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4 hours ago, Bairnardo said:
4 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said:
I can't be the only one who still uses "dillion" surely?
e.g. I slipped on the ice and banged my head a pure dillion. 

Pronounced dull-yin? Still hear that.

In Ayrshire it’s pronounced like million but with a d.

Dillion.

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2 hours ago, Romeo said:

"Snide" to describe something that wasn't very good.

Have to admit, I never understood that. 

Snide meant fake or horrible here. Usually as an insult to someone's clothing. 

Snider was a disapproving look you gave someone (usually wearing horrible clothing). 

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50 minutes ago, HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows said:

Weigh me used to be an answer to a threat in Inverness when I was in school, as in "your getting battered" -"am I? Oh fucking weigh me"

Cigarettes were also known as Bretts or Roos for some reason.

I hate to bang on with Aussie chat but seeing as that's where I'm at, it's unavoidable, anyhow, cigarettes are called 'durrys' here. I have an irrational dislike for the word. 

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