I'm not upset, this thread is fun. In the beginning it was more about grammar and words that get on people's nerves, now it's more about the huge variety of expression in the English language. I was only confused because I'd read so many pages and it was a lot to take in.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Barm is an old word for yeast, hence a barm cake is a 'cake' made therewith. Barmy literally means yeasty, of course, but metaphorically, frothy, like a yeasy mixture, bubbly, and slightly mad - like certain members of a certain fraternity on here!
Not to be confused (it sometimes is) with balmy of course, meaning pleasantly warm, as in a balmy evening.
'So, I was, like, literally dying from embarrassment.'
Great story Brenda , it really made me chuckle imagining you trying to contain your laughter.
Enjoying the tales of regional differences regarding bread. I'm a working class northerner and eat bacon barms and chip buttys.
Thinking about it there must be a huge variety of regional accents spoken by all the members of this forum, yet when I read peoples posts you all sound the same in my head.
A bread roll is always a cob in Nottingham. But you can also have a "cob-on" which is quite different as it means you are having a mardy (and a mardy is a grumpy episode).
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BL when I last discussed sweetmeats with Her Majesty, she definitely said nuggit rather than noogah.
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I'm not upset, this thread is fun. In the beginning it was more about grammar and words that get on people's nerves, now it's more about the huge variety of expression in the English language. I was only confused because I'd read so many pages and it was a lot to take in.
Barm is an old word for yeast, hence a barm cake is a 'cake' made therewith. Barmy literally means yeasty, of course, but metaphorically, frothy, like a yeasy mixture, bubbly, and slightly mad - like certain members of a certain fraternity on here!
Not to be confused (it sometimes is) with balmy of course, meaning pleasantly warm, as in a balmy evening.
'So, I was, like, literally dying from embarrassment.'
Steve, in usa, the kids would say " I literally died from embarrassment"
Died? really?
Great story Brenda
, it really made me chuckle imagining you trying to contain your laughter.
Enjoying the tales of regional differences regarding bread. I'm a working class northerner and eat bacon barms and chip buttys.
Thinking about it there must be a huge variety of regional accents spoken by all the members of this forum, yet when I read peoples posts you all sound the same in my head.
My friend brings me butteries when she's up your way Brenda. Local varieties of bread/rolls are always worth trying.
A bread roll is always a cob in Nottingham. But you can also have a "cob-on" which is quite different as it means you are having a mardy (and a mardy is a grumpy episode).
Oooh that's made me hungry Runny!