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I’m wondering what words or sayings do you use (or are aware of) that exists in your local area and seemingly nowhere else?
When I started coming to Cheltenham to socialise in the early eighties, ordering a pint of beer in a pub, you would often be asked if you wanted it in a 'handle' or 'sleever' (straight glass). Although I grew up only 20 miles or so away near Worcester, I had never heard of a 'sleever' until then and have only ever heard it in Cheltenham.
Likewise, it wasn’t until about 15 years later my wife (from Gloucester) mentioned getting our son some 'daps'. "Some what?" I said. I had never heard of daps, they were 'pumps' (or even plimsolls) to me.
My grandmother used to say "It’s looking a bit black over Bill's mother's" when black clouds were in the distance. She was from Birmingham and I think the saying is a Birmingham one.
When I started coming to Cheltenham to socialise in the early eighties, ordering a pint of beer in a pub, you would often be asked if you wanted it in a 'handle' or 'sleever' (straight glass). Although I grew up only 20 miles or so away near Worcester, I had never heard of a 'sleever' until then and have only ever heard it in Cheltenham.
Likewise, it wasn’t until about 15 years later my wife (from Gloucester) mentioned getting our son some 'daps'. "Some what?" I said. I had never heard of daps, they were 'pumps' (or even plimsolls) to me.
My grandmother used to say "It’s looking a bit black over Bill's mother's" when black clouds were in the distance. She was from Birmingham and I think the saying is a Birmingham one.