JessieB Â Â 10 #685 Posted August 15, 2018 Anyone still say 'giddy aunt'? I get laughed at all the time for that one! no idea where it came from! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad   3,828 #686 Posted August 15, 2018 Not sure how its spelt elsewhere in the thread but it was always "mimmy moking" in our house.  Same here  ---------- Post added 15-08-2018 at 21:30 ----------  old quote i know but I havnt heard this said in a long time my mum used to say "who tha nebbin at?" Then she added to it saying "err next doer is a reyt nubucanezer" ( I am sure she made this up herself) its meaning was being nosey  I also remember minny moking usually behind someones back (spelt differently in this thread) and was fascinated to learn the origin of this was how the factory girls used to speak to each other in the noise of the factories If memory serves me right this was featured in the film KES  I think "neb" is an old fashioned name for a nose . Thus nebbing= nosing /nosy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ontarian1981 Â Â 10 #687 Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) My mam had a bad memory, she used to tell me off, then clout me round the head saying, what have I just told you. Â My mother had funny eyes, she thought I had two mouths, she was always telling me that I would laugh at the other side of my face when my Dad got home. Edited August 16, 2018 by Ontarian1981 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Padders   2,757 #688 Posted August 16, 2018 My mother had funny eyes, she thought I had two mouths, she was always telling me that I would laugh at the other side of my face when my Dad got home.  Think she was a good gardener as well... she used to say, Look at your ears you could grow potatoes in them.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jaffa1 Â Â 10 #689 Posted August 16, 2018 My mother had funny eyes, she thought I had two mouths, she was always telling me that I would laugh at the other side of my face when my Dad got home. Â My grandkids think I have four eyes, I'm always telling them I've got eyes at the back of my head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kinjuro   10 #690 Posted August 17, 2018 mam worked as a buffer and later as a file cutter so her language was very colourfull,but at times was very profound so if me or my sister ever said that we wished we had something she would always say "wish in one hand sh*t in the other and see which gets full first" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
TWhits   11 #691 Posted August 18, 2018 My gran's friend used to say about another lady: "She tant teep warm wi two toats on!". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kris99 Â Â 11 #692 Posted August 18, 2018 If my mum saw an older women a bit overdressed and wearing a lot of makeup, she would say, "She looks like an owd ooer at a christening." Didn't fathom out what an ooer was for years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Padders   2,757 #693 Posted August 18, 2018 If my mum saw an older women a bit overdressed and wearing a lot of makeup, she would say, "She looks like an owd ooer at a christening." Didn't fathom out what an ooer was for years.  Mutton dressed as lamb, Kris. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kidley   48 #694 Posted August 18, 2018 fur coat and no knickers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
sharrowyank   10 #695 Posted August 18, 2018 Re "Who tha nebbin at " I think it comes from the word NEB which is the name for the peak on the front of a flat cap. As it is directly above the eyes it is pointing straight at you when someone is looking right at you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
maureend   10 #696 Posted August 21, 2018 Can any of you older posters remember this.."goin for a walk round lump"...i said it the other day and my grandson said "what"!!!!!... Is it just a Sheffield saying?  Yes I remember this saying and others that my mum used, one of which was well "Well -I go to the bottom of our stairs" and my grandmother used to say "Who'd like to wash and change me for threppence". There were many others, but the old memory isn't what it was. If I recall I will come back.  Md Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...