DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS

[Bodger]

My wife likes her bacon crispy, but she always refers to it as "cronkly"bacon, she was born in Hyde, Cheshire ?

[Stanley]

Never heard that but I like it! My mother was born in Dukinfield next door but I never heard her use the term.

[Julie in Norfolk]

Having known them as daddy long legs in recent years, mum reminded me today that we used to call them Ginny Spinners.

[chinatyke]

Having known them as daddy long legs in recent years, mum reminded me today that we used to call them Ginny Spinners.

We called them ginny spinners and daddy long legs in my youth also. Funny but now you've mentioned them it made me realise that I haven't seen any daddy long legs (crane flies) where I am in China but according to literature they are widespread throughout the world. Perhaps I just haven't been sufficiently observant. We get a lot of big flies with 2 pairs of wings which I assume are dragon flies and when they appear in great numbers it is said to be a sign of rain, like the midges "pumping water" in England. Does seem to be a true indication that rain will follow.

[Stanley]

I've heard 'ginny spinners' but have always used Daddy Long Legs.... Lovely name when you think about it, so descriptive. My mother taught me not to kill them but catch them and release them outside..

[Stanley]

I remembered something I often heard my dad say. He called it 'The Soldier's Prayer' from WW1. Very useful at the moment....
"Oh God. If ever you wanted to do a man a good turn, now's your bloody chance".

[Stanley]

I used a phrase yesterday; "Keeping t'band in't nick" Refers to to keeping the driving band on a spinning wheel that drives the spindle so essential in order for the process to work. Usage is for instance describing relations with a friend, keeping t'band in't nick means that it is going well.
Is this peculiar to textile areas?

[Stanley]

'Pot calling the kettle black' General use?

[Tripps]

Yes - quite common, but more often these days abbreviated to just 'pot - kettle'.

[Tizer]

Here's another word for your list, Tripps. The BBC promo for tonight's edition of Bottom Line: "Presenter Evan Davis discusses "Theresanomics" with a panel of entrepreneurs and corporate leaders.

[Stanley]

He'd have a job on explaining them. They seem to be largely 'steady as you go' towards more austerity and the inevitable precipice!

[Stanley]

Is 'bang handed' for left handed a common expression or peculiar to Barlick?

[LizG]

I've never heard it before. I've always used cack handed.

[Stanley]

I've heard that Liz......

[PanBiker]

Definitely cack handed.

[Cathy]

I know the term 'cacky handed'.
Other than referring to someone who left handed , it also refers to someone who is clumsy because they appear to be doing something 'backwards'.

[Stanley]

I once found a shop in LA near Chinatown that specialised in products sold for left handed users like scissors, can-openers etc.

[Stanley]

I heard a prominent lawyer at the Hague international court say 'illegible' this morning when she meant 'ineligible'. Am I being too picky?

[Tizer]

No, similar `mis-words' turn up in newspapers regularly now. Sometimes with hilarious results, but sometimes changing the whole meaning of the news story.

[Tripps]

I heard a prominent lawyer at the Hague international court say 'illegible' this morning when she meant 'ineligible'. Am I being too picky?

Indeed not. I've just seen the minutes of a council meeting where 'floored' was used when ''flawed' was intended. I've started a collection of such examples. Very sad.

[Tizer]

Perhaps you'll share them with us?

[Tripps]

Well if you insist. . .

5 July 2015. From a Gumtree advertisement
7 piece set which includes a 2 seater sofa, 2 armchairs, 2 chairs and 2 footstools all in great condition. All cushions original. All frame work in emasculate condition. Any questions please ask

29 Sep 2016. From Guido comments
"This almost sounds like it could lead to a right to bare arms speech.
Personally I'd have no issue concealed carrying a Glock 19 if they were legal."

From Guido Fawkes comments - ref jeremy Corbyn rewshuffle. . . . .
Not at all but they don't like being trolled like that. Sucesful media handling is about keeping them onside regardless. They're all a bunch of pre madonnas but you've got to play the game.

26 Sep 2015. From Rightmove advert
Study Inn are coming to Cambridge, and we offer stunning and eloquent studio apartments.

Comment from a chess blog. . . . Paul Truong
The current saga with Wesley So is very very sad. I wish that he can resolve it quietly and peacefully with his family. Unfortunately, I am now being used as an escape goat. I am being attacked in the media by Mrs. Lotis Key (the woman who Wesley is living with right now in Minnesota) with full of false information for months.

From HPC march 2015.
I know a house is like a mind field

From OGFB 4/2/2015 (No names - no pack drill.)
Yes Wendy, he's easy to watch isn't he. No heirs and graces, a genuine Northern lad.

Comment fom Guido blog. June 2014


"Tow-rag, from “tow” a low grade cloth used for pulling-through firearms to clean them of propellant residues. Discarded after use.
PS (DT) Not Toe-rag then as in Road to Wign Pier by George Orwell?

From ebay feedback.....
Feedback conversation. New Black Hybrid Hard Plastic Silicone Rubber Case Cover for HTC One M7 (#300960649753)
Got here adventurely

Guido Fawkes 9 May 2013
Scots now saying they would vote to stay under the cruel yolk of English oppression. The battle will be long…

Daily Mail . Jan 2013 Coronation Street "spoiler"
"Popular character: Sunita, pictured here with her husband, Dev Alahan is a favourite with viewers, and killing her off is sure to rile some feathers

From Gumtree Cambridge 28 Jan 2013.
"full set of golf clubs from sandwich to 3 iron - recently new grips on al. no longer needed as upgraded "

From Kia.co.uk website Jan 2013
All Kia Approved Used cars come with an unrivalled piece-of-mind package as standard which is designed to provide you with as much reassurance as when buying a brand new car.

[chinatyke]

Tripps, you need understanding, tolerance and compassion. Please accept that there are some real thickos out there. They are doing their best with their limited intelligence. We can only hope they don't breed. Remember, half the population is below average intelligence.

[Stanley]

I like it David. Add this one, "There is a French Widow in every bedroom!" (Gerrard Hoffnung. Responses from Tyrolean landlords.)

[PanBiker]

Glep, to look or observe, where does that come from?