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    Unusual words we use and their local meanings.

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    Post by erlie Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 9:14

    Caboose-- kitchen on the deck of a ship
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 9:34

    erlie wrote:Caboose-- kitchen on the deck of a ship

    Good one. We call it a "galley" in UK. (Not the ship, the kitchen). Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 294053457
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    Post by Topdog Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 11:08

    Deckhead.......ceiling of a ship.
    Dickhead.........not here.
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    Post by Mcqueen Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 11:16

    Is my tie on straight, - Do you think i'm stupid or what,
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    Post by erlie Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 11:31

    The Lone Ranger wrote:
    erlie wrote:Caboose-- kitchen on the deck of a ship

    Good one. We call it a "galley" in UK. (Not the ship, the kitchen). Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 294053457

    Lol. This gonna throw me off the ship Ranger. Okay I learn something today, it's galley then.

    Ferruginous-- the color of rust; impregnated with iron.. Okay Ranger what you called this in UK?
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    Post by Topdog Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 11:34

    We call it Rusty.
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 11:35

    ...rusty. Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 3025408739

    Edit: you beat me to it TD!
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    Post by Topdog Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 11:37

    Alright Ferrous.
    If something Copper has turned greenish blue it has VERDEGRIS.
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    Post by Mcqueen Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 11:38

    The Lone Ranger wrote:...rusty. Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 3025408739

    Edit: you beat me to it TD!

    Thought scots called it brine Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 3275847336
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 11:47

    Nopes. Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 3275847336Brine to me is salt water, as in "Tuna in brine" in a tin.
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    Post by Mcqueen Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 11:50

    I remember trying to flog a Hillman Hunter to a scot, he said nah too much brine , So the boot must have been full of Tuna, Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 3025408739
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 11:58

    How to calculate the density of brine... Density (lb/ft3)= a3 - (a2*Temperature (F)) ....why would you bother? Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 3025408739
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    Post by Topdog Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 14:13

    SCOTS CALL IT irn bru
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 14:20

    Irn Bru is lovely... Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 1483819851
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    Post by searcher Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 15:40

    What the guy looking at the Hillman probably meant was he lived near the sea and it would dissolve in the sea air as hillmans were prone to doing[a bit like lancia]
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    Post by Mcqueen Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 15:57

    searcher wrote:What the guy looking at the Hillman probably meant was he lived near the sea and it would dissolve in the sea air as hillmans were prone to doing[a bit like lancia]

    Most cars in those days rusted, very rare i get an mot fail on welding, except Ford KA, made out of paper those things, Maybe an oldish Micra too,
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    Post by searcher Sun 27 Jan 2013 - 17:34

    Val had an old Micra auto it went like stink but was held together by welds ,patches and glue
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    Post by erlie Mon 28 Jan 2013 - 13:39

    Mabsoot- Happy- Look at her, she got lucky last night by winning the lottery ticket so she is mabsoot.
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    Post by searcher Mon 28 Jan 2013 - 15:24

    Back home we would say OWERAMOON
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    Post by Lancashire Lass Mon 28 Jan 2013 - 16:33

    Few from me, laiking about, spoggs and my all time favourite (not sure of the spelling) Leek Geen.
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Mon 28 Jan 2013 - 16:50

    Lancashire Lass wrote:Few from me, laiking about, spoggs and my all time favourite (not sure of the spelling) Leek Geen.

    You're supposed to tell us what they mean as well... Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 3025408739
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    Post by Mcqueen Mon 28 Jan 2013 - 17:15

    Mmm, heard of laiking about, but not the others, Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 2931609686
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    Post by Lancashire Lass Tue 29 Jan 2013 - 13:02

    The Lone Ranger wrote:
    Lancashire Lass wrote:Few from me, laiking about, spoggs and my all time favourite (not sure of the spelling) Leek Geen.

    You're supposed to tell us what they mean as well... Unusual words we use and their local meanings. - Page 2 3025408739

    Oops sorry, slapped wrists haha.

    laiking about, playing about, messing around

    Spoggs, sweeties sometimes called spice

    Leek Geen, is a little more difficult. It is what some peeps would call 'a dirty old man' a bit like Steptoe, an old man who likes leering after girls.
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    Post by 3rdforum Tue 29 Jan 2013 - 14:18

    culchie (pronounced cull chee). means s'one from the country, a kind of redneck. I'm one!!
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    Post by searcher Tue 29 Jan 2013 - 15:45

    3rdforum wrote:culchie (pronounced cull chee). means s'one from the country, a kind of redneck. I'm one!!

    You will be a teuchter then

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