Words that have fallen out of use

[Sly]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

Always called Wollies in my neck 'o' woods.

[Trickyvee]

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Woolworths.

Or in my neck of the woods, 'Wulwaz'

[Austin Maxi]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

Woolworths.

[Heather74]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

I still refer to sleep.

I remember Ruby Wax & Emma Bunton refering to them as "eye bogies" once.

Eww how charming! We have always called it sleep but my Nana also use to tell us it was a grain of sand left by the sandman.

[Richard1978]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

I still refer to sleep.

I remember Ruby Wax & Emma Bunton refering to them as "eye bogies" once.

[HG]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

Shekel appears in this list of slang for money, so Darren was correct in saying it had been used as slang (although maybe not in scotland) and I did remember it being used too.

http://www.businessballs.com/moneyslanghistory.htm

[sixtyten]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

"Spare a shekel for an old ex-leper?"

[ricasso]

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I thought shekels were the unit of currency in Israel.

your right, its got nothing to do with Scotland.

[tulip]

Re: old phrases

apparently its scottish for a money.

Well,I have never heard of it at all!

tulip

[darren]

Re: old phrases

polluted irish for very drunk.
ill give u a puck irish for ill give u a slap in the face.

[darren]

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we call sleep shut eye,kip,40 winks.

[Heather74]

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yes its 'sleep' here too

[sixtyten]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

Still call it sleep. Everyone I know does

[Marine Boy]

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That stuff that collects in the corners of your eyes and on your lashes overnight; when I was a child, my mum called it 'sleep'. As in, "oh, brush it away, it's just a bit of sleep". Later I heard it called 'sleepy-dust'. Maybe it's called something else these days.

[sixtyten]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

I've always heard Funk used to describe smells