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Does anyone remember this phrase?
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I remember it being used a lot when I was younger, about 20 years ago and I think it meant more or less the same as loaning...........
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Not sure why I thought of it but it is a strange phrase!
 
Could be. A fiend of mine got howled at for telling someone they would 'get wrong' when they had been naughty, apparently thats a Norfolk thing, along with being squared up for being reprimanded!
 
ha ha! being squared up! Haven't heard that since the last time my Dad told me he'd square me up agin must have been 20 years ago.

I also think that shew is a Norfork phrase, as in 'I shew him the horse' rather than 'I showed him the horse.'
 
I think in Norfolk it can have a bit more of specific meaning in that you have a pony/horse for a specific time in order to bring it on and then you give it back when it had improved, hence the phrase. Kids had no problem with this. It gave them something to ride and then they just got another when that one went back.

It was also used when people had for instance beach ponies or donkeys who they wanted homes for over the winter. There was a thread on here some time ago about this and the original poster thought that it was a hell of a cheek, using donkeys/ponies over the summer and then expecting someone else to look after them over the winter, but a lot of people did say it was entirely normal in Norfolk -and possibly elsewhere- and in fact many people looked forward to getting "their" donkey or pony back again each year. No-one seemed to think they were getting ripped off at all. Perhaps the custom has died out a bit now, but I can remember looking out for the local newspaper, the Eastern Daily Press, at a certain time of year to see what was going.

And how about "mawther" as a Norfolk word and the phrase "me ole booty" (as in beauty) and scattering the word "boy" around everywhere, as in "here y'go, boy" no matter how old the person you were talking to! Funny ole place (pronounced "plairce" - say it out loud), Norfolk.
 
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Could be. A fiend of mine got howled at for telling someone they would 'get wrong' when they had been naughty, apparently thats a Norfolk thing, along with being squared up for being reprimanded!

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A fiend?
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I always used to say 'get wrong' until I got laughed at as an adult
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but I'm from the North East not Norfolk.
 
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