The " 'diff "....

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef

No it wasn’t, used by locals in 50’s and 60’s.

---

That just isn’t true. Lived in Ely, Roath and Canton since the early 60’s and never heard one person Use that term, till a few yrs ago.

"Work colleagues"
"Eroding away"
"Reversing back"

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

"Work colleagues"
"Eroding away"
"Reversing back"

---

Superfluous tautologies?

The 'diff is cringe. It's an English student thing.
I use 'chippy lane' though.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Rjk

Superfluous tautologies?

---

Never heard that one growing up in Cardiff either.

As much as I would never use "the diff" I can't harbor any grudge against someone who loves Cardiff enough to set up a website about it.

There are plenty of other terms that the kids come out with that we don't get parochial about, I can never see myself saying "yeet" but that in no way should stop the youth from moving the language onwards.

Here in the valleys we do get, when lads meet each other......"Wos 'appenin". Hate it.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by cardiff55

Here in the valleys we do get, when lads meet each other......"Wos 'appenin". Hate it.

---

Very valleys

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by jon1959

Nelsonca61 is no student. See #56 on the Traffic Queue Jumpers thread. Shocked me that did. :hehe:

---

I saw Sham69 in the Students Union, the originals, although I wasn't involved the riot at the premature end of gig dust up :biggrin:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by William Treseder

Imo, anyone from Cardiff, or living in Cardiff who uses the terms Diff and Chippy Lane, should be banished from our great city for ever!!

---

Let’s get some perspective here. They should be kept in our great city.....and thrown in the Taff!!😋

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Vindec

These people use it:

http://www.ilovesthediff.com/

---

The guy who owns this company is a customer of mine .He is a top man , so diff is fine with me.

The Diff is in the back axle of rear wheel drive vehicles and balances the drive to each wheel as the car goes round a corner otherwise the car would try and drive through the corner and scrubb the tyres out .

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by William Treseder

That just isn’t true. Lived in Ely, Roath and Canton since the early 60’s and never heard one person Use that term, till a few yrs ago.

---

I'm with you on that and I go back to the 50's in Roath. I first heard it about late 90's when I helped run football at UWIC and some of the students from outside Cardiff used it.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by William Treseder

That just isn’t true. Lived in Ely, Roath and Canton since the early 60’s and never heard one person Use that term, till a few yrs ago.

---

I think you'll find we were talking about "He turned round and said...." and not the other to re Caroline St and the Diff. :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Rjk

Superfluous tautologies?

---

Very clever :easy: