moopind   10 #13 Posted August 7, 2008 Thanks! All gratefully received... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cloudforest   10 #14 Posted August 8, 2008 They also say "not it" in Mansfield instead of "isn't it" and don't try to buy a bread cake or you'll get some very strange looks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
squeakyclean   11 #15 Posted August 8, 2008 They also say "not it" in Mansfield instead of "isn't it" and don't try to buy a bread cake or you'll get some very strange looks!  Bread cake = cob Cow = something like caaaaaarrr  My OH is from Nottingham, so don't know whether they use all the same words, but the worst is 'Sucker' which means ice lolly!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Digitalis   10 #16 Posted August 8, 2008 Bread cake = cob Cow = something like caaaaaarrr  My OH is from Nottingham, so don't know whether they use all the same words, but the worst is 'Sucker' which means ice lolly!!!!!  I work in a garage in rainworth and when the apprentice goes to the chippy on a friday i asked for a chip butty and the lad looked at me like i was speaking a foreign language its known as a chip cob?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lectrolove   10 #17 Posted August 8, 2008 Fost = 1st, the O appears or is substituted quiet a lot in spoken words.  Bod dot = bird dirt (poo)  That one took me a while to work out when I first heard it (my parents lived in Southwell for a number of years). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
funkymiss   10 #18 Posted August 8, 2008 Cob is the main one that my boyfriend from mansfield insists on using Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Hopman   46 #19 Posted August 8, 2008 I've found an interesting website: http://www.collectbritain.co.uk which I'm sure will be of interest to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Fivetide   10 #20 Posted August 8, 2008 Bread cake, cob.... it's a BUN! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Eric_Collins   11 #21 Posted August 8, 2008 I work in a garage in rainworth and when the apprentice goes to the chippy on a friday i asked for a chip butty and the lad looked at me like i was speaking a foreign language its known as a chip cob??  you go to Rainworth fish Bar next to fresh & tasty.  Did you know the fish bar is where they caught England's most wanted man back in the 60's, Donald Neilson AKA The Black Panther. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
gritter1960 Â Â 10 #22 Posted August 8, 2008 Bod dot = bird dirt (poo)Â That one took me a while to work out when I first heard it (my parents lived in Southwell for a number of years). Â father inlaw used to say bod tod Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mosh   10 #23 Posted August 8, 2008 Allreet me duck, i'm just gooing rerned rez. (Are you o/k I am just going for a walk round the local pond)  Hark at it ert theer ( Listen to the weather outside)  Mosh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...