I’m going back to the past and listing the phrases that used to drive me crazy when I was young and my dad would say them to me. We’re from Derbyshire so you have to say them in a strong Derbyshire accent to get the full effect!
I now find it funny to use them on my children, (except the last one) knowing it’s going to drive them crazy till they grow up and see the funny side 🙂
1) Coming in from school and asking what was for tea, my dad would reply, ‘a run round table and a kick at pantry door’.
2) When the sky showed signs of a storm on the way he’d say, ‘It’s a bit black ower Bill’s mothas’. When I asked who Bill was, he’d laugh!
3) Being told no when I asked for something I’d reply, ‘awww that’s not fair’, to which the standard answer would always be, ‘who ever told you life was fair, was lying’.
4) ‘Shut the door, where you born in a barn?. I always wanted to say, ‘I’m your daughter, you should know’. But I never dared because being cheeky to my dad wasn’t the done thing!
5) The last is something I used to get told off for by my dad. I couldn’t understand why but now I’m a mum, I totally understand and agree; it winds me up when kids say Soz instead of sorry. It really annoys me because it sounds disrespectful and not at all genuine.
For more lists, head on over to Kate’s 🙂
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