Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 15, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2014 There's a bloke at my eldest daughter's school who calls his daughter "chicken", which I've always thought odd. Also, wasn't there someone in Neighbours who called his daughter "button"? That always bothered me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted October 15, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2014 My missus calls me bumblebee for some reason. It's nice sometimes if I'm sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 People from West Yorkshire use 'cock' as an affectionate term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil is brill Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Really common but it gets on my tits every time I hear it or see it written. "Hun".... urgh, kill me now. I have a friend who, whenever he comments on anything any girl posts on Facebook, always puts "Hun xxx" at the end of his comments. I imagine he thinks to himself "if I call them Hun enough times, they'll be 100% romanced and will let me throw it up them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 15, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2014 People from West Yorkshire use 'cock' as an affectionate term. Not just in Yorkshire, I've heard it used in Manchester as well. Not so much recently, but there are probably some silly old gits that still use it. Also heard a variation on it - "cocker" - a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refused Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 My grandad used to call me flyblow. I have no idea if it's a regional thing, or if he's just a mental old bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 15, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2014 My grandad used to call me flyblow. I have no idea if it's a regional thing, or if he's just a mental old bastard. What the fuck? Isn't that a reference to fly shit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 An ex girlfriend would call me "poppet" all the time. What a way to strip me of any semblance of masculinity with one word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Bae is up there too, though I think (hope) that most people use it in jest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted October 15, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2014 In Caernarfon, which is the town I work in (although thankfully don't live in), 'cont' is an everyday expression used by people of all ages. Bearing in mind 80% of the population speaks Welsh as a first language should come as no surprise. But yeah, you guessed it, 'cont' is a straight-up translation of 'cunt'. I'm immune to hearing the phrase 'Iawn cont?' (Are you OK cunt?) on an hourly basis by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 15, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2014 An ex girlfriend would call me "poppet" all the time. What a way to strip me of any semblance of masculinity with one word. Is it less masculine than poor Branquey's "bumblebee" though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Bees are cool. I don't know what a poppet even is, but in my mind it's something slightly effeminate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted October 15, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2014 My girlfriend calls me "poo" and "pudding." I wouldn't mind but sometimes she does it in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted October 15, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2014 I'd take Poppet, or even Poppywops, over Bumblebee, Biffers. Bumblebee instantly demasculates you. For example: Me "Grrr, rarrr, I'm going to gym!" Missus “Okay bumblebee, enjoy!” Me “...”It kind of does a number on your testosterone levels. But in saying that, it’s better than “Fuck off then, you prick, I faked it last night!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted October 15, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2014 Bristol famously has "my lover" even for strangers. It's not as familiar as it sounds as it's just the dialect adding an r after vowels, as also seen in slide become slider and so on. Bafflingly the opposite applies only with bus drivers who must, by local law, be addressed when you leave the bus with "cheers, drive." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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