Twerp

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 26 Jun 2010, 10:29

What a great and rarely used word Twerp is. I recall it from comics (Dennis The Menace)?. I love hearing some words I haven't heard for ages.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 26 Jun 2010, 12:08

Civer.
Meaning drain, not heard that for a while.

When younger I was convinced the Dr Who enemies were Civermen so wouldn't go near the drains in the road and made swimming at the deep end of the pool very scary!

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 26 Jun 2010, 12:11

I didn't realise Civer was spelt that way- its agood one in fact its a stotter or is it stoater?

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 26 Jun 2010, 13:19

I can't find out how it's spelt online, sure I've seen it like that.
I also like stooshie, stramash, howf, half an hauf.
A half loaf and going the messages also seem to be particularly east Cpast Scots, like sauce on chips.

I used to like the Zoiks! from Scooby Doo

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 26 Jun 2010, 14:58

Peevers is a beauty.

magbagpuss · Post by **magbagpuss** » 26 Jun 2010, 17:09

Anyone heard of dubs (puddles) ?

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 26 Jun 2010, 18:18

Yup heard of dubs
We used to play peevers with an old cherry blossom tin
and a ball game called stotters or stoatters, a tennis ball thrown at a ledge and caught in different ways.

And we'd dreep off walls

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 27 Jun 2010, 10:47

http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_edin/1_ed ... lace_names

For many names and words I'd half forgotten

and according to that list it's SIVER so I stand corrected