The Obsolete-Antiquated English Language Thread

[PalazioVecchio]

Brighton's European Dream ? "a pox on that".........Shakespeare

 

[ASCPFC]

Brighton's European Dream ? "a pox on that".........Shakespeare

He started writing that play, then he just couldn't quite find the required amount of irony and threw it away, saying, "Never thus were thouest destyned for Glory".

 

[mezzer]

Brighton's European Dream, to be or not to be? Not even a question.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Brighton, Brighton, wherefore art thou Brighton?

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Brighton's European Dream

"what's done, cannot be undone" macbeth

 

[Willo]

Brighton's European Dream, to be or not to be? Not even a question.

Day trip on the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry.

 

[rob1969]

Where my nan and grandad lived on a certain estate in Orpington, they used to have a problem with what they used to call “Diddycoys” occasionally pitching up on the green opposite their house. What we now know as Pykies or travellers

I think diddycoy was Romani for any non Romani gypsy - await being corrected !

 

[Willo]

Evidently according to some I often used outmoded language which is not 'Politically correct' and has not enjoyed the imprimatur of those in my vicinity.
"Showing your age", "You can't say that" are just some of the responses to my articulation.
I shall refrain from providing any examples !

 

[doi209]

Did you know that the Old Bailey is built on the site of where Newgate Prison was, not a lot of people know that.

Bet the clever ones do.

 

[syd snot]

Tuppence or Threppeney bit.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Tuppence or Threppeney bit.

Keep your hand on your ha'penny.

 

[ASCPFC]

Conservative and Unionist Party.

 

[syd snot]

Bent as a nine Bob note.

 

[dorking]

If you have a spare thing to give away for example a ticket you don't need, then you could offer it buckshee

Buckshee, meaning on offer for free.

 

[ASCPFC]

If you have a spare thing to give away for example a ticket you don't need, then you could offer it buckshee

Buckshee, meaning on offer for free.

Used to be big in the armed forces, maybe still is.

 

[ASCPFC]

There are loads of old names for Coppers aren't there? Most not used anymore. Peelers - that's gone. Bobbies - gone. Things like Babylon and 5-o, they're probably gone too? Old Bill? Maybe.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

If you have a spare thing to give away for example a ticket you don't need, then you could offer it buckshee

Buckshee, meaning on offer for free.

Beggars in India still ask for baksheesh.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

There are loads of old names for Coppers aren't there? Most not used anymore. Peelers - that's gone. Bobbies - gone. Things like Babylon and 5-o, they're probably gone too? Old Bill? Maybe.

They used to be called Jacks too. Bluebottles was quite common. Fuzz always sounded too American. In Liverpool they were called Bizzies - might still be.

 

[Willo]

There are loads of old names for Coppers aren't there? Most not used anymore. Peelers - that's gone. Bobbies - gone. Things like Babylon and 5-o, they're probably gone too? Old Bill? Maybe.

I recall many years ago a temulent gentleman using the term "Bottle and stopper".

 

[HeathMan]

Guidance please, gentlemen. Did Shakespeare write in the Queen's English?