Funny old sayings that give away (y)our age

I talk about the bus station and the train station rather than the interchange.

@Granny23 : You've kindled a memory, with 'gutties'!

A member of the RAF Band in which I served, in Cyprus in the 50s, was a lovely gentle soul from the west of Scotland somewhere - he wasn't always easy to understand, I have to say. One day, he pointed at something in my tent and said "Wha's gu''ies are yuck?' (He glottal-stopped the 't's in gutties).

We questioned him for some time, but to this day I'm not certain if it was 'Whose plimsolls are the ones with the stains?' or '... are full of stones?' that he was asking!

Ah well, his euphonium playing spoke volumes...

I set the table Kitty

Does anyone still talk about children or is it always kids?

Yes, put the big light on. I can hear my mother saying it as she sat sewing at dusk.
Sandshoes but gym teacher calling them plimsolls.

Movedalot Sometimes - on high days and holidays.

We side it instead of clearing it! (Having set it initially of course)

Do you lay the table or set it?

I'm afraid I do Movedalot.

I still talk about the railway station rather than the train station.

I come from Nottingham, where it's definitely 'wash the pots'. Up here in Scotland, it's 'the dishes'.

My lovely set of china, inherited from my grandmother, and displayed in the dresser, is called 'nana's old pots.'

Or wash the pots?

Does anyone get squiffy anymore?

Big light - yes!

A frock in our house is used to describe a really, really posh dress and is never used alone but has to hyphenated with posh. A posh frock would be worn by someone who was mutton dressed up as lamb, which was my nan's favourite saying.

A dress is an every day item but a posh frock is something special.

I say five and twenty past and five and twenty to.

We wore sandshoes (sannies).

The main light in the room is the big light...as in 'put the big light on'.

We used to sit on a settee but now everyone seems to sit on a sofa.

Do schoolchildren use satchels anymore?

This soft shoes are always called plimmies round here.

Before expensive, designer trainers, we wore simple black or white plimsolls.

We wore sandshoes (white) and gym shoes (black). We were in big trouble if we referred to these as 'gutties', deemed to be a West of Scotland slang term. I think gutties is the more interesting word being derived from gutta perch = rubber as the shoes were rubber soled. I have never had a frock, posh or otherwise, always dresses.

Tape recorder even greatnan

Frock, wireless,swimming costume, tapes...........

Isn't that strange? Frock is frilly and dress is comfortable and soft, to me!

In Fife it used to be 'sandshoes' (or 'sannies' for those who were 'cool')! I always wear a 'frock' and never a 'dress' - of course that's when I'm not in my beloved jeans! 'Frock' sounds lovely and droopy and soft - whereas 'dress' is frilly and not me at all!

Definitely frocks, even posh frocks for special occassions.

A newer one: I say PC when I'm talking about my laptop.

Vacuum cleaner when everyone seems to say Hoover - mine isn't!

lilygran yes plimsolls and bumpers which where the thicker ones similar to the converse..kitchen cabinet and gas stove and scullery,mantelpiece