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Originally Posted by Tuerto
You don't realise how much you and Bob are loved now "butt" has been sanctioned as the Welsh term of love and affection, I will continue to post on here.
You've all missed an opportunity here mind butt.
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Originally Posted by Tuerto
You don't realise how much you and Bob are loved now "butt" has been sanctioned as the Welsh term of love and affection, I will continue to post on here.
You've all missed an opportunity here mind butt.
It's a wonderful phrase, really genuine. :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jordi Culé
I couldn't run across my kitchen , but walking , I could walk 500 miles............ Good on you .Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Yeah I love the mountains , specially in the winter, when the sane folks stay at home ..
And I love the buzz when I have been places I probably shouldn't on days I probably shouldn't and got to the top .. :thumbup:
Yup, i understand that feeling :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock
What Munro's?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock
Never walked in Scotland but looking to do so.
Didn't do Ben Hope by chance? Looks wonderful.
A group of mountains that are over a certain height, named Munro's after the bloke who listed them, and measured them? (god knows) imagine naming a mountain range after yourself? I felt a sense of entitlement when it was decided that my boy would have my first name as his middle name....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jordi Culé
I did Jordi . A quick look on my Munro app and its the most Northerly .Quote:
Originally Posted by Jordi Culé
I have done the most Northerly , Westerly , Southerly , highest twice (dont bother, but you will.. Ben Nevis ) 2nd highest Ben Macdui , failed on Ben Lawers recently (6th highest), got in real trouble on the three sisters in Glen Coe (near Jimmy Savilles house )
I went up on my own , decent hike , no real path nearer the top , more rocky .
The cloud came down when I was close to the top , once again , always respect the mountains.
Very quiet part of Scotland , I usually keep away from the NC 500 but can see the draw.
Enjoy , make sure you are walking fit , its hard going.:thumbup:
Yeah but he isnt a mountain :hehe: Tuerto ... no wonder ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
My son also has my brilliant name as his middle name.
He's put some weight on of late.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock
I bought a car from Sinclair in East Tyndall Street and the salesman was giving me the "fella/bro/buddy" treatment all the time, and I thought it made him look daft, particularly as I wasn't communicating with him in that manner.
I couldn't take to him at all. This was about two years ago, but that was the last time I felt properly irritated by that approach.
my cousin is from Yeovil and they use "mate" a fair bit there. ...... could have come from there too ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamsarnie
I like butt too. occasionally comes out . I remember speaking to a quite a young person (I the early naughties) from the heads of the valleys in a bar in Cardiff and he seemed to be from another world again ..... he was very pleasant and used my "butty" to talk about his friend .....which I think is another level again .
Jesus I use mate on pretty much everybody, genuinely had no idea some people don't like it :getscoat:
I’m not your mate…PalQuote:
Originally Posted by Trigger
For my sins I lived in Staffordshire for a couple of years. I couldn’t get used to being called Ducks by everyone!
I don’t know how or why it started but I’ve got into the habit of calling everyone (males) ‘buddy’ with the occasional ‘chief’ thrown in. Am I going to hell?
What about when you’re in company and you can’t for the life of you you can’t remember one of the group’s names (it’s John). You’re willing someone to mention it, but conversations are endless until that magic moment someone does. Then, as if you knew all along, you finish every sentence, and every sentence, despite the others is directed at him, with ‘John’.
We've all been there :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Yeah, it's like you're going to compensate for it by making a point of using his name almost continuously :hehe:
I have to agree.
It is meaningless and repetitive.
Must be hard though if you are called Dave…….. your name is really Rodney!
I went to a funeral earlier in the week, I hadn’t seen most people there for more than 20 years. I knew almost all the faces but none of the names. There were some amusing conversations as a bunch of pensioners tried to remember each others names.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
I don't think there's any shame in not remembering names from 20 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
In such circumstances, I greet them by extending my hand towards them, pointing my index finger, and raising my eyebrows in the hope to elicit their name.
My wife gets a bit pissed off when I do this whenever I'm at her family gatherings! :hehe:
How’d she react when you forget her name?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
That only sometimes happens when I stagger home on Christmas day, New Year's day, and Chinese New Year's day. :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
I go one better, i don't go to family gatherings, bloody awful occasions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
Indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Spare me some sympathy that I'm always sat on a 'men's only table' for family gathering dinners.
All of them are chain-smokers, they all drink báijiǔ (super strong Chinese alcohol), and none of them can speak a word of English (my spoken Chinese is poor).
I usually find myself staring at the floor or looking at ccmb.co.uk on my phone. :hehe:
I'm from Barry and I and my friends have used "mate" for as long as I can remember. I call my best mate "mate" more often than I use his name. "mate of", mates with" "alright mate?" It's just common language around, Barry, Cardiff etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamsarnie
Is it OK to say "cheers drive"? I still say that to Uber and yellow cab drivers.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
I can't do them, they bore me to death. Full of old pissheads harping on about their youth, ****ing Elvis, Tom Jones etc, they all think that they're entertaining and funny once they've had a drink, and at least one female starts crying around 11pm. Thankfully they're starting to drop off now.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
Absolutely, that should be in big capital letters as you enter the City of Cardiff. Never mind the coat of Arms and all that Nonsense.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Don’t be put off by a few cantankerous old men on this message board. It’s a term of endearment and used to be friendly. Don’t see the problem with it unless someone using it in a really over the top style or patronising.Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
Mate, buddy, butty, butt, fella, I use them all depending on the person. Age and where they are from are 2 categories I would normally assess before choosing which one to use.
Haven’t heard the word “son” used in this thread yet, maybe that’s a Merthyr thing. Pronounced “Alright Saan”. Followed by “Whas happening”.
Alright Muk is another - short for mukker (mate)
Well said dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
I love the old vernacular version of 'mate' in deepest Somerset e.g. 'mucker' (and with a rolled 'r') and the longer form, 'me old mucker'.
I love 'Look at ee' (which can also mean look at it), the use of the word 'dimpsey' for twilight
'In the first football match I ever played in down here, our team captain looked at his damaged boot after the game and declared that 'Ee be buggered' (with the rhotic 'r' included, of course).
P S. The word 'daps' is also used in Somerset (and originates from Gloucester, I believe).
Do they use the term of endearment 'babber' down Somerset way, or is it confined to the Bristol area only?Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
I have never heard it in my years living in Taunton, Chard and Bridgwater and various village in this vicinity. In fact, I have never heard it in conversation anywhere. It may therefore be Bristolian or from that neck of the woods.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
For those who speak some German, it may be of interest the use of the word 'bist' can be heard (and in the same context as in German) in the Bristol area amongs the rural oldies, I understand.
Ah, must be just a Bristolian thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
The 'duzen' form of German used in Bristol, eh!
Languages and local dialects can be fascinating.
It’s a Forest (of Dean) greeting, although “Varest” is dying out by generation. Ow bist o’ butt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
‘Azards o' Chimuck Szwippin and Other Poems is worth a read.
Same. Quite shocked tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
I do quite often too, I would imagine more people are OK with it than strongly object to it, but it's good to know I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86
What’s happened to initial greetings? Always used to be ‘Hiya’ or in Cardiff ‘Aw rye’ ( our version of Alright). ‘Hey’ seems to be creeping in, years ago if someone greeted you with a ‘Hey’, the reply was normally, ‘That’s what ‘orses eat’.