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Minnie the Minx

In: Cheshire
Posts: 2009

Just been totally stunned to discover two bm members who do not know what trollies are

....and there was me thinking they were men of the world! Is it just me? Is this a term peculiar to my part of the north west? What are trollies known as in your part of the world?

Message posted by Minnie the Minx on 23 July 2012 at 00:31

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Minnie the Minx @ 23/07/2012 00:31:56

Deleted Member

In: NA
Posts: 0

i always thought a trolly was something you put things in and pushed around. like them things at the supermarket or on the plane, and as far as i know they've always been called trollies.

Message posted by Deleted Member on 23 July 2012 at 00:39

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Minnie the Minx

In: Cheshire
Posts: 2009

Ahhh, that blows my theory about it being a northwest term completely out of the water then cos you're in Blackpool busafeller hmmm, I was actually refering to the garments known as trollies

Message posted by Minnie the Minx on 23 July 2012 at 00:44

Minnie the Minx @ 23/07/2012 00:44:26

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In: NA
Posts: 0

ahh but ive only been there 20 years. never heard of any clothes called trollies, must be a womans thing, - again

Message posted by Deleted Member on 23 July 2012 at 00:52

Deleted Member @ 23/07/2012 00:52:07

Sandi

In: Huddersfield, W
Posts: 17948

I was brought up in Southsea/Portsmouth, Hampshire, and I know trollies as trousers, it wasn't used in Yorkshire at the time, least I don't think so. Some folk, in Hampshire, called trousers strides, like the cockneys do. Supermarket trollies are called carts in America, I think trollies in America are trams (trolly bus), tho I could be wrong.

Message posted by Sandi on 23 July 2012 at 09:22

Sandi @ 23/07/2012 09:22:07

Emzed

In: Pickering
Posts: 7151

Well I thought you meant underpants Minnie

But I am a man of the world

Message posted by Emzed on 23 July 2012 at 09:34

Emzed @ 23/07/2012 09:34:22

Deleted Member

In: NA
Posts: 0

yes, Trollies are trousers,
Although,
Here in my neck of the woods,
they're also known as KEGS!
Wink

Message posted by Deleted Member on 23 July 2012 at 09:50

Deleted Member @ 23/07/2012 09:50:56

Sandi

In: Huddersfield, W
Posts: 17948

PML @ 'neck' of the woods, living in Draxula, very witty PB

Message posted by Sandi on 23 July 2012 at 09:57

Sandi @ 23/07/2012 09:57:05

Emzed

In: Pickering
Posts: 7151

Well in Barnsley trousers were refered to as "keks"

"Kegs" is what beer comes in

But trollies were "definitely" underpants

Message posted by Emzed on 23 July 2012 at 09:58

Emzed @ 23/07/2012 09:58:26

Sandi

In: Huddersfield, W
Posts: 17948

Aye I remember me mam saying kecks when she meant trarsers, she was a Barnsley lass thro and thro, born int tarn. I wonder what they called 'em in Sheffield, where me dad was born?

Message posted by Sandi on 23 July 2012 at 10:01

Sandi @ 23/07/2012 10:01:59

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You're right Em - 'Kegs' do hold beer.

However, the pronunciation of 'Keks' as spoken in Castleford, where I lived back then was 'Kegs', which is I suppose, why I naturally spelt it that way!!!

Confused?????? we will be!!!!!! LOL

Message posted by Deleted Member on 23 July 2012 at 10:10

Deleted Member @ 23/07/2012 10:10:24

centurion

In: Catterick Garris
Posts: 636

Trollies = underpants where I'm from! Sandi, dont get me started on Americanisms, when I used to work in a Harley dealership I had to learn a whole new lanquage. Fenders instead of mudguards, mufflers instead of silencers, and the first time somebody asked me for a fanny pad I almost redirected them to the female hygiene counter in Boots

Message posted by centurion on 23 July 2012 at 10:47

centurion @ 23/07/2012 10:47:43

VFR800AJ

In: Sutton Coldfield
Posts: 5668

Pretty much the same as 'Kex' i guess ? Used to create a 'wedgie ??? or 'skiddies' i have also heard them called............ boulder holders ??? etc etc

Message posted by VFR800AJ on 23 July 2012 at 15:34

VFR800AJ @ 23/07/2012 15:34:21

VFR800AJ

In: Sutton Coldfield
Posts: 5668

Minnie you havent elaborated on why you were talking 'trollies' in the first place ????????????????????????

Message posted by VFR800AJ on 23 July 2012 at 15:36

VFR800AJ @ 23/07/2012 15:36:25

Viking Tel

In: Silverstone and
Posts: 305

Trollies are trousers? Learn something new every day! I know folks that are off their Trollies

Message posted by Viking Tel on 23 July 2012 at 15:39

Viking Tel @ 23/07/2012 15:39:15

W.M.F.

In: Ashford
Posts: 546

VFR, I've always known boulder holders to be bras (the over shoulder boulder holder)!

Message posted by W.M.F. on 23 July 2012 at 16:27

W.M.F. @ 23/07/2012 16:27:48

jinx57

In: Leonard Stanley
Posts: 28149

trollies = trousers,kecks=underpants,simples.both apply equally for cumbria and gloucestershire as far as i know,both being hubs of civilisation and not inhabited by neanderthals,,,,(ducks behind parapet and counts to ten for shitstorm to begin)xxxx

Message posted by jinx57 on 23 July 2012 at 16:44

jinx57 @ 23/07/2012 16:44:59

Emzed

In: Pickering
Posts: 7151

Trust you b****y southerners to get it a***e about face

Message posted by Emzed on 23 July 2012 at 17:22

Emzed @ 23/07/2012 17:22:41

Deleted Member

In: NA
Posts: 0

yep Jinx has got it right... Cool

and thats from an ex-southerner.. Smile

Message posted by Deleted Member on 23 July 2012 at 17:51

Deleted Member @ 23/07/2012 17:51:53

RickM

In: Thorney
Posts: 171

Well millitary issue ones are known as shreddies as they have fine mesh holes with the texture of a cheese grater. Another name is skiddies for obvious reasons.

Message posted by RickM on 26 July 2012 at 21:34

RickM @ 26/07/2012 21:34:37

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