WATERBOY

English , Derbyshire (eh up me duck), and some Italian and French

HardOnReset

Originally Posted by WATERBOY

English , Derbyshire (eh up me duck), and some Italian and French

Bloody hell, that takes me back - me duck!

Cheers

HardOnReset :approve:

EDIT: My old, old man was a miner from Barnsley - unfortunately my father never got to know him (minor? safety issue), never forget your roots!

WATERBOY

Originally Posted by HardOnReset

Bloody hell, that takes me back - me duck! Cheers HardOnReset :approve: EDIT: My old, old man was a miner from Barnsley - unfortunately my father never got to know him (minor? safety issue), never forget your roots!

So thy'll know all about snap and doing a stint!

(Grandfather a miner from Alfreton - Father a farmer from Ireland - talk about being a Heinz 57!)

HardOnReset

Originally Posted by WATERBOY

So thy'll know all about snap and doing a stint! (Grandfather a miner from Alfreton - Father a farmer from Ireland - talk about being a Heinz 57!)

As a uni. vacation job, I laboured in the steel works (Scunthorpe - Longsight) - It was like the moon - drilling out bricks in hot coke ovens - best job ever.

I was the envy of all the guys - every other day 'cow pie' for snap! :)

Cheers

HardOnReset :approve:

jonnyquest

English and Jibberish.

WATERBOY

Tha' nose we cant 'elp it, me duck.

Something about mad dogs and English men.

FYI a Stint is your working day or shift & Snap is a meal carried into work.

The real local stuff is even more confusing - depending on where you live in the UK the same thing is called a cob, a bap, a breadcake, a barmcake, a ...
(They are all small hemispherical bread rolls)

English is such a rich language. :)

(Hardonreset - Amongst others I work with the steel industry - whats left of it - and visit Scunny at least once a year, Port Talbot is an old friend, etc. Good on you for surviving the job, hard work and special men).

HardOnReset

You know, I have this dreadful feeling that my number is coming up soon.

I’ve chanced the luck of ‘the Irish’!

I keep having this memory of Hartlepool, Seaton Carew…….., I’d look out my hotel room and watch men collecting ‘sea coal’ on a winter’s morning.

I worked for/had a company with employees in Hartlepool.

Our guys worked in portacabins.

We employed a maniac, Steve, who’d been with the Antarctic Research a little bit too long!

We were at the time into antenna development – the only place he said he could work was the Shetlands – his explanation was that there was minimal EM interference.

We didn’t complain – it gave us the excuse to get a light plane.

I still see those guys picking up coal.

I think I’m losing it!

Cheers

HardOnReset :approve:

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English & French - Working on Spanish

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ralleyclimber

Thanks guys for responding. We are very diversified!

aussiechick

Australian mate!

My hubby does English, Dutch, Hungarian and German. I know important words in Dutch and Hungarian - like swearing and the commands for the dog .

624axim

English and Thai....sawatdee.

schlinki

:) German, English, French and now I try to learn Luganda... Does anybody know a good book? :)