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20-07-2021, 01:02 PM
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And then there's "Polari" -----.
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20-07-2021, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Minx ->
I was trying not to give them a history lesson DK but you certainly know your SA History
I have read the "scramble for Africa " by Thomas packenham
several times Minxy !
It is the most unbiased history of SA. that l know of ??

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20-07-2021, 01:34 PM
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I have read the "scramble for Africa " by Thomas packenham
several times Minxy !
It is the most unbiased history of SA. that l know of ??

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Are you suggesting that my basing my knowledge of SA through the 1964 film Zulu and bopping along to Free Nelson Mandela at uni isn't quite as comprehensive as it ought to be?
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20-07-2021, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Minx ->
I accept that this is a UK focused forum.

It’s just that there are times when I feel like chop.

I struggle to understand some common UK terms so if it’s Minx asking you to please explain the term, please do or I’m going to look so foolish. I’m lost in translation…

I’ve got half a brain - promise

Do you struggle with some terms/terminology?
Whatever "chop" is .....
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20-07-2021, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
There are a few phrases I can think of (this early in the morning) from my EastEnd days, phrases that some of my family still use.

Gone home - worn out (as in, that T shirt has gone home so I'll throw it away).

Out the window (out the winda) well that's that idea out the winda.

Bread & Pullit - A sandwich with nothing in it.
And then there's 'bread and scratchit' - whatever's available to put on the bread you scratch it on then scratch it off again and put back in the pot/jar for the next day.
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20-07-2021, 03:05 PM
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And then there's 'bread and scratchit' - whatever's available to put on the bread you scratch it on then scratch it off again and put back in the pot/jar for the next day.
Scratch ?
Isn't that pork or beef dripping ??

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20-07-2021, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Dextrous63 ->
Are you suggesting that my basing my knowledge of SA through the 1964 film Zulu and bopping along to Free Nelson Mandela at uni isn't quite as comprehensive as it ought to be?
Uni??
What's that ??

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20-07-2021, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazzi ->
I was born and raised in Walthamstow!! Left there in Oct 2019 to follow my younger sister to Suffolk, the seaside town of Lowestoft.

Grew up by Billet Road, then later moved to off Higham Hill.
If you think you've got it bad re local dialects and lingo, try Wolverhampton and Birmingham. 14 miles separating the 2 cities, along with about 20 accents and 10 dialects.
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20-07-2021, 03:30 PM
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I am entertained and challenged daily by UK terminology and the lingo.

I have had many a giggle over what I thought they were talking about, then finding out differently.
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20-07-2021, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Percy Vere ->
If you think you've got it bad re local dialects and lingo, try Wolverhampton and Birmingham. 14 miles separating the 2 cities, along with about 20 accents and 10 dialects.
How does one say Happy Eid in brummie?
 
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