new & disappearing words

[Mickyj]

The word "dreckly". I've never heard anyone but a Nanna use it, but Nanna's use it a lot.

Was she originally a Cornishwoman by any chance?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dreckly

Further evidence lol...

http://www.thecornishtshirtfactory.com/ ... o.php?p=10

Regards
JAS

Did u used to sit in one of my Nana's kitchens Jas. She was either born in cornwall or her parents where she used to use that word .hell she even had a book in cornish she used to show me proudly.

Another thing oldies used to say and a woman at work my age .
Coles the supermarket .
They used to call it Coles'es !!

[Psyber]

I'd met "dreckly" too. My father was born in Moonta of Cornish stock, who arrived in the mid to late 1890s to work in the copper mines.
My mother, who arrived in OZ from Yorkshire, aged 15, learned to make Cornish pasties quite well.

[Moe]

Disappearing

Please & thankyou.

Bloody oath.
They both went out the door with two other words "Good" & "Manners"

Opstreperous
Pedantic
2 old fav's

[gadj1976]

The word "dreckly". I've never heard anyone but a Nanna use it, but Nanna's use it a lot.

My grandma, god bless her, used to use the word directly/dreckly when I was a kid and I couldn't work out why she was needing to maneouvre in a straight line from where we were to the kitchen to put the kettle on... "I'll put the kettle on directly".

Some I can think of:

Bonza
Bewdy
Ken Oath
Ripper
Rip Snorter
Fair Dinkum
Cobber

[GWW]

My grandma, god bless her, used to use the word directly/dreckly when I was a kid and I couldn't work out why she was needing to maneouvre in a straight line from where we were to the kitchen to put the kettle on... "I'll put the kettle on directly".

Which reminds me of my late grandmother, who always referred to a movie as a "picture", and a movie cinema as the "pictures".

[gadj1976]

My grandma, god bless her, used to use the word directly/dreckly when I was a kid and I couldn't work out why she was needing to maneouvre in a straight line from where we were to the kitchen to put the kettle on... "I'll put the kettle on directly".

Which reminds me of my late grandmother, who always referred to a movie as a "picture", and a movie cinema as the "pictures".

Ditto GWW. I couldn't work that one out either when I was a young fella. "I'll be orf to the pictures directly"... hehehehehehe

[JAS]

My grandma, god bless her, used to use the word directly/dreckly when I was a kid and I couldn't work out why she was needing to maneouvre in a straight line from where we were to the kitchen to put the kettle on... "I'll put the kettle on directly".

Which reminds me of my late grandmother, who always referred to a movie as a "picture", and a movie cinema as the "pictures".

we still say that here...you ask a mate if they want to go to the pictures

I reckon it's a very, very old use of the word picture and probably the original term for going to see a film and going to the cinema ie going to see the moving pictures and the moving picture house.

Regards
JAS

[Psyber]

I had assumed the drift to "cinema" was part of our trend to Americanised polysyllabic terms.
Pictures - Cinema
Lift - Elevator
flat - apartment.

We used to go to the "flicks" when I was a kid.
I assume that term came out in my parents youth when early "movies" flickered rather than portrayed smooth movement.

[Mickyj]

I'd met "dreckly" too. My father was born in Moonta of Cornish stock, who arrived in the mid to late 1890s to work in the copper mines.
My mother, who arrived in OZ from Yorkshire, aged 15, learned to make Cornish pasties quite well.

Thinking back my Nana(my mums side of the family) was born here after her family moved from Cornwall and lived in moonta or wallaroo .The mines must have run out as they moved to Broken Hill for my Great Grandfather to work in the mines there .
Love cornish pasties but my Nan's Rissoles were to die for yum
There was some talk that her Father or Grandfather had left Greece and gone to Cornwall .But when i have said this to people of Greek origins they just laugh and say would never have happened as he changed his surname to be more English .Off Topic sorry.

[redden whites]

Besmirch

Bless you William Regal

[Psyber]

I'd met "dreckly" too. My father was born in Moonta of Cornish stock, who arrived in the mid to late 1890s to work in the copper mines.
My mother, who arrived in OZ from Yorkshire, aged 15, learned to make Cornish pasties quite well.

Thinking back my Nana(my mums side of the family) was born here after her family moved from Cornwall and lived in moonta or wallaroo .The mines must have run out as they moved to Broken Hill for my Great Grandfather to work in the mines there .
Love cornish pasties but my Nan's Rissoles were to die for yum
There was some talk that her Father or Grandfather had left Greece and gone to Cornwall .But when i have said this to people of Greek origins they just laugh and say would never have happened as he changed his surname to be more English .Off Topic sorry.

Some of my lot moved to Broken Hill too - the Knotts and Hockings up there are all cousins, as are the Paulls at Wallaroo.

[Moe]

I'd met "dreckly" too. My father was born in Moonta of Cornish stock, who arrived in the mid to late 1890s to work in the copper mines.
My mother, who arrived in OZ from Yorkshire, aged 15, learned to make Cornish pasties quite well.

Thinking back my Nana(my mums side of the family) was born here after her family moved from Cornwall and lived in moonta or wallaroo .The mines must have run out as they moved to Broken Hill for my Great Grandfather to work in the mines there .
Love cornish pasties but my Nan's Rissoles were to die for yum
There was some talk that her Father or Grandfather had left Greece and gone to Cornwall .But when i have said this to people of Greek origins they just laugh and say would never have happened as he changed his surname to be more English .Off Topic sorry.

Some of my lot moved to Broken Hill too - the Knotts and Hockings up there are all cousins, as are the Paulls at Wallaroo.

Is Robert Hocking, the father of Luke & Jarrod from Broken Hill?

[Mickyj]

I'd met "dreckly" too. My father was born in Moonta of Cornish stock, who arrived in the mid to late 1890s to work in the copper mines.
My mother, who arrived in OZ from Yorkshire, aged 15, learned to make Cornish pasties quite well.

Thinking back my Nana(my mums side of the family) was born here after her family moved from Cornwall and lived in moonta or wallaroo .The mines must have run out as they moved to Broken Hill for my Great Grandfather to work in the mines there .
Love cornish pasties but my Nan's Rissoles were to die for yum
There was some talk that her Father or Grandfather had left Greece and gone to Cornwall .But when i have said this to people of Greek origins they just laugh and say would never have happened as he changed his surname to be more English .Off Topic sorry.

Some of my lot moved to Broken Hill too - the Knotts and Hockings up there are all cousins, as are the Paulls at Wallaroo.

My parents are friends with some Hockings through greyhound racing

[Psyber]

I've lost touch with the younger generation of Hockings - I haven't been up to the Hill since the mid 1970s, but the names Luke and Jarrod ring a bell in my memory.

I remember "Uncle Len" my father's cousin who was a footy umpire in Broken Hill, back then, and "Uncle Howard" who got around on crutches because he had suffered Polio as a child.
They'd be the parents of people now approaching age 60 to 65. They had a younger sister, Pam, who was nearer my age.
I remember Howard and his mother Lily, my father's Aunt, bred Bulldogs at one time.
I think the Knotts were connected to the Hockings by marriage, and I remember a George Knott and his kids - who were older than me - Ted and Shirley.

[Mickyj]

I've lost touch with the younger generation of Hockings - I haven't been up to the Hill since the mid 1970s, but the names Luke and Jarrod ring a bell in my memory.

I remember "Uncle Len" my father's cousin who was a footy umpire in Broken Hill, back then, and "Uncle Howard" who got around on crutches because he had suffered Polio as a child.
They'd be the parents of people now approaching age 60 to 65. They had a younger sister, Pam, who was nearer my age.
I remember Howard and his mother Lily, my father's Aunt, bred Bulldogs at one time.
I think the Knotts were connected to the Hockings by marriage, and I remember a George Knott and his kids - who were older than me - Ted and Shirley.

Mid to late 70's for me as well .

[gadj1976]

plonker
spunk
hunk

[redandblack]

'Movies' is fairly recent. Everyone used to say they were going to the pictures.

Just part of the Americanisation of the language.

Add 'fewer' to words that are disappearing. It should be used often instead of 'less'.

Off topic, but it should be 'vulnerable', not 'vunnerable'.

[gadj1976]

I think "Australia" is a word that's vanishing from our vocabulary. Seems to be "Austraya" in most people's minds.

couple more:

Million - miyyon
Williams - Wiyyams

[aceman]

I'd met "dreckly" too. My father was born in Moonta of Cornish stock, who arrived in the mid to late 1890s to work in the copper mines.
My mother, who arrived in OZ from Yorkshire, aged 15, learned to make Cornish pasties quite well.

Psyber, are you my missing brother??
Born in Moonta myself as were both of my parents whose origin was Cornwall. My Grandma was a "dreckly" person also and could she cook the old 'cousin jack' pasties. I still have cousins that live up that way, the golf course at Port Hughes is where we used to set our rabbit traps. I lost one many years ago, I wonder if anyone's found it yet whilst constructing the new developement? Lived out at Moonta Mines, Dad had the post office which is now the old Lollie Shop opposite the museum which was the Moonta Mines school.

[aceman]

I think "Australia" is a word that's vanishing from our vocabulary. Seems to be "Austraya" in most people's minds.

couple more:

Million - miyyon
Williams - Wiyyams

Eddie MacGuire's favourite word, "millyon"