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  • #16
    television = Boob Tube

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    • #17
      Originally posted by KatieMorag View Post
      you're showing your age there Bo - does anyone call a cinema a "picture house" these days

      funnily enough, there's a cinema chain over here called "picturehouses", apparently; i'd never heard of them
      Actually , not sure if this is a Dublin thing , but we would always say for example " I am going to the Pictures ", as opposed to the Cinema/ Movies

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      • #18
        Originally posted by bojangles View Post
        Actually , not sure if this is a Dublin thing , but we would always say for example " I am going to the Pictures ", as opposed to the Cinema/ Movies
        I have heard ''going to the pictures'' used by kids in Southampton in the 50's....
        Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!

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        • #19
          no it's not Dublin, we always called it "the pictures" too......think the cinema thing is a relatively recent thing

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          • #20
            Vacation=Holiday
            I google because I'm not young enough to know everything.
            Nemo Mortalium Omnibus Horis Sapit

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            • #21
              (shopping) trolley - cart

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              • #22
                Apartments = Flats
                I google because I'm not young enough to know everything.
                Nemo Mortalium Omnibus Horis Sapit

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                • #23
                  ''Varmint'' (Movies.)....Vermin..
                  Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!

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                  • #24
                    Football = Soccer
                    The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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                    • #25
                      Breeze Block=Cinder block
                      I google because I'm not young enough to know everything.
                      Nemo Mortalium Omnibus Horis Sapit

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                      • #26
                        jam - jelly

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                        • #27
                          butt, fanny. keester booty ( Ass cheeks)

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                          • #28
                            Aerial = Antenna
                            The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by KatieMorag View Post
                              (shopping) trolley - cart
                              (shopping cart) Buggy

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                              • #30
                                Candy Floss = Cotton Candy
                                The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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