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CLKD

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2012, 09:32:28 PM »
Dwyle Flunking began in Norfolk  ;) [I was there  :o no that was Max Boyce]

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Bette

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2012, 11:22:46 PM »
Mitsubishi - always want to say it in a low, dramatic voice emphasising "bish." i know - wierd!  ;D
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Heron

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2012, 12:08:14 AM »
Love the word 'darling' !
My sons are my darlings.   :)
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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2012, 10:53:22 AM »
Drookit  -  soaked to the skin

Dumfoonirt (spelling unknown)  - haven't got a clue

A favourite used to be tattie-bogle  -  meaning scarecrow
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Bette

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2012, 11:22:49 AM »
tattie-bogle - that's brilliant!  ;D
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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2012, 11:48:13 AM »
Sorry to differ LD but it seems that Dwile Flonking or Dwyle Flunking is one of those things that is a bit uncertain as to origins but the first match was played in Beccles in Suffolk in 1966. Dwile is a Suffolk word for dishcloth and one my dad still used. "pass me that dwile gal"

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Suzi Q

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #21 on: March 04, 2012, 12:16:31 PM »
Dead chuffed
No pockets in a shround
This is not a rehearsal
STAY CALM
Bin HIm
Hello my lovely what can I do for you today
OH god I miss this way of talking
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san

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2012, 12:57:20 PM »
Scottish  say Messages ... Meaning errands ... Weird ... But lovely  ;)
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CLKD

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #23 on: March 04, 2012, 01:05:00 PM »
OK - East Anglian origin then  ;)
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Taz2

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #24 on: March 04, 2012, 01:21:47 PM »
That's better  ;D  you dursn't mix up Suffolk and Norfolk you know! Big mistake.

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viv

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #25 on: March 04, 2012, 02:53:15 PM »
Hen.......meaning girl/woman.  (hate that one)  ::)

Dae ye ken.......do you know.

Hirple....to limp


The list just goes on  ;D ;D

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oldsheep

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #26 on: March 04, 2012, 06:56:24 PM »
OH does work with the Japanese. The way they say hello on the phone is moshi moshi. I really like it.

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #27 on: March 04, 2012, 07:25:50 PM »
Codswallop
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viv

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #28 on: March 04, 2012, 08:15:30 PM »
Is that a soup

 ;D ;D


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CLKD

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Re: Favourite Words
« Reply #29 on: March 04, 2012, 09:33:02 PM »
 ;D
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