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Jo Adams Posts: 231 Joined: 23rd Sep 2006 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 14:02 on 3rd June 2008 Denzil was right Ruth - it was bum hug - do you have a different meaning for "bum" in the States?
Ron Brind Posts: 1406 Joined: 11th Jun 2007 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 15:45 on 3rd June 2008 That's not what I call men from Wales Peter!
Denzil Tregallion Posts: 1220 Joined: 26th May 2008 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 15:50 on 3rd June 2008 Most of my working life I was called something else but it wasnt Taffy
Ruth Gregory Posts: 1479 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 15:56 on 3rd June 2008 You're not from Wales, Denz. Jo - gotta run. I'll answer your question about bum tonight. Seeya, RG
Denzil Tregallion Posts: 1220 Joined: 26th May 2008 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 15:59 on 3rd June 2008 Put it on the bottom of the page Ruthhes laughing now
Karen Pugh Posts: 301 Joined: 21st Dec 2006 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 17:52 on 3rd June 2008 Hey Peter - in Millom where I live we are known as Woolybacks. It's because of all the sheep we have in the area. And we are also known as something else, but its too rude to put on the forum. Think sheep lol
Peter Evans Posts: 1747 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 19:42 on 3rd June 2008 Oh, the same as Welshmen and sheep Karen? Wales where the men are men and the sheep run scared.
Karen Pugh Posts: 301 Joined: 21st Dec 2006 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 19:52 on 3rd June 2008 Do your sheep start quivering when they see wellies lol
Peter Evans Posts: 1747 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 23:59 on 3rd June 2008 They sure do Karen.
Ruth Gregory Posts: 1479 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 02:58 on 4th June 2008 Hi Peter: I'm lovin all the Welsh lore. My former husband was a Jones by the way. Hi Jo: Bum means "derriere." Bum means "a gentleman of the road, a hobo." Bum means someone who's, to use one of your phrases, "bone idle." Bummer means "what a pity!" To be bummed out is to be discouraged or disappointed about something, like, "I'm bummed out that I can't go to England again this year." Some people drop the "out" and just say "I'm bummed that I can't, etc....." Bum, used as a verb, means to beg or scrounge something, ususally because you're too cheap to buy it yourself. For example, Hyacinth's brother-in-law, Onslow would say to our Rose, "Gimme a fag, Rose." If he was a true gentleman, he'd say, "Hey, Rose, can I bum a fag off ya." :-)