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  • Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
    edited November 2020
    and here, but don't know where it originated from.
    West Yorkshire
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    I assume just because the are is black, you got it Obelixx, (from the medical inclined amongst us haha)Was always used here in Sussex
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Yes, I remember the "black man's pinch".  I suppose politically correct children are no longer allowed to inflict a chinese burn.  
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Or French kissing or going Dutch or German measles 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Just shows you how insular and xenophobic we were/are ... if it’s rude or unkind it must be from abroad 😢 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    You can accuse us of being primate-ist, but we call a monkey wrench the French call a clé anglaise and Italians describe it as a chiave inglese.
    Rutland, England
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    What the British call a French seam the French call and English seam - no concept of British or of there being 4 nations in the UK.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I thought we called them adjustable spanners.
    Of course, if you call someone a spanner, that's something else entirely.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    And leaves a nasty taste.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    Spiced Ham.
    Me old mum used to 'make' spam fritters. Probably fried in lard - and served with chips.
    But in those days it was a treat to have beef dripping on toast.
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
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