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gingerjedi replied

29 May 2009, 12:29
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Proper Londoner's

"Oh right governor? how's your father"

"F£$%k off, I don't know me father"

They all moved to 'essix'.

When in Romford I asked an old gent for directions to South Street but he just looked at me blankly, after repeating myself half a dozen times the penny dropped "oh you mean sarf street" ...silly me.
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BrilloPad replied

29 May 2009, 12:28
I miss sending children up chimneys.
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scooterscot replied

29 May 2009, 12:27
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Good grammar and punctuation

That actually was pun, the common tongue of the uneducated south Londoner...
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sasguru replied

29 May 2009, 12:26
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Proper Londoner's

Good grammar and punctuation
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Lockhouse replied

29 May 2009, 12:26
Politeness
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scooterscot replied

29 May 2009, 12:10
Proper Londoner's

"Oh right governor? how's your father"

"F£$%k off, I don't know me father"
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bogeyman replied

29 May 2009, 10:59
Pikeys
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ace00 replied

29 May 2009, 10:56
Marmite. Cheddar.
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scooterscot replied

29 May 2009, 09:49
Love the flim
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Menelaus replied

29 May 2009, 09:49
Good manners.

Oh, and my mind.
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Shimano105 replied

29 May 2009, 09:47
Groundhog day?
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Amiga500 started a topic What do you miss about England?

29 May 2009, 09:46
What do you miss about England?

I miss the old fashioned grocery and ironmongery stores where you have to ask for what you want and they get it from the shelves behind them (as in the 'fork handles' Two Ronnies sketch. Now replaced with corner shops, fruit stalls and sari shops in a lot of areas.
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