White daps with a suit?

[splott parker]

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 ��

Very common saying, still used

[splott parker]

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?

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

[William Treseder]

Very common saying, still used

I feel bad now thinking she made it up 😁

[Wales-Bales]

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'

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

[Wales-Bales]

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

"must have bean"

[DINGO COOPER]

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

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.

[splott parker]

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

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’……….

[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.

[NYCBlue]

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’……….

Why? What's the difference?

[William Treseder]

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.

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 !!

[Don Corleone]

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 !!

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….

[Taunton Blue Genie]

That makes no sense

What doesn't?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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’……….

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.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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 😂

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

[splott parker]

Why? What's the difference?

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.

[Michael Morris]

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….

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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[BLUETIT]

I’d say a mid 90’s tie

[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

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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

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

[splott parker]

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

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.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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.

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.

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

[ZZ Jack]

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?

Try, "sorry, for what".