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Trogluddite
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12 Jun 2019, 8:11 pm

SaveFerris wrote:
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PS: Nor do all Yorkshire folk say "eeh, bah gum" every other sentence!


But they are all black belt in Ecky-Thump 8)

And they're even better than that at... Ferret Legging! 8O
Wikipedia: Ferret Legging wrote:
The sport is said to involve very little "native skill", simply an ability to "have your tool bitten and not care".
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Competitors can attempt, from outside their trousers, to dislodge the ferrets, but as the animals can maintain a strong hold for long periods, their removal can be difficult


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12 Jun 2019, 8:17 pm

Some traditional American speech, offered as a public service.


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12 Jun 2019, 10:03 pm

That was a great scene from "Airplane". The White lady who was fluent in "jive" is the same actress who 20 years earlier played June Cleaver in "Leave it to Beaver".



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13 Jun 2019, 3:28 am

Fnord wrote:
Does anyone in the UK still actually use Cockney Rhyming Slang, or is it just a novelty?

watching a documentary about the rock group Queen, freddie mercury can be heard saying "berk" which is an obscene example of cockney rhyming slang, it is shorthand for "berkeley hunt" and is an obvious rhyme to a vulgar word for a body part used to describe a disliked person.



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13 Jun 2019, 9:38 am

SaveFerris wrote:
Trogluddite wrote:

PS: Nor do all Yorkshire folk say "eeh, bah gum" every other sentence!


But they are all black belt in Ecky-Thump 8)

The Goodies,loved that show.


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