WORDPLAY

gs_overland · 11 January 2011 15:24

Hi all
Just a bit of humour really. Judging by some of the responses on the Astran forum, i felt that we could have a laugh with this subject !!
Who can remember some of the variations of words that we would see on the road during our trips to where ever !
My Nan who vas German used to say to my Grandad when they used to drive from Berlin to London to visit us " Rischart ( his name was Richard) Keep Left ist eine grosse stadt !! Bless her. That was during the sixties.
Drum Bun
GS

jj72 · 11 January 2011 16:07

Bit like the novice Irish driver exclaiming “bejaysus, this Ausfahrt is some size town Murphy and no mistaking”

Would Anglicised place names fit into this thread Gavin? We must all have tons of them - we used to call Gorzow Wielkopolski “Gordon’s Workshop” for simplicity - come on then…

bestbooties · 11 January 2011 17:21

The most obvious one of course is “Stanley Bull”.

archie_paice · 11 January 2011 17:32

bestbooties:
The most obvious one of course is “Stanley Bull”.

Hullo Ian,
Is Stanley Bull where Constanse and Opel are ?
Cheers, Archie.

chris_webb · 11 January 2011 19:26

“Which is t’best way to Oldham” and 'uddersfelt spring to mind.
One of the gaffers I had used to say “Leicester Tree Forest Services”.

sir · 11 January 2011 19:45

An old friend of mine,sadly no longer with us, went touring in Germany with car and wife.Decided to stop for the night in Umleitung and got quite irate when wife couldn’t find it on the map.

I took some football fans from L’pool to Vienna for some match a few years ago,and one actually said ,on seeing signs for Wien,'Hey,mate these Austrians must be really thick ‘cos they can’t even spell Vienna properly’

mushroomman · 11 January 2011 22:50

A couple of words that always made me chuckle were:

Auspuft… a German exhaust pipe, it could of been a German ■■■■ although if you were transiting Germany you would be fahrting down the autobahn.

and

Dooddlesack… Dutch for bagpipes, as in she played the old Dooddlesack very well .

harry_gill · 12 January 2011 10:01

hiya,
An “office nerd” once questioned why i’d booked off in Wales when supposed to be doing Scotch, logsheet stated Ecclefechan 6,30 pm.
thanks harry long retired

stanfield · 12 January 2011 10:20

I remember a driver being contacted by his traffic office and asked where abouts he was,his reply was I have just past a sign for loosechippings and all he could hear then was the traffic lad asking his mates in the office did anyone know where that was.
Another one was I am at cwmbach to which the office replied comeback wheres that?but before he got the question in the driver had put the phone down and started to come home (both true stories)

marcus_22 · 12 January 2011 10:35

Heres one for you harry i bet when a driver has got to go to NO PLACE county durham they would get a bit suspicious, its not far from me and you.

thanks

mark

chris_webb · 12 January 2011 13:31

I remember a TSM trawling through a GB atlas looking for Cotsprov until I reminded him it was short for Cotswold Provisions at Evesham. Also I once saw a fax stating that a certain load was for Barrow Inverness which was of course Barrow in Furness.

ds2604 · 12 January 2011 13:35

remember chatting to a driver in pamplona who said all clear down fragile

turned out he couldnt say teruel

chris_webb · 12 January 2011 14:10

marcus 22:
Heres one for you harry i bet when a driver has got to go to NO PLACE county durham they would get a bit suspicious, its not far from me and you.

thanks

mark

That’s a new one Mark,No Place. What about Wideopen and Pity Me up your end? How did Pity Me get it’s name?

les_freathy · 12 January 2011 15:22

I remember sending one of our young fitters to the parts supplier for a long weight for a pump, poor bugger was still sitting there two hours later and the firm told him dont be so thick and p off home

volvof10 · 12 January 2011 15:23

hi all,

Remember running through South Wales and being asked why all the Hotels were called Hotel Gwesty.

harry_gill · 12 January 2011 15:30

Chris Webb:

marcus 22:
Heres one for you harry i bet when a driver has got to go to NO PLACE county durham they would get a bit suspicious, its not far from me and you.

thanks

mark

That’s a new one Mark,No Place. What about Wideopen and Pity Me up your end? How did Pity Me get it’s name?

hiya,
And not forgetting Once Brewed and Twice Brewed along the 69 could just about walk to No Place from our house although would be knackered now.
thanks harry long retired.

marcus_22 · 12 January 2011 15:34

Chris Webb:

marcus 22:
Heres one for you harry i bet when a driver has got to go to NO PLACE county durham they would get a bit suspicious, its not far from me and you.

thanks

mark

That’s a new one Mark,No Place. What about Wideopen and Pity Me up your end? How did Pity Me get it’s name?

hi chris

its something to do with the norman french language, petite mere meaning small lake (pity me) thats as much as know matey.

regards

mark

yorkyjoy · 12 January 2011 15:39

One of my mates saddly departed was once asked by a scottish driver at Ferry Bridge heading south from Scotland if he new where Kanaz A Baroo was. Normally called KNARESBOROUGH.

wheel_nut · 12 January 2011 16:16

Chris Webb:

marcus 22:
Heres one for you harry i bet when a driver has got to go to NO PLACE county durham they would get a bit suspicious, its not far from me and you.

thanks

mark

That’s a new one Mark,No Place. What about Wideopen and Pity Me up your end? How did Pity Me get it’s name?

Heck!

wheel_nut · 12 January 2011 16:21

Am I reloading I asked?

No we had a load offered from up Scotch, but it is too far to Forfar Fife