Words that you enjoy

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

Soccer

Because I know they hate it

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

Garbage

From that Gayle/Connor montage they did pre game on Friday I realise I quite like it. Heard a few other RL people use it too (Schoey etc)

Obviously it will annoy some people as an Americanism and that appeals to me.

Might start integrating it into my everyday useage

[Pen-Y-Bont Crusader]

Melliflous.

[Stirlin]

Faked Alaska.

[Copa]

1. Ornery.

It was used where I lived in rural US, for example “he’s as ornery as a moose”.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, uses the word “ornery” in Australia so I started using it here.

2. Writing “gaol” instead of “jail”.

 

[Robin Evans]

The verb "to f anny"! To mess about in an irritating way.

"Robin, stop fannying about or tha'll gerra clip rarnd t'earoyle".

[Robin Evans]

Just now, Robin Evans said:

The verb "to f anny"! To mess about in an irritating way.

"Robin, stop fannying about or tha'll gerra clip rarnd t'earoyle".

And it was never a word used in a profane way.

[Wolford6]

I once worked in Accrington for six months.

 

Bottle = Bockle

Kettle = Keckle

To be honest, I found it funny and not remotely annoying.

[CanaBull]

There's a few dialect words that seem to raise a smile.

Chelpin', laikin', slahtin'.

And there's one my Grandad used that you don't hear often any more, bummerskite.

[JohnM]

Freedom 

Orchestra

Sunshine

Grossglockner 

Soccer 

City 

Lancashire

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hopping Mad]

I know I'm in a Scot's company when 'internationalist' is trotted out.

Ditto 'outwith'.

Both good to hear.

'Lugubrious' does it for me, too.

Ditto 'North Utsire' and 'South Utsire'.

[DavidM]

A and The . I like them and use them often . Examples ‘ I like a pie ‘ and ‘ I’m watching the match ‘ 

[hindle xiii]

Spofforth.

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

3 hours ago, Hopping Mad said:

I know I'm in a Scot's company when 'internationalist' is trotted out.

Ditto 'outwith'.

Both good to hear.

'Lugubrious' does it for me, too.

Ditto 'North Utsire' and 'South Utsire'.

Being a Scot, I too like 'outwith' and it seems to me to make more sense than the equivalent, if anachronistic, English version - 'without'; at least the latter has been rendered virtually redundant by use of 'outside'.  However, as a kid, I could not understand the opening hymn line, "There is a green hill far away without a city wall".  I kept thinking that it was odd to make a point of mentioning that this green hill had no city wall, because why would a green hill have one in any case?

Still on the Scottish theme, I like 'thereby' meaning 'about'.  So, information on land for sale might say, 'the plot extends to two acres or thereby'.

For its lovely sound, my favourite word is 'crepuscular', as in, for instance, 'the nightjar is a bird which is most active in the crepuscular period of each day.'

Shetland, from which my dad's side of the family come, has a very rich vocabulary, not least for all of the local wildlife.  Examples include dratsie (otter), bonxie (great skua), aalin (Arctic skua), tammie norrie (puffin), shalder (oystercatcher) and tystie (black guillemot)

In Northumberland, eider ducks are called 'cuddy ducks', which I believe really means St Cuthbert's ducks.  St Cuthbert would certainly have come close to these sea ducks in that county.

[Number 16]

Like

Because the word is too often, like, misused and overused.

 

 

[Number 16]

Rugger

For obvious reasons.

[Hugh Jarce]

Scrumdiddlyumptious!

 

[Robthegasman]

I like the C word.It describes a lot of people perfectly especially some of those who write venom in the Political Discussion forum

[CanaBull]

6 hours ago, Robthegasman said:

I like the C word.It describes a lot of people perfectly especially some of those who write venom in the Political Discussion forum

Conservative? 

[JohnM]

1 hour ago, CanaBull said:

Conservative? 

No. Canadian.

[Robthegasman]

16 hours ago, CanaBull said:

Conservative? 

The second letter is U

The third letter is N

The fourth letter is well I will let you guess

[graveyard johnny]

FUNNEL

[TheYoungBaron]

On 14/03/2022 at 07:22, Robin Evans said:

And it was never a word used in a profane way.

Totally agree. Is this a 5 towns verb? Haven't heard anywhere else. Akin to faffing.  "Stop faffing and gerritdun." Agree f anny was never used in a derogative fashion. 

[JohnM]

Will, and Smith.

[shaun mc]

Verisimilitude

The Fannies managed to squeeze it into a song