Posh People!

[Eurox]

After meeting a girl from cambridge, i was seriously surprised by her... lets say, lack of 'common' knowledge. After going to uni and living all round the country 99% of people know what im on about, even if i dont say things the same as them. But this girl astounded me, first of all she didnt know what a 'chippy' was, then wasn't too sure what a 'butty' included, then even worse, thought 'telly' was just a made up word. there are a couple more example but i shant go on, the only shortened down word i think she knew was 'wellies'. Are there still people like that out there?

[jojojojoanne]

backpacnacsnack!

[joggerjayne]

Sorry, jojo ... was that

back sack and crack ??????

[jojojojoanne]

bsc wax!
ba/c/kp/ac/k/snack/na/c/k.

[stewey]

Could you carry a snack in your fannypack?

[joggerjayne]

That's a Bum Bag ... yes ?

[Tizzi24]

I agree Eurox. I am often totally stunned by how dim the youth of the day are in 'common' knowledge.

[stewey]

Is that what they call them in Brighton, JJ?

[beejaybee]

I `d never heard of a butty until I lived in the north for a while . We have dinner & tea. If you mean chippy as chip shop, that`s another word I`d never heard.

[joggerjayne]

Well, I'm just guessing that it's the same thing, Stewey ...

A little bag that fastens round your waist, and rests round the back ... on your bum cheeks

... hence ... bum bag.



JJ x

[joggerjayne]

butty, as in ... jam butty ??

[stewey]

Yes, we call those fannypacks. Supposedly, 'fanny' is a naughty word in England?