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Brummie sayings & language

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When I was young if my Dad felt the need to swear he had his own exclamation of 'Perish me blindin' hooray'. Has anyone heard that before or do you think it was another 'made-up' expression?
 
Lloyd said:
I love to hear the local accents, the so-called 'Brummie' accent is usually from one of the Black Country districts though.

A Brummie goes for a job interview with long hair, dressed in a brightly coloured , wide collared shirt, a pair of flared jeans and a huge pair of platform shoes. The interviewer turns to him and says, "Good heavens, all you need now is a Kipper Tie!"
The Brummie replies, "Yes please mate, two sugars"
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I moved from Birmingham to the Black Country all of fifteen miles and I couldn't understand a word anyone said for about three weeks. When I visit my inlaws even now I can't follow a conversation after the second pint.
 
Dolphie said:
My nan used to say 'fanny fernakapan' too Flounder, & I think I've heard others say it too. When I left Brum for Uni I had a heck of a time up North with asking for 'baps' ("you mean buns pet"?).....no, buns have fruit in em!! Or 'cobs'. Its definitely 'pikelets' of course.
I tend to still use expressions like 'face on as long as Livery St' & 'round the Wrekin' even now up here (North East).....people used to think I was crackers........now they just know I am!!

Trouble I've found is that as I've picked up other expressions from around about on my travels, & I get funny looks when I go back to Brum & use a 'local expression' from up here without realising others wont have heard it!!!
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In Liverpool I wanted a ham roll and thought a "Ham Batch" was the right thing on the price list, but it just means a fancy-shaped empty roll - home-baked in Scouse probably.
 
J S H said:
A Black Country expression 'it's a bit black over Bill's mothers'.
Janet
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I've heard this from people in other places - sometimes "It's black over Will's Mum's". I've heard it means in the distance rather than just here, being where William III's mother lived - in Orange?
 
maggs said:
Yes I still say Gamboll and bobhowlers. I didn't realize that they were Brummie sayings though. I do remember that after nits hatched..well in our house anyway they called the adult creatures Dicks. Now don't laugh I am telling the truth.
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We called either lice or nits (Can't remember which) Bill Baileys. I think it's something to do with "nothing but a fine tooth comb, Bill Bailey won't you please come home."
 
Can anyone remember a saying or rhyme that began [I DON'T THINK IT WAS RUDE]?. Yow@'s in the fields kicking up is heels ?????????. Jean.
 
GGJean the only one I can think of is, When you burp. I dont think it was rude, 'cause it wasnt me it was my food. The other one being. I dont think its rude cause it came from my heart, if it was the other way it would have been a f***
 
i know i always new them as pikelets and still refer to them as such, alas here in wales they think im nuts lol saying they are crumpets. No they are pikelets hehe
 
Jean, if we said yow instead of you, our mom used to say 'Yows inthe field,kicking up their heels, if yow wan em, yow fetch em, and when yow finish with em, yow tek em back, I think it was an admonishment for saying 'yow'
 
That spounds about rigth. Not heard it but my Mom used to comment "Ay? Horses eat it".
 
That's the one Astonite. If I were to whistle in front of Aunt Nell she said something like "A whistleing woman and a crowing hen would bring the devil out of his den".
 
Remember that one well Bernie. I still say it to Pete as he has a habit of saying that to me but I think he might just require a hearing aid?. Jean.
 
another old saying when one is coughing profusely
and in a fit of coughing cough it up it may be a gold watch one never knows
have a nice day every body best wishes and i am off to brum to see my barber phil who fills me in all the gossip in and arond the are of pubs and my topic will be
whats wrong with the bromford as to closeure Astonian
 
Our Mom used to say when coughing, 'I've got a crumb on me liver'. One of Dad's favourites was 'Guy squints' if something suprised him. Goodness knows where that came from.
Lynda
 
Hi Lynne, talking about ablutions, when I was about 4ish, I was sent to have my photo taken by a professional photographer,it was quite a warm day, all of a sudden something started to run down my forehead, it was the margarine mom had used to stick my hair down with!
 
lol astonite..im in stitches here....they had an answer to everything in those days..dont surpose you have that photo do you....

lyn
 
Hi Lynne, haven't seen the photo for years but if I can find it Ill let you see it, as you say moms always had an answer, like 'GO AND PEE ON YOUR FEET ' if you had chilblains
 
hi guys
just to follow up on my mentioning to the barbers my mate phil said the the same thimg a i had said but what i also can add its the case
of punters lacking the pub because my old friend liam owned the bromford but to say he had it cornered because he also owns the one down the rd which is more the estate pub i have been there for him many years ago it was a biggish pub and it was a white pinted so coming out of the bromford pub on the front and turn left at the trfic lights and march right down the rd its on your left hand side of the rd
where the rds fork left and its up there sowith the ove heads on the bromford pubheclose it downhe still gets his punterswhomflitted in betwen
also he told me the broadway pub was robbed and the royal george was robbed by bandits including the drinkers
so whats going on in brum these days he did sy i got out of it in time and i bumped into gus taroni whom i had not seen for years
getting his no 1 hair cut and anoher saying if is not mentioned is if you leave plenty of your food on the plate what your mother puts up for and you leave dad used to say youve been eating sweets and your eyes are bigger tan your belly Astonian
 
I am reading a book writtne by Stuart Maconie (of Radio 2 fame) - in it he claims that 'Mithering' is a uniquely Manchester word. I have news for him not only is it a word I grew up with but one that my Glasgow born wife is fully aware of.
 
My wifes Granma ALWAYS dunked her feet in the `Guzunda` to cure chilblains, which everyone seemed to suffer from in those winters long ago. Does anyone remember `Grannies Tartan`which was caused through sitting too close to the open fire with bare legs? Another old habit was plunging the red hot poker into the white enamel jug of stout to `take the chill off`. Incidentally, the first drink of a cup of tea was always from the saucer !
 
Yes, Doug - I am told my gt.grandma used to put a red hot poker into her stout to warm it as well!
 
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