Great list. Talking of games, what about 'dobby' instead of tag?
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When my Grandma (Nanna) wanted us to hurry up she would say "mekaste" which I thought was a single word until I was a 'grown-up' (is that local?) I was a daft 'apeth. Again I thought that was some sort of primate until I worked out it was short for "Daft halfpenny worth."
I don't think it was an attempt to be hard or street wise, just efficient.
My grandad (sadly has the curse of dementia) refers to the floor as dog shelf, eating your crusts making your hair curl and refers to my grandma as ower mam. My grandparents who are now in their 90's are in a home. The staff now refer to my grandma as Ower mam. When talking to him. "Just seen ower mam downstairs". Not sure if this is a Notts thing but after 40 years plus it's been the norm in our family.
Sucker v Sookeh?
A sucker was very specific...no ice cream just the iced lolly like the rocket but not a jublee interestingly enough.
But sookeh...being called sookeh was bad. It meant being a pathetic like state of uselessness with a bit of ' spazziness' thrown in. Very un- PC now...sorry.
We played that too you played against your mates both putting the fag packets against the wall and if you won you kept the lot until the next game you got quite skillful at skimming other flattened packets at them .
Living near chilwell golf course we used to call them the Gollies
Another saying from my aunties were I'll guto the foot of ow stairs.{when told of something that surprised them}
If you upset one of my aunties she would say I'll gi yo dam good cut.