Like a pp said "please" "thank you" and "excuse me" as you're trying to get past someone. If you can tack "please" on the end of "excuse me" so much the better!
I still use 'chap' and 'bloke' for man, whereas most people seem to use 'guys' today - for men and women! I hate it! It's just one of those words which grate.
Things I don't hear much:
Get cracking Fab Stone the crows By Jove (not that I ever used it much, but I like it!) Lavvy (for loo) Sitting room In old money (we'll be the last generation to use that I expect) Disco Charabang (for bus or coach)
Pinny for apron (does anyone but me still wear them?)
Yes, I have a couple BradfordLass, and mine is always called a pinny. (Mentioned 'pinny' this last Sunday when I was wearing one, cooking a roast dinner and our DGS didn't know what I meant.)
It might be a local expression but very few people seem to say they'll 'mash the tea', or 'brew up' any more. We always 'make a brew' when people gather at home.
'Get on my wick', for annoyance 'Put the hot water on' - when we had to flick the switch on the immersion heater a while before having a bath.
Pesky
Dolt or nincompoop (for idiot)
Do you think I was born yesterday?
I've done (whatever)...more than you've had hot dinners.
Your memory of putting the hot water on, reminded me of when I was little, my mother would send me up to turn it in as the airing cupboard was in my bedroom, nine times out of ten, I’d get distracted and forget, only to remember an hour later, when someone ran a freezing cold bath, I wasn’t popular!
day6 does anyone else wear a pinny? I can't cook without one. Made my first one in DS.at school in house coloured gingham, for some reason. Mine was brown, I was a Chestnut!