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Rosie
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Hi all
I wonder if I could start a new thread with regard to local sayings, there are so many and I don't think they should be forgotten.
I will start with a couple does anybody know where they originated?
'on the huh' nobody where I live now knows what I mean if I mention this, a Suffolk classic!
' see you on the ice, don't forget your skates' a favourite of an deceased family member.
Hope you enjoy this and you think it worthwhile, looking forward to seeing many more.
Thanks
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Thas a load a ole Squit bor.
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My dad used to say "Keep a good light" when anyone was leaving.
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My grandfather used to say "Pin back yor Lugholes"
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My brother and I use "on the huh" all the time 
My mum would call me "mawther"
When buttering bread I would be told to get it to the edges by being old "don't forget the headlands" This is in reference to ploughing the outer edges of a field
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Rosie,
Try the last paragraph of this article for your "See you on the ice!" expression.
Seems quite plausible.
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I've also heard "On the squiff" as an alternative to "On the huh" around here. I'm local born and bred.
btw, have you ever considered that nowadays most young people in Lowestoft are probably NOT "Suffolk born and bred" because the James Paget is, of course, in...
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With regards to Meg's "Keep a good light!", I've certainly heard that locally but was always led to believe that it was a reference to keeping a candle burning in the window that would be visible from sea by fishermen when they were out on the water.
The context in which you mention your dad using it doesn't seem to tie up with that but it may possibly be connected.
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I've also heard "On the squiff" as an alternative to "On the huh" around here. I'm local born and bred.
btw, have you ever considered that nowadays most young people in Lowestoft are probably NOT "Suffolk born and bred" because the James Paget is, of course, in...
We know it as "skew whiff"
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Rosie
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Stu56
Thanks very much, it really makes sense! Apparently Tony Hancock used it once, but my Nan used it before this was broadcast so it seems likely.
Really appreciate it.
Rosie
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Rosie
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Skew whiff a classic! and 'ass a biggin' for large!
All flooding back to me now.
Thanks
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My Grandad would tell me to "Whistle and ride" and my other Grandad from the other side of the family would often come out with "Well strike me pink" if something happened that he found surprising.
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Ours was 'blow me down with a feather' when something stange happened
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go to the bottom of ours stairs...my husband got one can't print tho,safe say ada got smile on face
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strike me down with a feather
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When I first moved here a nice woman I knew then (and still do) say's Coo sh#t on a stick
now said in a strong Suffolk accent made me smile and still does.
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When I first moved here a nice woman I knew then (and still do) say's Coo sh#t on a stick
now said in a strong Suffolk accent made me smile and still does.
That reminds me of another one, referring to someone who can't make up ther mind. " For goodness sake either sh*t or get off the pot"
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An exclamation of amazement . " co ter eck"
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When there were black clouds on the horizon Dad used to say "Thas black over Will's mother's way"
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he also used to say ( against someone weak and skinny) "He couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding"
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When there were black clouds on the horizon Dad used to say "Thas black over Will's mother's way"
Our version was "there's enough blue sky over Will's mothers to make a sailor a pair of trousers."
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Ours was 'looking a bit black over Wilf's wifes mothers' wonder who wilf was
My Grannys favourite but only to my grandad when he'd had a few was 'go yew s..te'
They are all so much better that f... o.. or other modern similars
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I expect you mostly remember what a "dwile" was ?
Often pronounced "dwoile".
If I am not too busy, I may attend the Dwile Flonking Championships tomorrow. Should get a story or two out of that.
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Dwile Flonking is still going strong then . The last time I was at "match" was about 1963 . 
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That reminds me of another one, referring to someone who can't make up ther mind. " For goodness sake either sh*t or get off the pot"
LOL, I remember that saying. Also, another one along those lines is, "You've sh*t your hole full". Meaning you've done something one too many times....usually something bad lol.
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dwile flonking sounds very painful,and as karen puts it,if done that many times see dr buy some something at chemist.i just know it as constipation,not dwile flonking
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The saying 'It's looking dark over Will's mother' (and other variants) seems to be used in various parts of the country and has been so for several generations. In the Midlands because rainclouds always seemed to come from the direction of Stratford upon Avon some people think the saying has something to do with William Shakespeare. Here on the east coast I believe it makes reference to dark clouds out to sea and it has been said that the 'Will' perhaps refers to 'William of Orange - King William III' - his mother was obviously living in Holland!!. I guess we will never know!!.
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iI dwile floking suffolk? always thought it was ....cant remember where I thought it originated but didnt connect it with here so much
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If you're dwile flonking all you get is wet or drunk .
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My wife, who is Lowestoft born, ocassionally comes out with what I assume to be a Sufffolk expression i.e. that something is 'funny awful', which always amuses me - the two words to my mind (being a Scot) contradict each other. I can remember my father-in-law saying 'Well I'll go to Norwich!' when he was astonished at something. He would also make a remark, when asked where he was going by mother-in-law (and others), that he was 'off to Gunton to get a ball of chalk'!!. There is often reference made to 'Silly Suffolk' but I understand that this is a corruption of 'Soilly Suffolk' - the word 'soilly' meaning 'holy' and refers to the great number of churches within the county. My favourites (again from my wife) have to be - "I doesn't do that" - meaning " I dare not do that" and 'I'm now going' whereas I would say 'I'm going now'!!
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Robbie - it's pronounced "Dussent".
FC Dwile Flonking thought to have originated in Beccles/Bungay areas.
The Flonking organisers have fallen foul of political correctness. Their age-old tradition now contravenes Licensing laws.
Today they have to change the rules. Or cancel tomorrow's event.
The "wellie wanging" is safe, so far.
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Then there's the Suffolk girl that "shew" me her charms - instead of showed me.
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thank god i flonking essex then mick
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Thanks for the correct pronunciation Freelance!!
Just thought of another one! My wife will say that 'it snew' instead of ' it snowed'!!
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