tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post945455272646246673..comments2024-02-05T17:00:31.227+11:00Comments on Working Through It: Old SlangJackie Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-61926459651260963322014-06-21T15:47:47.104+10:002014-06-21T15:47:47.104+10:00Ah yes "Piss orf Bruce" - I'd forgot...Ah yes "Piss orf Bruce" - I'd forgotten about that one.<br />My favorite ever bit of Fawlty Towers: when a guest asked if he could have breakfast brought up to his room because he wasn't feeling well, and Basil said politely "Your legs, is it?"Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-70366158112997155702014-06-21T15:45:54.059+10:002014-06-21T15:45:54.059+10:00My family still does "Anyone? Anyone?" f...My family still does "Anyone? Anyone?" from that movie.Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-50946216487120919052014-06-19T22:42:13.672+10:002014-06-19T22:42:13.672+10:00Fawlty Towers:
"I'll deal with it Sybil&...Fawlty Towers:<br /><br />"I'll deal with it Sybil". I still use that one, often through gritted teeth.<br />"Papers in Fawlty?", from the Major. Not used for a while. Hard copy papers are becoming history.<br /><br />I had forgotten whacker, but that is from my childhood.<br /><br />Not used for a long time, but from The Naked Vicar Show:<br /><br />"Shop, Mrs Jackson" and "P*ss orf Bruce".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-14112135522683205002014-06-19T21:16:49.951+10:002014-06-19T21:16:49.951+10:00I still use so many of those. I was a child of th...I still use so many of those. I was a child of the 80's as well and went to every single one of my jr, high dances wearing a white suit jacket over a bright blue t-shirt because I was just so Don Johnson. <br /><br />My favorite one was when anyone was missing from anywhere, we would all ask, "Bueller? Bueller?" Has anyone seen Bueller?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871616926104843281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-6366512277151231102014-06-13T00:39:09.973+10:002014-06-13T00:39:09.973+10:00I like muttonhead - I've never heard that I do...I like muttonhead - I've never heard that I don't think!Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-88984245270637958812014-06-12T21:46:13.022+10:002014-06-12T21:46:13.022+10:00I remember whacker and still use it, muttonhead wa...I remember whacker and still use it, muttonhead was popular in my stepdad's house, apparently all his kids were muttonheads. One or two were Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-2153106118608498632014-06-12T17:50:47.516+10:002014-06-12T17:50:47.516+10:00Thanks Gosia :)Thanks Gosia :)Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-45809815373565238092014-06-12T17:49:42.443+10:002014-06-12T17:49:42.443+10:00Yes! I like some of the ones the younguns use nowa...Yes! I like some of the ones the younguns use nowadays too. E.g.: "Ish". "I've done all my homework. Ish."<br />And in our family unit we've adopted a couple of soft-swearing phrases from Madagascar: "Oh Sugar Honey Iced Tea!" and "Darn you! Darn you to heck!"Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-35802802345660766072014-06-12T17:46:45.552+10:002014-06-12T17:46:45.552+10:00Isn't it weird? 'Whacker' was huge whe...Isn't it weird? 'Whacker' was huge when I was a kid too, but now completely gone. Which is fine...<br />'Not exactly a Tower of Strength' - yes I've heard that too. Love those "not..." phrases, they're really funny.<br />I still use some of these too, but then you, me and Pandora are all the same vintage.Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-24929990141909255032014-06-12T17:44:21.146+10:002014-06-12T17:44:21.146+10:00Yes, my family always did "Goodnight John Boy...Yes, my family always did "Goodnight John Boy" too! And we never even watched The Waltons.<br />Rapt - very much in use among my extended family. It's quite archaic I think.Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-88444422226807544592014-06-12T15:51:35.514+10:002014-06-12T15:51:35.514+10:00really enjoyed that! I'd forgotten some of the...really enjoyed that! I'd forgotten some of the slang on the list. A lot of it defines a Time, doesn't it. The kids have a few goodies at the moment - I like 'Honey, where IS my Super Suit?' (The Incredibles). Still partial to 'Run Forest, Run!' and 'You Numpty' - use that a fair bit! :)Jumble Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18178572046978666630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-79656072189037748532014-06-12T15:35:18.880+10:002014-06-12T15:35:18.880+10:00Recognised them all and realised that I still use ...Recognised them all and realised that I still use most of them!<br /><br />'Whacker' was huge in my home town in the late 70s/early 80s, as was 'drongo'<br /><br />If you saw a loser, they were sometimes described as 'Not exactly a Tower of Strength'MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-7323146805017786222014-06-12T09:59:03.926+10:002014-06-12T09:59:03.926+10:00"Good night John Boy", from The Waltons,..."Good night John Boy", from The Waltons, and it is still to be among our family at bedtime.<br /><br />"Oh, you are naughty", which I think was from one of the English female impersonators.<br /><br />Rapt is a word which my mother still uses and it sounds weird.<br /><br />Not so old but, "This is a local shop for local people", perhaps from League of Gentlemen.<br /><br />I think it is misquote, "You're not in Kansas now Dorothy".<br /><br />From a British tv comedy show, "It's only Sonia", called out by a frequently visiting neighbour at the back door.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-14205021631247391482014-06-12T08:46:47.947+10:002014-06-12T08:46:47.947+10:00I forgot about that one! My family still use from ...I forgot about that one! My family still use from the Young Ones: 'now that, I did not expect' and Rik's quote during Trivial Pursuit 'Ooh I know this, I know this...'Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-90790132526498494722014-06-12T07:39:08.362+10:002014-06-12T07:39:08.362+10:00I still use half of these. And all the Young Ones ...I still use half of these. And all the Young Ones quotes from way back then :Have we got a video?"Pandora Behrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582255671962095503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-59363816073673936082014-06-12T06:53:47.280+10:002014-06-12T06:53:47.280+10:00My dad used to just throw in some weird old slang ...My dad used to just throw in some weird old slang from his school days sometimes and we'd all have a good old laugh at what weird things they used to say in The Olden Days. Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-90089313492949236362014-06-12T06:50:56.739+10:002014-06-12T06:50:56.739+10:00See now that should have caught on - it's pret...See now that should have caught on - it's pretty good. Maybe was just too obscure to travel.Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-10623477582693301462014-06-12T05:09:52.582+10:002014-06-12T05:09:52.582+10:00Many of these are frighteningly familiar. And I s...Many of these are frighteningly familiar. And I still cringe thinking about my mother trying to use some of them. Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-19821098879673342792014-06-12T02:49:21.145+10:002014-06-12T02:49:21.145+10:00Fun post, I had no idea how many of these are or w...Fun post, I had no idea how many of these are or were universal.<br />We had one in Jr. High that I think never left our side of town. "Hit the right!" (tell the truth) From swearing in court. We may have had a few delinquents in our crowd.<br /><br />"Hit the right passed that test." "Hit the right you sucked face with Mary Lou!" joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-74363912254306939072014-06-12T02:41:33.667+10:002014-06-12T02:41:33.667+10:00Jackie, thanks for sharing it's very interesti...Jackie, thanks for sharing it's very interesting.Gosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-30555733675520691852014-06-12T01:05:02.628+10:002014-06-12T01:05:02.628+10:00Oh Ricky! The one of his I still use is "Ay a...Oh Ricky! The one of his I still use is "Ay ay ay ay...."Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141383639448060234.post-41437906926468680772014-06-12T00:29:06.423+10:002014-06-12T00:29:06.423+10:00Here3's one more for you...." 'splan ...Here3's one more for you...." 'splan it to me Lucy" from I Love Lucy. We still use that one here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com