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to want posters to stop saying "bleddy"?

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stiflersmom · 18/02/2011 16:15

it's skin-crawlingly bad, even worse than "fecking" and "farking"

you sound like Prince Philip. That's bad. Stop it.

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BrandyAlexander · 19/02/2011 14:20

LeQueen, I was waiting for you to turn up since you're the only poster I know who uses bleddy. ([Hmm], I spend too much time on MN.)I had always assumed you were being posh, didn't realise it was a local thing!!! Grin

usualsuspect · 19/02/2011 14:24

Its definitely not posh to use the word bleddy in Leicester..in fact its quite the opposite

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usualsuspect · 19/02/2011 14:35

Yes I'm leicester born and bred ...The bleddy rough part though Grin

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usualsuspect · 19/02/2011 14:40

Its not really a swear word ,like you say its just used for emphasis.My Mum and Dad never really swore when I was growing up, but they did say bleddy quite a lot.

cheesesarnie · 19/02/2011 14:40

im more of a blardy and fecking person.only when needed.

LeQueen · 19/02/2011 14:47

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BrandyAlexander · 19/02/2011 14:47

Thanks usualsuspect! Learn something new every day! Grin

bupcakesandcunting · 19/02/2011 15:43

Bleddy is shit. Fecking is good enough for the inhabitants of Craggy Usland, therefore good enough for moi.

Also a Midlands dweller and have never heard it.

Psammead · 19/02/2011 16:11

I don't get 'bleddy'. It doesn't go with my accent whatsoever. I didn't realise it was regional. Blardy is also not my cup of tea.

I like feck though, but not fark.

Frak is the best

thebountymuncher · 19/02/2011 16:25

I think it's definately the rougher parts of Leicester it's mostly heard in (as a rougher-part dweller I consider myself allowed to say thatWink)

usualsuspect · 19/02/2011 16:34

aye up m'duck bounty Grin

Psammead · 19/02/2011 16:38

Oh now I get it! I can imagine how it sounds now. With a long, dark l.

Bleddy 'eck.

usualsuspect · 19/02/2011 16:39

No ,bleddy 'ell .... actually Grin

Psammead · 19/02/2011 16:41

Oh I might try to learn the accent. It's all funny and farmerlike.

thebountymuncher · 19/02/2011 16:42

Aye up me duck US Grin

I use it as in "get yer feet off me bllleddy sofa!"

thebountymuncher · 19/02/2011 16:44

My grandma uses it in a more calm way, like "ooh ey! That's bleddy smart int it, ey?!"

usualsuspect · 19/02/2011 16:46

I hear yer bounty ..I would use it to say 'what yer bleddy roaring for now' you bleddy mardy arse Grin

Psammead · 19/02/2011 16:50

Bleddy bleddy blllllllleddy!!!

OracleInaCoracle · 19/02/2011 17:14

ooooh, mardey arse! another great midlands phrase.

does anyone else proclaim "theres a goose on my grave" when they shudder? or is that just a shropshire thing?

sumum · 19/02/2011 17:17

'what yer bleddy roaring for now' you bleddy mardy arse

Grin Grin Grin usualsuspect

I can hear me mam saying that now! Smile

LeQueen · 19/02/2011 17:39

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Psammead · 19/02/2011 17:44

LeQueen > several counties in England.

Off with their bleddy heads, I say!

Haha.