The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[paul_e]

I must be the only Brummie to have never heard of Gansey.

No Peter, you ain't

thirded, new one to me a well, although I've never been asked to 'crash my rocks' either.

[Stirchley Villain]

I must be the only Brummie to have never heard of Gansey.

No Peter, you ain't

thirded, new one to me a well, although I've never been asked to 'crash my rocks' either.

Never heard of Gansey... but used to crash my rocks all the time.

[andyh]

crash the rocks is the principle as when some of us used to 'crash the ash' 

[Jimbo]

I must be the only Brummie to have never heard of Gansey.

No Peter, you ain't

thirded, new one to me a well, although I've never been asked to 'crash my rocks' either.

Really? I bet you have, but not in so many words.

[paul_e]

I must be the only Brummie to have never heard of Gansey.

No Peter, you ain't

thirded, new one to me a well, although I've never been asked to 'crash my rocks' either.

Really? I bet you have, but not in so many words.

Nope, was always just "gi' us one then" or something similar.  There's loads of things when I see posts about brummie phrases that mean nothing to me.  Gambols and Cobs are the 2 I've used that always come up.

[Jimbo]

Maybe it's a north Brummie thing? The moment anyone produced any kind of confectionary, the cry of 'crashes' would always ring out.

From my childhood, I also recall the phrase 'narted' and 'nart ups' meaning to be proved wrong or shamed in some way, but my southern Brummie pals have never heard of it.

[Tony Erdington]

Maybe it's a north Brummie thing? The moment anyone produced any kind of confectionary, the cry of 'crashes' would always ring out.

From my childhood, I also recall the phrase 'narted' and 'nart ups' meaning to be proved wrong or shamed in some way, but my southern Brummie pals have never heard of it.

Nah, not to my knowledge, bloody sothen softies word , me thinks

[German James]

Ever since my band started playing "Hot Asphalt", I've often wondered what a gansey was. Thanks to the geatest information resource known to man, I now know... I could've googled it mind, I suppose.

[Chris Smith]

Maybe it's a north Brummie thing? The moment anyone produced any kind of confectionary, the cry of 'crashes' would always ring out.

From my childhood, I also recall the phrase 'narted' and 'nart ups' meaning to be proved wrong or shamed in some way, but my southern Brummie pals have never heard of it.

Crash the rocks was the standard phrase when you wanted to scrounge somebody's Spangles when I was a kid in South Birmingham but never heard narted which has a hint of Black Country to me.

[peter w]

Crashing of rocks was something I heard at school but imvbe been some Brummie thing to rail against after all.

[curlytailavfc]

Im from south brum been here 62 years I remember crash the rocks well

[German James]

I'm from Northamptonshire and we'd say, "crash the ash" for, "may I have one of your delicious cigarettes?"

[pauliewalnuts]

Maybe it's a north Brummie thing? The moment anyone produced any kind of confectionary, the cry of 'crashes' would always ring out.

From my childhood, I also recall the phrase 'narted' and 'nart ups' meaning to be proved wrong or shamed in some way, but my southern Brummie pals have never heard of it.

In 1970s and 80s Hall Green, "crash the rocks" was common parlance, so not north brum only.

'Narted' and 'gansey', though, I've never heard

[damon loves JT]

Would 'crash the gash' be understood, in suitable circumstances?

[Risso]

Would 'crash the gash' be understood, in suitable circumstances?

I imagine that's regularly heard chez Agbonlahor.