call a roller what you like, (over rated and over priced would do for a start) people of class, genuine old school cads, always had the Bentley
Edited by Altea Ego on 21/11/2009 at 09:30
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The Cosworth powered Fords were always referred to as "Cossies"
I heard a friend refer to a Ferrari once as a "ra ra" which made me feel physically ill. ;-)
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you should have given him a sl-ap
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>>> call a roller what you like, (over rated and over priced would do for a start) <<<
I remember feeling oh so smug on going out to a 'roller' at a vineyard in East Sussex, but I was deflated when I lifted the bonnet and saw the usual SU carbs (huge!) and Lucas dizzy.
The roadtest did absolutely nuffink for me at all.
I have worked on Bentleys ... well ok - one :) quite an old one where you lift up the sides of the bonnet like a Ford Prefect - luvly ole car (complete with SU's and Lucas dizzy) belonged to a Dr. in Sowth Lunden.
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Landie - for off road Rovers, By the way the correct pronunciation of South London is "Sarf Lundun", I have only lived in Scotland for 40 odd years so can still speak the SL lingo.
Edited by Old Navy on 21/11/2009 at 10:32
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Its actually "sowf lundun"
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Not in the bit I come from. :-)
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"sowf lundun" if you're Welsh. "sarf lundon" if you actually live there. I did in the 70s and 80s.
HJ
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Thanks HJ a man of good roots.
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wot dus e no. bowf ov us nah live in weybridge.
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I've got one, I've got one ... Trabby :)
Re: Sowf Lundun ... my detached house ere in Truro is now worth about £250k which is about the same money as my Sisters 2 bed flat in S.E.23 so I think they've come up a peg since the ole pie & mash days?
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That could be the problem, SE23 is a world away from SW17. Totally different language. :-)
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Anyone who fancies an old roller should get one on a pit and look underneath the things,
concorde is less complicated.
matey
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Sitting outside a cafe on the seafront at Sarfend a few years back, a mate seriously upset the proud owner of a large American motorcycle by referring to it as a Harley Diversion.
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>>> SW17 <<< motoring connection = Tooting ;-)
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>>> SW17 <<< motoring connection = Tooting ;-)
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Thats SWMBO, I'm from the posh bit, Mitcham, in Surrey, (just). :-)
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>>> I'm from the posh bit, Mitcham, in Surrey <<<
You ain't no sarf lundoner me ole china, you're a stock broker!
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Pie n Mash? in sowf lundon? they eat them filfy kibab fings dahn there.
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... by referring to it as a Harley Diversion...
Harley Davidson - Hog.
Dunno why, maybe it's a pig to start.
Edited by ifithelps on 21/11/2009 at 13:09
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Rolls-Royce owners and people in the company, including managers, talk about 'Rollers' so I guess it's OK.
My pet hates are 'Landy' for Land Rover and 'Rangie' for Range Rover - trying to cutsiefy vehicles that are about as uncute as you can get!!
Morgan owners call Morgans 'Moggies'. To me a Moggy is a Morgan, not a Morris Minor.
'Merc' means Mercedes over here, but in America it can also mean a Mercury.
'Vokeswaggon', 'Pewjott' 'Awdi' and 'Rennolt' are some quaint anglicisations we often hear.
I'm old enough to remember the introduction of the orignal Mini (just). The two versions were called the Austin Seven and the Morris Mini-Minor. But people soon started calling them minis and the name stuck and the cars were soon re-badged Austin Mini and Morris Mini.
Edited by Sofa Spud on 21/11/2009 at 13:30
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I had a "special" name for my Espace.....
:-(
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Bowf ov us live in weybridge nah (not Sahf London)
"He's steering with 'is little hind-legs," said Pyecroft. "Stand up and look at him, Robert. You'll never see such a sight again!"
"Nor don't want to," was our guest's reply. "Five 'undred pounds wouldn't begin to cover 'is fines even since I've been with him."
Park Row is reached by one hill which drops three hundred feet in half a mile. Kysh had the thought to steer with his hand down the abyss, but the manner in which he took the curved bridge at the bottom brought my few remaining hairs much nearer the grave.
"We're in Surrey now; better look out," I said.
(Rudyard Kipling, Steam Tactics, 1904)
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