"Ta" for thanks confined to Leics.? That's news to me. It was (and I think still is) common usage in Wilts when I grew up there. "Me duck" and "pikelets" are normal terms in Nottinghamshire, but unheard of in Wilts or Beds. Jim Fisher Now living in Beds. On 11 Feb 2012 at 15:42, John & Jan Marchant wrote: > I know I'm a bit behind with this - found this email when looking for > another. In Humberstone/Scraptoft, where I lived, I'd never heard of > "okie" or "sucker" for icecream or lollipop. My hubby, though, in Oadby > knew the "okie" word well. > > I knew of pikelets in Leicester but here they're always crumpets. Then > again, smaller ones are called pikelets. Bread rolls were cobs to me in > Leicester, but just bread rolls here. On one visit to my father in law > he constantly talked about "baps". > > Tea cakes were never my thing but I found "cheesecakes", which had > nothing to do with cheese, annoying! Now there are REAL cheesecakes! > > Didn't realise "Ta" for thanks was confined to Leics., or even UK. > > "Ta-ra" was common amongst friends in Leicester but I notice Liverpool > people use it all the time. > > (Get to know a few accents being in Oz.) > > And then there's "me duck"! > > Jan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 12:04 AM > Subject: Re: [LEI] Dialect > > > > > > Likewise asking for an "Okie" gets some odd looks > > > > As does "cheers luv" on occasion > > > > Another way we could tell Leicesterites was if they said "Ta" by way > > of thanks -- My web site is now at http://www.jimella.me.uk Family history, Gardening, Humour, Politics and more ...and blogs at http://jimella.livejournal.com and http://jimella.wordpress.com