White daps with a suit?

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

On a side note has anyone on here heard the saying “Diarrhoea with daps on” ?
My Mum used it yrs ago to describe JJ Williams the Welsh rugby union player.
I’d never heard it before, or since. She told me it was a Cardiff saying, but to this day I think she just made it up ��

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Very common saying, still used :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Hot Shot Hamish.

The white trainers fad is an eye roller for me. What’s really bugging me now is when I contact someone re anything and I get thanked for “reaching out”. When did that become everyday English?

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It’s daps, not trainers, Lew Clayton was a trainer :hehe:

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Very common saying, still used :thumbup:

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I feel bad now thinking she made it up 😁

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Originally Posted by Joe Gillis

A tie is very smart in my opinion and has never gone out of fashion.
I think these dap wearers will look back in years to come and say 'What the feck did I look like'

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The last time I wore a tie must have a couple of decades ago, I hate them with a vengeance.

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Originally Posted by Wales-Bales

The last time I wore a tie must have a couple of decades ago, I hate them with a vengeance.

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"must have bean"

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Originally Posted by Wales-Bales

The last time I wore a tie must have a couple of decades ago, I hate them with a vengeance.

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This. Utterly pointless things. Wearing a tie with a short sleeved shirt is also the lowest of the low when it comes to fashion, never mind white daps.

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Originally Posted by B. Oddie

When you combine that with "hey, can I get a...", you know you've got a right wanker in front of you.

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Any person who says ‘Can I get’ should be told ‘Yes, it’s over there on the shelf (or wherever) but you’re not allowed behind the counter so f*ck off’ ……now if you’d have said ‘Can I have’……….

If you're going to wear a formal suit, It's usually going to look better with a tie. Sure, a tie's purpose is purely decoration, but what's wrong with that? People wear hats all the time when they're not needed.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Any person who says ‘Can I get’ should be told ‘Yes, it’s over there on the shelf (or wherever) but you’re not allowed behind the counter so f*ck off’ ……now if you’d have said ‘Can I have’……….

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Why? What's the difference?

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

If you're going to wear a formal suit, It's usually going to look better with a tie. Sure, a tie's purpose is purely decoration, but what's wrong with that? People wear hats all the time when they're not needed.

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In the winter a hat can keep you warm, in the summer it can protect you. As for ties,I’ve had the same one for 52 yrs, and it still fits !!

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

In the winter a hat can keep you warm, in the summer it can protect you. As for ties,I’ve had the same one for 52 yrs, and it still fits !!

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Nobody wears ties in the office anymore, even if you’re wearing a suit. I have a large collection of ties sat in the back of the wardrobe from my days working in an office in the late 80’s / early 90’s. Fashions change, in those days the women in the office all wore high heels and stockings to work….:-):-)

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Originally Posted by Joe Gillis

That makes no sense

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What doesn't?

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Any person who says ‘Can I get’ should be told ‘Yes, it’s over there on the shelf (or wherever) but you’re not allowed behind the counter so f*ck off’ ……now if you’d have said ‘Can I have’……….

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The word 'may' should be used rather than 'can', the latter pertaining to the ability to do something rather than the permission to do something.

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

On a side note has anyone on here heard the saying “Diarrhoea with daps on” ?
My Mum used it yrs ago to describe JJ Williams the Welsh rugby union player.
I’d never heard it before, or since. She told me it was a Cardiff saying, but to this day I think she just made it up 😂

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As SP pointed out - a very common saying in Cardiff. :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

Why? What's the difference?

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Get and have have different meanings.
‘Can I get one of those’ surely means that you are going to get it yourself.
‘Can I have’ implies you are asking someone to get it for you.

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Originally Posted by Don Corleone

Nobody wears ties in the office anymore, even if you’re wearing a suit. I have a large collection of ties sat in the back of the wardrobe from my days working in an office in the late 80’s / early 90’s. Fashions change, in those days the women in the office all wore high heels and stockings to work….:-):-)

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I threw a bunch of ties out a few weeks ago. I ditched my whole wardobe basically as all my clothes were too big. As for ties I just kept a black one, two maybe three patterned ones and this

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I’d say a mid 90’s tie

When I moved from Cardiff to the isle of man aged 8 the one word I missed the most was daps wish I've never come across anywhere else since

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Originally Posted by fugsyphil

When I moved from Cardiff to the isle of man aged 8 the one word I missed the most was daps wish I've never come across anywhere else since

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It is used in the areas of Gloucester, Bristol and Somerset too.

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Originally Posted by fugsyphil

When I moved from Cardiff to the isle of man aged 8 the one word I missed the most was daps wish I've never come across anywhere else since

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It’s a bit sad that ‘trainers’ has become the generic term. It was always daps around here and around the country there were other words like pumps, sand shoes etc. I think it’s great that areas have their own words for things and we should strongly stick to tradition rather than all fall into a boring line.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

It’s a bit sad that ‘trainers’ has become the generic term. It was always daps around here and around the country there were other words like pumps, sand shoes etc. I think it’s great that areas have their own words for things and we should strongly stick to tradition rather than all fall into a boring line.

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I first came across the word 'pumps' during my Merchant Navy training days. A scouser used the word 'pumps' and I immediately corrected him and said... "You mean daps, don't you?"
I honestly thought 'daps' was the universal word for them. :hehe:

BTW: What is the official word... plimsolls?

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Originally Posted by Hot Shot Hamish.

The white trainers fad is an eye roller for me. What’s really bugging me now is when I contact someone re anything and I get thanked for “reaching out”. When did that become everyday English?

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Try, "sorry, for what".

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Get and have have different meanings.
‘Can I get one of those’ surely means that you are going to get it yourself.
‘Can I have’ implies you are asking someone to get it for you.

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I understand that. But still, why? Before you have something, you have to get it. I'll never fully understand why people are so bothered about what language other people use. What a waste of time and energy.

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

I understand that. But still, why? Before you have something, you have to get it. I'll never fully understand why people are so bothered about what language other people use. What a waste of time and energy.

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No you don't.

Not in a coffee shop.

Someone else (who works there) gets it for you.

I think some of us get 'bothered' by misuse of language because it can be lazy, nonsensical or perverse.

When it doesn't have to be!

Now, on to double negatives..... :hehe:

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

On a side note has anyone on here heard the saying “Diarrhoea with daps on” ?
My Mum used it yrs ago to describe JJ Williams the Welsh rugby union player.
I’d never heard it before, or since. She told me it was a Cardiff saying, but to this day I think she just made it up 😂

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Yep my mum used it as well as ‘shit off a hot shovel ‘ to describe something fast