13-04-2004, 10:44
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Nemmy's Back
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Surrey
Age: 41
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Lessons on how to speak Essex
I only pass them on . Chimmy PUT DOWN THE KNIFE ....
alma chizzit - A request to find the cost of an item.
amant - Quantity; sum total ("Thez a yuge amant of mud in Saffend").
assband - Unable to leave the house because of illness, disability etc.
awss - A four legged animal, on which money is won, or more likely lost ("That awss ya tipped cost me a fiver t'day").
branna - More brown than on a previous occasion ("Ere, Trace, ya look branna today, ave you been on sunbed?").
cort a panda - A rather large hamburger.
dan in the maff- Unhappy ("Wossmatta, Trace, ya look a bit dan in the maff").
eye-eels - Women's shoes.
Furrock - The location of Lakeside Shopping Centre.
garrij - A building where a car is kept or repaired (Trace: "Oi,Darren, I fink the motah needs ta go in the garrij cos it aint working proper").
Ibeefa - Balaeric holiday island.
Lafarjik - Lacking in energy ("I feel all lafarjik").
oi oi! - Traditional greeting. Often heard from the doorway of pubs or during banging dance tunes at clubs.
paipa - The Sun, The Mirror or The Sport.
reband - The period of recovery and emotional turmoil after rejection by a lover ("I couldn't elp it, I wuz on the reband from Craig").
Saffend - Essex coastal resort boasting the longest pleasure pier in the world. The place where the characters from TV's, popular soap opera, Eastenders go on holiday.
tan - The city of London, the big smoke.
webbats - Querying the location, something or someone is. ("Webbats is me dole card Trace? I've gotta sign on).
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