a bob on hurry up
43. Donnies dannies? hands
44. This ain't gettin the babby a frock and pinny you're procrastinating?
45. Chobbling nope
46. Clarting bleeding?
47. Riling nope
48. Slummocking nope
49. Got a cob on got face on, sulking
50. Pikelet like a crumpet

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