Corr blimey my hand is so cold

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Thats how my hand felt shovelng last weekend

That is freaky.

Don't know whats more freaky;

The icicle hand or Sean's expression "Coor Blimey".

"Coor Blimey"

This might help, well, maybe just a little.


Meaning

An exclamation of surprise.
Origin

A euphemism (specifically a minced oath) derived from 'God blind me'.

Blimy is first recorded in print in Barrère and Leland's A dictionary of slang, jargon and cant, 1889. The extended version was used, by Arthur Morrison in A Child of the Jago, 1896:

"Gawblimy, not what?"

The link between 'gor blimey' or 'cor blimey' and 'god blind me' was made evident by James Joyce in Ulysses, 1922:

God blimey if she aint a clinker

Being as it is, a contraction of 'God blind me', the term was originally spelled 'gorblimey' and is still frequently used that way.

Got to love them "english" lessons.........

Would love to hear Sean speak "Redneck" with an english accent!!

Schleprock wrote:Got to love them "english" lessons.........

Would love to hear Sean speak "Redneck" with an english accent!!

I ain't got a clue what your on about. I mostly talk with normal words but under stand some of the slang that is used in various places in the U.K. (Rosie lee/ apples and Pears, London). The whole kit and caboodle I think it's origin is American
Sean

oldelmer1 wrote:This might help, well, maybe just a little.


Meaning

An exclamation of surprise.
Origin

A euphemism (specifically a minced oath) derived from 'God blind me'.

Blimy is first recorded in print in Barrère and Leland's A dictionary of slang, jargon and cant, 1889. The extended version was used, by Arthur Morrison in A Child of the Jago, 1896:

"Gawblimy, not what?"

The link between 'gor blimey' or 'cor blimey' and 'god blind me' was made evident by James Joyce in Ulysses, 1922:

God blimey if she aint a clinker

Being as it is, a contraction of 'God blind me', the term was originally spelled 'gorblimey' and is still frequently used that way.

Thanks Tom...I hadn't a clue.