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10th March 2014, 06:48 PM
#71
Re: Invasion

Originally Posted by
cappy
####70 by theres spring in the air today ......the saps rising.....every bodies feeling cocky they are bustin out like daffodils .....somebody from wales will now say ....whats wrong with daffodills.......nothing i love them
The pigeons are shagging all over my back garden
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10th March 2014, 06:50 PM
#72
Re: Invasion

Originally Posted by
Richard Phillips
The pigeons are shagging all over my back garden

lucky little buggers
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10th March 2014, 06:54 PM
#73
Re: Invasion
Locally we do use the term what a Daft Dill, nothing to do with flowers which were eaten with leeks, but now necked as it is not a bad pint, prefer Brains or Felinfoel, but times are tough.
K.
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10th March 2014, 07:57 PM
#74
Re: Invasion

Originally Posted by
Louis the Amigo
Hi shipmates, Hi Keith my barry buddy, You know far too much about the bad side of Cardiff.... and all the worst pubs ?you must have spent a lot of time here? Dont use any curry houses today, due to my own experiance in a broadway takeaway and good advise from my buddy he works for rentokil.... My Mate Laurie is still hanging on????? he is tough as they come...
Was a time where I felt the City was mine nearly, will tell all one day over a pint. LES CROUPIERS, Casino still the best and cheapest pint in Town Centre. Blue lamp / old bill club, Cabbies, spent my teens on the docks: now bay, former Tiger Bay and Bute Town.
Cardiff CID could fit you up faster than Burtons, Will remember later some classic names, Mike comes to mind had all the flower and burger concessions, he died yonks ago, was the main man, did many a new years and parties in his mansion. Julian Hodge who I cannot say anything in writing of made a mint, his building Hodge House, Housed the Bank of Wales. Some Cardiffians could put the Krays to shame. K
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10th March 2014, 08:28 PM
#75
Re: Invasion

Originally Posted by
Jim Brady
Chris there could be better words in your vocabulary than words of a derogatory nature.
Regards.
Jim.B.
I don't understand this, I have said nothing derogatory about anyone !
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10th March 2014, 09:30 PM
#76
Re: Invasion

Originally Posted by
Chris Isaac
So the only reason that I am not a xenophobic racist is because I live in Cornwall................HOW DARE YOU !
May seem to some like Little Britain, but the Cornish are amongst the true peoples of these Sceptre Isles:
No wonder Ireland was asked to be given back to the Irish by Sir Paul M. Scot's want independence, Wales will be revolting - joke: Honest / Banter ?
Some were disgusted by TV'S: Little Britain ? Take your pick, have a laugh or worry, be afraid, very afraid ?
K.
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10th March 2014, 09:48 PM
#77
Re: Invasion
So the only reason that I am not a xenophobic racist is because I live in Cornwall................HOW DARE YOU !
Wow: one of those, really wished I had not replied / sent moments.
Anyone, should know more of the history, the not yours, prior to C. 1066 yours did not exist. Glad to aid further if your bothered / interested. Ware Teg: K.
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10th March 2014, 10:00 PM
#78
Re: Invasion
Now wonder the future looks bleak.
K.
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11th March 2014, 07:43 AM
#79
Re: Invasion
Chris from Cornwall, I was in Penzance some years ago, a lot of local people were wearing T shirts with " grockels go home " on the front.
I was told this was a Cornish word for holiday maker.
Does not say much for tolerance or acceptance of others.
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11th March 2014, 09:18 AM
#80
Re: Invasion
#81 I recall touring the west country in the 70's with my family and they do indeed refer to visitors as grockles. In neighbouring Devon they are referred to (in the same derogatory fashion) as 'emmets', which is a term for ants. During a conversation with a local, I suggested the two counties should get together and refer to all the sources of income they enjoy, as a combination of both terms- grockles + emmets= grommets.
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