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Whitty

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Re: Old Brummie sayings got any ?
« Reply #1254 on: May 07, 2016, 10:43:18 AM »
 Nipper ,  meaning young child

Our kid ,  meaning brother / sister
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Re: Old Brummie sayings got any ?
« Reply #1255 on: May 07, 2016, 12:32:14 PM »
He's bin around since Adam was a lad.

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Re: Old Brummie sayings got any ?
« Reply #1256 on: May 07, 2016, 01:50:11 PM »
Bab and babby
miskin (dustbin)
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Whitty

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Re: Old Brummie sayings got any ?
« Reply #1257 on: May 07, 2016, 05:09:00 PM »
COALHOLE , a place where you kept coal or coke inside or outside the house
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Re: Old Brummie sayings got any ?
« Reply #1258 on: May 07, 2016, 05:49:10 PM »
Just gooing to the karzi

Just going to the toilet
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Re: Old Brummie sayings got any ?
« Reply #1259 on: May 07, 2016, 07:56:39 PM »
Up the wooden hills  or Up the dancers (up the stairs)
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Whitty

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Re: Old Brummie sayings got any ?
« Reply #1260 on: May 09, 2016, 08:30:13 AM »
It taint ,     it is not
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Re: Old Brummie sayings got any ?
« Reply #1261 on: May 30, 2016, 04:15:21 PM »
Sit still your like a fart in a colander.
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Re: Old Brummie sayings got any ?
« Reply #1262 on: July 30, 2016, 10:09:32 PM »
You'll be out on your ear.
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Re: Old Brummie sayings got any ?
« Reply #1263 on: August 05, 2016, 09:44:21 PM »
Crikey I have been away from Brum for 59 years and still use a load of those sayings, no wonder Aussies look at me stupid every now and then, don't think they will ever get use to "owm yow", they think im taking about a cat.

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Re: Old Brummie sayings got any ?
« Reply #1264 on: August 06, 2016, 10:47:52 AM »
No cups in the cupboard . [No Teeth]
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