OneGuyFromBarlick

Yes, I have heard that usage. Also 'bait' as in bait tin......

In Cornwall miners took their `crouse' (lunch) down the mine.

That's a new word for me Peter. Thanks!

From the Diamond Geezer

Sat 13: Well didn't Liverpool triumph at Eurovision? The city showcased itself perfectly for a full week, the BBC pulled out all the stops to deliver a nigh-flawless set of shows, Hannah Waddingham was a star, Finland were diddled, and we may never see any of that here in the UK again during our lifetime.

I haven't seen 'diddled' for a very long time.

Have we had ‘Clever-clogs’ ? - someone who knows everything. First recorded in England in 1866. Presumably from Clever-boots, from the 17th century.

There's something about the repeat of the 'cl' sound that's so satisfying.

Yes, like clip clop for the sound of horses hooves.

(I told you in another topic I was a simple soul..... )

Or the Click-clack of high heels

Or the Clickety-clack of train wheels.

Or the Clickety-clack of train wheels.

I think he must have enjoyed making all those sounds. It was funny when he said ‘Turn the record over’

I learnt a new word yesterday while reading a geology book explaining how erosion of rock occurs by flowing water containing sand and pebbles. It's `corrasion' (not to be confused with corrosion) derived from the Latin word for `scrape'. We are all familiar with abrasion and that is derived from Latin for `shave'. Water flowing over a rock bed abrades the rock surface; water flowing past river banks corrades the bank surface, removing pebbles, soil, silt etc.

It gets complicated doesn't it.....
I don't think I will be using that one much.......

The word Foist - to force someone to have or experience something they do not want.
First used probably in the 1540’s . Dutch - take in hand.
Apparently the word is obsolete now.

Cathy wrote: ↑03 Jun 2023, 05:59 Apparently the word is obsolete now.

I'd say not - I don't want that opinion foisted upon me.

I agree with David Cathy. I suppose it's possible for some words to become obsolete if the thing they are associated dies out but they are far more likely to become archaic and I like to use them and perhaps breathe a bit of fresh life into them. An archaic word can sometimes have more impact than the modern equivalent because it makes people pause and think.

I've just remembered something that was fermenting at the back of my brain after I saw the comments about `clever clogs' and `clip clop' above. It's this - `curzy wurzy' which is the Cornish name for walls made from slates in horizontal rows, alternating with a lean to the left then to the right then to the left etc. It gives a beautiful appearance.

Curzy-wurzy walls… like this Tize?
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That's it, Cathy, and the typical mounds of sea thrift flowers growing on it when it's near the sea. Coincidentally I've just posted a photo in the Wildlife topic showing thrift on the cliffs in Cornwall.

Never come across curzy-wurzy walls before.... Nice one!

My dad had a saying, "He hadn't a stuiver to his name".
I looked it up....
"The stuiver [stœy. vər] was a coin used in the Netherlands, worth one twentieth of a Dutch Guilder ( 16 penning or 8 duit, later 5 cents). It was also minted on the Lower Rhine region and the Dutch colonies."
Was this from his Aussie childhood or has anyone come across it here?

Not a word I've ever heard of, but I see a variant is 'stoey'. Well Aunty Josie used to call sixpence (tanner) a 'joey' . Bit of a long shot to connect them though.

(PS - on reflection it might have been her name for a threepenny bit.)

I note that it seems to have been agreed in the press that the Kherson (Ukraine) dam disaster be described as a "collapse". I imagine that's because they cannot prove beyond doubt who actually blew it up.

Well we do know that the Russians have been overfilling the dam beyond its safety level so perhaps it needed little or no extra help to collapse.

David, 'Joey' was always my slang name for a threepenny bit. Looking back, would kids know what a Florin or a half-crown was? (Let alone a guinea!)

Half a dollar, where did that go, the dollar, more or less parity with the pound now.