People who call Brighton "B-town"

[Lord Bracknell]

I'm pretty sure that we used uni when I was at, er, uni in the late 70s.

Late 70s? Could be. But not much earlier than that, I think. I don't remember it being used in the late sixties or early seventies, when I was at university.

I think it might be a word imported from Oz. It has a certain Strineness about it.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

No but I sometimes go for a Ruby.

I'd date "Ruby" as 1980s - way later than Ruby Murray's actual period of fame. An example of the new generation of fake-cockneyisms that came along with Thatcher's deregulation of the City of London and the fashion among the newly rich city workers to portray themselves as barrow boys made good.

Another one, of this time, was "Bettino", meaning taxi - from Bettino Craxi, Italian prime minister, 1983-87.

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

Late 70s? Could be. But not much earlier than that, I think. I don't remember it being used in the late sixties or early seventies, when I was at university.

I think it might be a word imported from Oz. It has a certain Strineness about it.

We have colour tv's now as well you know.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

We have colour tv's now as well you know.

As we did in the sixties.

Not that we spent the sixties watching TV, of course. We were too busy discovering alternative recreations.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I often went for a ruby at uni.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Where do you stand on B-Tizzle?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

f***ing NEWBIES.

Someone with Brighton Heritage would NEVER refer to it as B-Town.

SAKE.

 

[Scampi]

Late 70s? Could be. But not much earlier than that, I think. I don't remember it being used in the late sixties or early seventies, when I was at university.

I think it might be a word imported from Oz. It has a certain Strineness about it.

I think it came in during the late 80's when Neighbours and Home & Away gained massive popularity on TV. I fuckin hate the word.

 

[tonymgc]

What's worse is people abbrieviating Littlehampton to L.A!

Talk about trying to shine up a turd, There even used to be a local can company called L.A taxis

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Having seen the skateboarding link above, the guy I was talking about might have been in a basketball context so maybe it's more those kind of groups?

 

[HastingsSeagull]

That said, anyone who describes themselves as a 'ball-a' deserves a slap b-town or no b-town

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

could someone give me directions to the north laines? i think they're just north of the south lanes......in central b-town?

 

[Simster]

Chi is irritating. At Uni some people call Winchester "Winch". Just sounds shit.

I always called it Winch when I lived there.

 

[8ace]

And when the HELL did the word "uni" get into common usage?

At least saying "Uni" instead of "University" saves you three syllables whereas b-town is no quicker than saying Brighton.

 

[nwgull]

I thought that 'uni' only became prevalent in British vernacular in the late 80s due to the popularity of Neighbours, and a specific story line of Mike spending less time with Scott, Charlene and Jane because he hanging out with his 'uni' mates all the time.

 

[brightonian finest]

No but I sometimes go for a Ruby.

I'm a ruby man myself.
What about people calling southampton "southy", i f***ing hate that

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I've been known to use Winch, in TEXTS. Not sure I've ever SAID it, though.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

What about people calling southampton "southy", i f***ing hate that

Thing is. NOBODY would say that, though. Not unless they were UTTER C-nts, in which case it would be your FAULT for listening to them in the first place.

 

[Southwick_Seagull]

I've been known to use Winch, in TEXTS. Not sure I've ever SAID it, though.

Maybe it's a student thing. I cringe everytime I hear it.

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

NEVER heard anyone call Brighton 'B-Town'

nor me, but I have only lived here for 43 years