Wack and Taff (Britlish and Welsh)
I was Googling about for nicknames of English cities and citizens and came across the following: Wack for Liverpudlianand Taff for Welshman. Since we have just done"Geordie" and "Scouser" , I was...
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I must admit that I've never heard of Wackers. Thank you for the compliment anyway, pk.Taffies. Now there's a thing. Where is dmadams when his country needs him? What to say about the Welsh? Leaving...
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they live right next to the English.Which, all by itself, scores them many points for tolerance.
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I've heard 'Wack' for Liverpudlian, but no idea as to the origin. I'd always assumed 'Taff' came from the common Welsh name Daffydd, equivalent to David.
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>> they live right next to the English. (ElizaD) -- Which, all by itself, scores them many points for tolerance. (Faldage)
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The OED2 has "wacker," meaning a Liverpudlian, from 1768. The clipping "wack" (which also means pal or mate in Liverpool dialect) appears two centuries later, in 1963.The origin is unknown.
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Anyone else know the Welsh poet/Cleric R.S. Thomas? My copy of one of his volumes is at my office and I was going to post one of his poems about Wales here when I was there, but can't at the moment....
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>there arose an arson campaign which adopted the advertising slogan of the erstwhile British Coal Board: "Come Home to a Real Fire". I believe that "slogan" came from a Not the Nine O'Clock News...
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JGI think none more so than the Irish:Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow. (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man)
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"Come Home to a Real Fire" was a genuine advertising slogan used by the NCB in the 70s. One of the TV commercials featured a young lad trudging through rain and fog before reaching his home and...
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