Words you use that isn't understood elsewhere.

[Joe Gillis]

I once asked a woman in a bakers shop in Sunderland for a couple of baps. Her and her fellow workers all burst out laughing. I then changed it to Cobs and they looked at me like I had two heads

[NYCBlue]

I once asked a woman in a bakers shop in Sunderland for a couple of baps. Her and her fellow workers all burst out laughing. I then changed it to Cobs and they looked at me like I had two heads

You could have just asked for rolls and not wasted everyone's time.

[BLUETIT]

You could have just asked for rolls and not wasted everyone's time.

He wanted something to eat, not a car

[MacAdder]

Daps

[Mr Shhh]

Daps

Is it true that 'daps' is actually short for Dunlop Air Products? Or have I fallen for it, hook, line and sinker?

[NYCBlue]

Is it true that 'daps' is actually short for Dunlop Air Products? Or have I fallen for it, hook, line and sinker?

Interesting.

[splott parker]

They may say marbles elsewhere but they’ll always be alleys to me, and the big silver ones are bombas, the second ‘b’ pronounced the same as the first. Also its gobs, jacks or five stones indeed!!!!!!!!! And a gully is the correct term for a small lane/path between houses, you can shove your ginnels or cuts up your jacksie (not arse)

[jon1959]

Is it true that 'daps' is actually short for Dunlop Air Products? Or have I fallen for it, hook, line and sinker?

One folk etymology that doesn’t work, however, is deriving daps as an acronym from the factory name “Dunlop Athletic Plimsoles,” as Dunlop did not take over the original manufacturer, the Liverpool Rubber Company, until 1925, fifteen years after the first mention in Cardiff.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...in-of-dap-shoe

[NYCBlue]

He wanted something to eat, not a car

Fail.

[Joe Gillis]

You could have just asked for rolls and not wasted everyone's time.

Why? I didn't want a roll! Stick to your Subs Yank