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There was a time when, if a bloke had a certain surname, he would be known by a generic first name. Smudger Smith, Chalky White, Nobby Clarke, Dusty Miller, Spud Murphy etc. Do people still do that ?
There was a time when, if a bloke had a certain surname, he would be known by a generic first name. Smudger Smith, Chalky White, Nobby Clarke, Dusty Miller, Spud Murphy etc. Do people still do that ?
People still do that .... Racist Terry, Tw@t Hughes. Candleface Rednapp.Shyte Phillips.
Why does it feel like R'SWiPe is still on the books? Yer Couldn't Make It Up.Well Done Me!
There was a time when, if a bloke had a certain surname, he would be known by a generic first name. Smudger Smith, Chalky White, Nobby Clarke, Dusty Miller, Spud Murphy etc. Do people still do that ?
We grew up using lots of rhyming slang words that we didn't know were rhyming slang. For example I always thought that scarper was a proper English word. I was in my 40s before I found out that Scapa Flow = Go.