Wierd sayings

[Cyclefrance]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

A cob is officially a crusty bread roll here, although its used generically for any type of bread roll.

Its an alien word to me, as in the South a cob is a small horse. I felt really embarrassed the first few times I said "Bacon cob please" but got used to it when I took a Saturday job in a bakers.

You can also say that someone "has a cob on" which is never taken as wearing a bread roll - it means in a bad mood. Other local sayings include "mardy" for grumpy or bad tempered and "nesh" for soft (as in not hardy).

Is it true that fortnight for 2 weeks isn't generally in use in the US?

Telepathy, or what??? Nice timing!