Words that have fallen out of use

[Heather74]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

yes its 'sleep' here too

[darren]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

we call sleep shut eye,kip,40 winks.

[darren]

Re: old phrases

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

[tulip]

Re: old phrases

apparently its scottish for a money.

Well,I have never heard of it at all!

tulip

[ricasso]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

I thought shekels were the unit of currency in Israel.

your right, its got nothing to do with Scotland.

[sixtyten]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

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

[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

[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.

[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.

[Austin Maxi]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

Woolworths.

[Trickyvee]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

Woolworths.

Or in my neck of the woods, 'Wulwaz'

[Sly]

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Always called Wollies in my neck 'o' woods.

[scotchmist]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

Splendid!

[darren]

Re: old phrases

u never hear courting anymore.

[ClaudineJones]

Re: Words that have fallen out of use

I can still hear my Nan saying "You bl**dy great clod hopper!", meaning clumsy.

And we all used to say the name of the exchange followed by our number (e.g. "Whitehall 1212") but now everyone just says "Hello?" I suppose that might be to do with our growing suspiciousness in society...

I think it was during the '70s that women were advised not to say the number because "Heavy breathers" who wanted to know what they were wearing allegedly dialled random numbers until a woman answered and if you didn't say your number he wouldn't have the intelligence, being that he was a pervert, to remember what numbers he'd dialled and therefore wouldn't be able to ring you again. If he did you were supposed to blow a whistle down the mouthpiece which we were assured would burst his eardrum.