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Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:53 am
by sotonsaint
Eastleigh, near Sowwwfffampton

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:25 pm
by burgh89
Hi i'm from West coast of Scotland, close to Glasgow.

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:22 pm
by SmokeEm
Aldershot, Hants :mrgreen:

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:08 pm
by jajoinery
Capri18 wrote:Welcome to the site mate, the names Grant and i stay in a little place called Gretna (the place everyone runs away to in order to get married.) Jamie your from Edinburgh area? I go to uni there and i am hoping to have the capri with me next semester, we'll have to catch up for a cruise :)
yes mate, just stay about 8/10 miles outside city centre, to be honest i hate centre of town, just getting like london.. id rather travel 20/30 mile north or south to work rather than head into town.
yeh when youve got capri with you, gives a shout, i,l take you a blast up some cracking b roads.. great laugh.. 8-)

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:43 pm
by 24v_x-pack
allright tom im known as Doc im originaly from birmingham but live dorset i got a 1986 2.9i 24v cosworth mk3 with full x-pack body kit and i got a 1970 prefacelift mk1 as for footy im an aston vanilla man meself allways supported em ever since i was a kid it was either villa or blues and as most my family are blues supporters so i thought id rock the boat and support villa lol anyway m8 welcome to the forum :D

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:10 pm
by rich_jc
Major_Tom wrote:Where's the Midlands? Are you racist?
That's a dubious point in my house Tom. The Mrs. is adamant that Northampton and above is "up north", but she's from London, so doesn't know any better.

Rich

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:55 am
by 24v_x-pack
thats nothinhg most folk in dorset think birmingham is just past yeovil! Rofl mind u alot of folk round ere dont travel further than the local shop :]

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:06 am
by dixy1949
hi, i,m in DARLINGTON & drive an unmolested original 2.0s

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:20 pm
by Tony McGuire
im from my mummys foo foo :)

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:56 am
by SmokeEm
Tony McGuire wrote:im from my mummys foo foo :)
Thought it was called 'Penny Privates' :lol: :lol:

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:29 pm
by Cherry
I'm Cherry , & I'm with the AA :lol:

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:43 pm
by mcramsay
im born and bred glaswegian living in somerset. i drink cider and ride my cow betsy.

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:00 pm
by nickmatteri
Hi welcome in Tom.I,m Nick M from Coventry ,West Mids

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:36 am
by Craigorypeck
Major_Tom wrote:Where's the Midlands? Are you racist?
Here here!

What about the rest of Great Britain!!??

Craig here in Derry, Northern Ireland.

I suffer alone in my addiction. Anyone else on here from Norn Iron?

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:05 pm
by Retroho
Hello,
My name is Ivan, I am from Norwich in norfolk. Drive a 2.8i every day. In the family we have another MINT 2.81 and a 2.0 laser with only 1 owner and 36k on clock.

Here is an email i recived reguarding Norfolk people. Made me laugh. ( Just abit of fun )

What us locals really Mean!!!

as they say, "I can't read an I can't rite, but I can drive a traakter"



Norwich ( pronounced Naaaaaarch ) was invented in 1923 and is kept in
Norfolk where it has lived for the past 83 years.

Norwich has a population of approximately 2500 of which 2438 are
related
to
each other and the rest are classed as " Furriners" who have
decided to settle in Norwich from beyond the great Horizon.

Vocabulary

Here are some useful Norwich phrases and words:

Naarigde Yoonyun - Major Norfolk employer

Thang Kyer - Spoken at high speed, used by Norfolk shop assistants
when
accepting money.

How're yer getting arn buh? - Norfolk greeting

Rup Bah - Variation on the above

Hair - Here

Shicagoo's - Nightspot on Prince of Wales Road, Norwich

Bare - Sold by the pint in Shicagoo's

Is that roight? - Comment to show that attention is being paid to the
speaker

Ass a Jook - I'm just kidding

Khazi - Suburb on the western edge of Narridge

Tross - Suburb on the southside of Narridge

Windam - Small town south of Narridge (Sensible abbreviation of it's
proper
name : Wymundimunidundim)

Loose-tarfed - East coast fishing port

Card - Traditionally eaten with chips, might well have been caught off
Loose-tarfed

KooDee - Discount shop at the top of St Stephens, Norwich

Hum Base - DIY store

Fooze - Electrical component on sale at Hum Base

Fool - Petrol or Diesel

Stoop ud - Term applied to very silly people

Gatoo - Sticky chocolate cake

Foo too or Fota - Get these developed at Boots

Sproight - Fizzy lemon drink

Boost - To Brag about ones achievements

Jargon - Like running, but at a more leisurely pace

Ar ya orrite, bor - Good Morning

Ar ya orrite, bor Good Afternoon

Ar ya orrite, bor - Good Evening

Hay ya gittin arn tagether? - Hello

Yow siller owld fule - Comment made to someone displaying "backward"
tendancies

How fer ar ya doin' bor? - How are you?

Loight ar$e - Lighthouse

Haysbra (Happisburgh) - Coastal village with a loight ar$e

Hunstan Hunstanton - Coastal village

Furriners - People who come from anywhere outside of Thetford

Thas a rumman - Not quite up to scratch

Blast Bor, yow git a ding-a-tha-lug - I'm going to hit you now

Fare t' middlin - I'm doing quite well

Bishy Barny Bee - A Ladybird

Thas a Bit on the Huh - That's a bit wonky/uneven

Traa'er - a farming vehicle

cumbine airvista - an agricultural vehicle

carra rud - a place where narj people go to watch their football team
lose

ur day - to day

wot yoo up to urday - what are you doing today

ouver hair / ouver ere - im over here

i / yoo/ ee/ shee gooo - i/ you / hee/ she went to/ goes to

ci'ee - as in naaarch ci'ee a place for shopping

noo idare - no idea/ don't know

gunna - going to

:lol:

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:59 am
by Supercharged Nat
:lol: :lol: :lol:

I hear some of them all the time, especially from some of the olde generation round here! Il admit to using some of the often aswell, good old norfolk accent!

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:09 pm
by Terra-Kotta
Yorkshire....... Nar then.

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:37 pm
by STOCK...tm
WELL.............Im from North Yorkshire too..... Under the cloud of muck n shit from drax power station....

If your passing my way give me a shout......

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Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:15 pm
by Gray18
well I'm Aaron, from Northern Ireland, and I think I'm the 2nd person from here :)

Re: Where is everyone from?

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:30 am
by Toxcity
Hello everyone,

I'm Nic and I come from Henley On Thames. Looking for a 1.6 MK3 at the moment. The Capri is my dream car and will hopefully soon be my very first car. :)