Comments on: TLABD Dictionary http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk Every two years. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:34:21 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: PaulG http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-192 PaulG Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:34:21 +0000 http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-192 Squid - a quid, one pound Half a squid - ten bob (always comes back to me when eating Calmari) Squid – a quid, one pound

Half a squid – ten bob

(always comes back to me when eating Calmari)

]]> By: Steve http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-191 Steve Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:51:45 +0000 http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-191 Where's the bogs? - Where's the toilets? Where’s the bogs? – Where’s the toilets?

]]> By: Rosemary Knutsen http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-190 Rosemary Knutsen Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:38:01 +0000 http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-190 So did I! We used tranklements as well So did I! We used tranklements as well

]]> By: Rosemary Knutsen http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-189 Rosemary Knutsen Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:36:22 +0000 http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-189 yes, we played this in the 40s and 50s in Shirley. yes, we played this in the 40s and 50s in Shirley.

]]> By: Rosemary Knutsen http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-188 Rosemary Knutsen Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:13:55 +0000 http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-188 All us kids in Shirley, south-west of Brum, bought kayli (sherbet) when we were growing up in the 1940s. I never heard it called anything else Rosemary All us kids in Shirley, south-west of Brum, bought kayli (sherbet) when we were growing up in the 1940s. I never heard it called anything else

Rosemary

]]> By: fog http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-187 fog Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:52:10 +0000 http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-187 wrekin is actually a place in birmingham although is does mean long way round, it is a place too. wrekin is actually a place in birmingham although is does mean long way round, it is a place too.

]]> By: Salvatore http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-186 Salvatore Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:15:18 +0000 http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-186 Being a Scots lad, I was intrigued when my Brummie lover said goodbye last night with 'Mind how you go'. 3 times! I wondered if it was a genuine 'Tarra', or a more pointed 'Farewell', never to be seen again. The jury is still out 24 hours later. Being a Scots lad, I was intrigued when my Brummie lover said goodbye last night with ‘Mind how you go’. 3 times! I wondered if it was a genuine ‘Tarra’, or a more pointed ‘Farewell’, never to be seen again. The jury is still out 24 hours later.

]]> By: JohnO http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-185 JohnO Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:16:24 +0000 http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-185 Perhaps those in Yorkshire adopted the expression from some Black Country 'transplant' whilst employed in teaching Yorkshire 'fowk' how to rub two sticks together? (hee hee) Perhaps those in Yorkshire adopted the expression from some Black Country ‘transplant’ whilst employed in teaching Yorkshire ‘fowk’ how to rub two sticks together? (hee hee)

]]> By: JohnO http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-184 JohnO Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:10:49 +0000 http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-184 We had a 'tranklements' drawer - used for odds and sods etc. We had a ‘tranklements’ drawer – used for odds and sods etc.

]]> By: JohnO http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-183 JohnO Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:09:10 +0000 http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/talk-like-a-brummie-day-dictionary/#comment-183 'Rook' comes from a measure of coal....mining terminolgy etc. ‘Rook’ comes from a measure of coal….mining terminolgy etc.

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