Suggestions?



OK, the email link is fixed now, so anyone wishing to email me should be able to do so. I quite like writing these ramblings/musing or whatever you want to call them. I am conscious of the slightly eclectic nature of the postings, work one day, family the next , or sport and current affairs. I am now wondering whether to fragment them into seperate blogs. My current feeling is that it is easier, time wise, to just write and brain dump anything and everything onto the single site, then people can read or filter out what they want. It would be more logical and tidier to maybe split the subjects types up, but perhaps that's not my nature. Christ, talk about answering your own question! Any views from the few who read this drivel? Email me, or leave a comment, it's always good to hear from people.



The Policemans Daughter sent me this - not very PC, but being a Londoner I found this very amusing.



How to speak Essex





alma chizzit - A request to find the cost of an item



amant - Quantity; sum total ("Thez a yuge amant of mud in Saffend")



assband - Unable to leave the house because of illness, disability etc



awss - A four legged animal, on which money is won, or more likely lost ("That awss ya tipped me cost me a lady t'day") (Lady Godiva = fiver)



branna - More brown than on a previous occasion ("Ere, Trace, ya look branna today, ave you been on sunbed?")



cort a panda - A rather large hamburger



dan in the maff - Unhappy ("Wossmatta, Trace, ya look a bit dan in the maff")



eye-eels - Women's shoes



Furrock - The location of Lakeside Shopping Centre



garrij - A building where a car is kept or repaired (Trace: "Oi, Darren, I fink the motah needs ta go in the garrij cos it aint working proper")



Ibeefa - Balaeric holiday island



lafarjik - Lacking in energy ("I feel all lafarjik")



oi oi! - Traditional greeting. Often heard from the doorway of pubs or during banging dance tunes at clubs



paipa - The Sun, The Mirror or The Sport



reband - The period of recovery and emotional turmoil after rejection by a lover ("I couldn't elp it, I wuz on the reband from Craig")



Saffend - Essex coastal resort boasting the longest pleasure pier in the world. The place where the characters from TV's, popular soap opera, Eastenders go on holiday



tan - The city of London, the big smoke



webbats - Querying the location something or someone is. "Webbats is me dole card Trace? I've gotta sign on in arf hour")



wonnid - 1. Desired, needed; 2. Wanted by the police



zaggerate - To suggest that something is bigger or better than it actually is. ("I told ya a fazzand times already")



Also, the pics of Princess Diana - why are we so bothered? The yanks have put up with us showing the assasination of JFK for years. Are his family and supporters feelings worth less than Di's? The principle is quite simple - if you don't want to see them, don't look for them!



Later, Grocerjack.