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I remember texting my first boss this when I was a bit late one morning and he was completely non-plussed. He thought it meant I was still out on the lash!
Didn’t realise ‘on the drag’ was a Suffolk saying… on 08:34 - Mar 14 by unbelievablue
I remember texting my first boss this when I was a bit late one morning and he was completely non-plussed. He thought it meant I was still out on the lash!
Maybe he thought you were dressed as a woman?
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Didn’t realise ‘on the drag’ was a Suffolk saying… on 08:34 - Mar 14 by unbelievablue
I remember texting my first boss this when I was a bit late one morning and he was completely non-plussed. He thought it meant I was still out on the lash!
My first boss was really easy going, and one of the first things he said to me on my first Monday at work after a very late finish was "I don't mind if you come in a bit on the drag tomorrow." Imagine his surprise on Tuesday morning when I went full on Lily Savage!
I moved to Birmingham in the mid 90's and had a friend from Suffolk who also lived that way. He told me not say "on the drag" if I was running late, as he used the phrase and the locals thought it was something to do with cross dressing!
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Didn’t realise ‘on the drag’ was a Suffolk saying… on 09:31 - Mar 14 with 3408 views
I did enjoy how Woolfy was the translator and still didn’t bother explaining one or two. Broady bless him was made to look proper stupid wasn’t he?
“Cuh ta hell” is still my favourite Suffolkism and makes me think of my grandad immediately. I’ve managed to get “rum old boy” to be accepted at work too.
Didn’t realise ‘on the drag’ was a Suffolk saying… on 09:55 - Mar 14 by Mullet
You need hand back your Suffolk card.
I did enjoy how Woolfy was the translator and still didn’t bother explaining one or two. Broady bless him was made to look proper stupid wasn’t he?
“Cuh ta hell” is still my favourite Suffolkism and makes me think of my grandad immediately. I’ve managed to get “rum old boy” to be accepted at work too.
As a wider Anglia region dweller for most of my early life, I could get most of these.
I have heard "on the drag" from those of the National Service generation.
I would see "rum old boy" as being a bloke who you're not quite sure about but either can't quite put your finger on it, or don't want to say more. Depending on tone of voice it could mean at the soft end bloke who is a bit annoying in the pub, but at the extreme end could be "Don't let your daughter walk home from school past his house" kind of vibes.
Would that be right?
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Didn’t realise ‘on the drag’ was a Suffolk saying… on 10:50 - Mar 14 with 2963 views
Didn’t realise ‘on the drag’ was a Suffolk saying… on 10:45 - Mar 14 by ArnoldMoorhen
As a wider Anglia region dweller for most of my early life, I could get most of these.
I have heard "on the drag" from those of the National Service generation.
I would see "rum old boy" as being a bloke who you're not quite sure about but either can't quite put your finger on it, or don't want to say more. Depending on tone of voice it could mean at the soft end bloke who is a bit annoying in the pub, but at the extreme end could be "Don't let your daughter walk home from school past his house" kind of vibes.
Would that be right?
For me, if someone says a rum ol' boy I picture a sort of grizzled, red faced, tattooed ex-docker or fisherman down their local. A kind-hearted person whom at the same time you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of. It's hard to describe, it's just one of those phrases that works in context.
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Didn’t realise ‘on the drag’ was a Suffolk saying… on 11:01 - Mar 14 with 2852 views
Didn’t realise ‘on the drag’ was a Suffolk saying… on 10:45 - Mar 14 by ArnoldMoorhen
As a wider Anglia region dweller for most of my early life, I could get most of these.
I have heard "on the drag" from those of the National Service generation.
I would see "rum old boy" as being a bloke who you're not quite sure about but either can't quite put your finger on it, or don't want to say more. Depending on tone of voice it could mean at the soft end bloke who is a bit annoying in the pub, but at the extreme end could be "Don't let your daughter walk home from school past his house" kind of vibes.
Would that be right?
Rum ol boy to me just means abnormal for whatever reason. I’ve heard it used more as a term of endearment than an insult - see also rare, rogue
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Didn’t realise ‘on the drag’ was a Suffolk saying… on 11:06 - Mar 14 with 2825 views
Didn’t realise ‘on the drag’ was a Suffolk saying… on 10:45 - Mar 14 by ArnoldMoorhen
As a wider Anglia region dweller for most of my early life, I could get most of these.
I have heard "on the drag" from those of the National Service generation.
I would see "rum old boy" as being a bloke who you're not quite sure about but either can't quite put your finger on it, or don't want to say more. Depending on tone of voice it could mean at the soft end bloke who is a bit annoying in the pub, but at the extreme end could be "Don't let your daughter walk home from school past his house" kind of vibes.
Would that be right?
“Rum old boy” is a bit tone orientated. Usually it means a bit of a character, a bit different. Sometimes I’ve heard it said with a bit of an emphasis that’s more impolite though.
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