Re:
Local English Sayings
Posted by Gary on May
18, 2002 In Reply to: Re: Local English Sayings
posted by psi on May 18, 2002
: : The link below is to a small
site of 'Black Country' sayings. The 'Black Country' is the old industrial heart
of England. Some of the Sayings I recognise as being used well outside that part
of England. Do others use them too?
: : NB Please note lack of apostrophies!
: - but you've made up for it with that extra I ;-)
:
: I'm familiar
with about a third of these, but there's only one that I'd consider using myself:
daft ha'p'orth. They certainly smack of that area north of Watford which we Southerners
call the North.
: psi
North! Deserving of a cog-winder. The Celestial City
(Birmingham) is 100 miles from the North.
US citizens wanting a flavour of
B'ham - think Ozzy Osbourne.
- Re: Ozzy
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