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By dizzy fluff
#68582
:? As you all may know, or maybe not...... i get confused easily (big part of me being dizzy), but i would like to take your veiws to sort a certain phrase/ meaning of word out!!..........

:D I dont mean to cause any offense by this but i am woundering who/what/where are 'janners'..........

My house mate has said that 'janners' are what plymouth/Navey people call people from Cornwall, but i have also been told by people from Cornwall that 'janners' are people from plymouth......... Does anyone actually know the answer???......... coz to me this is sooo confusing!! Or is the whole 'name' calling thing a dispute between people from Cornwall and Plymouth????? but once again i will say that i dont want to offend anyone....... its just somthing that has been pecking my cute head for ages. :roll:
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By Nablo.
#68588
Rite beats me I've never heard it used ever. So perhaps it is a cornwall/Devon (Plymouth) border line thing.
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By Jonny Hoare
#68621
bleddy emmet.

being from devon means you're retarded
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By dizzy fluff
#68644
Jonny Hoare wrote:bleddy emmet.

being from devon means you're retarded


But is that just stereotyping??......... ie liverpudlians aka scousers - does this make them theives and thugs????
By Lew
#68645
as that goes for anyone from the south west. i hope everyone in cornwall burns in hell after i leave.
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By Nablo.
#68646
I doubt any of us will burn and whats wrong with hell anyway.....as for seeing the back of you what are you waiting for.
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By dizzy fluff
#68647
thast a tiny bit harsh........
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By Stevo_trash
#68652
i've done a bit of research. Janner traditionally refers to a 'country bumpkin' type of person. Some would say therefore that cornish people are jannors. On the other hand, modern day meanings refer to a plymoutholian whose main motivation is to get drunk,laid and cannot grasp a conversation revolving around current affairs. Burbury baseball caps are a favourite article of clothing.

The art of janner is usually passed down from generations altough the pattern can be broken. For example, my brother has developed a welsh accent to avoid stereotypes whilst my sister has become a fully fledged janner tart. I on the other hand have developed a beer based slurring monotone speech which only i understand.
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By MK Chris
#68659
dizzy fluff wrote:
Jonny Hoare wrote:bleddy emmet.

being from devon means you're retarded


But is that just stereotyping??......... ie liverpudlians aka scousers - does this make them theives and thugs????

Yes.
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By Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog
#68662
scousers are not neccesarily Liverpudlians though. thats more offensive than saying they are all thieves..
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By MK Chris
#68664
Is that like calling Yam Yams Brummies..?

(Its a good job Sam's miles away else I might be in for a slap.)
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By Sidders
#68684
What are yam yams?
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By Jonny Hoare
#68691
Brummies are Thick. Wolvos Thicker

Stevo seeing your sister what anaccurate description. She has the Timberland jumper and baseball cap and me old cooooooooooooooooocjk

We're the Outrageous Bumpkin Kru
We Give Up farming to sing for you
People take the mickey when we say ooh aah
I'll STOP YOU LAUGHING WITH MY MUCK SPREADER!!!!
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By Nablo.
#68732
Ow dear that was poor :roll:
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By Ickle Angel
#68769
Jonny Hoare wrote:Brummies are Thick. Wolvos Thicker

Stevo seeing your sister what anaccurate description. She has the Timberland jumper and baseball cap and me old cooooooooooooooooocjk

We're the Outrageous Bumpkin Kru
We Give Up farming to sing for you
People take the mickey when we say ooh aah
I'll STOP YOU LAUGHING WITH MY MUCK SPREADER!!!!


Ok wait until Sam sees this. BRUMMIES ARE NOT THICK
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By Jonny Hoare
#68777
Trust me. the portrayl of stupid people in cornwall in the comedy series "wild west" was spot on, shame they go home in september
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By dizzy fluff
#68829
you really think that they go home!!!!......... i personally doubt that.
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By MK Chris
#68830
Sidla wrote:What are yam yams?

Its what people from Wolverhampton and Tamworth (and possibly other people) prefer to call themselves, even though they're from the West Mids and have a brummie accent.
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By Sidders
#68953
Tamworth's nowhere near Wolverhampton. Tammoth's about 20miles from me, Wolves is the other side of Brum.
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By MK Chris
#68975
Well my next door neighbour is from Tamworth and her nephew who came over insisted on calling himself a Yam Yam.
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By Matt
#69084
"Tamuth" people definately have the Brummy accent. It's about 10 miles away from here and unfortunately I have to venture over to the sh*t hole quite regularly :(
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By Sam
#69174
Correction - we don't like (or I don't anyway) being called Yam yams, but its preferable to Brummie. Naught wrong with Brummies just I ain't one. Yet again, I have to point out that Jonny comes from Cornwall and makes that accusation. Go figure.
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By Nablo.
#69180
See you always do insult Cornwall and when I fight back over it you go "Ow no I never honest I've never done a thing" yeah right act innocent my candy ass
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By Sam
#69192
The only time I insult Cornwall is when Jonny has a go at Wolvo first. It has to be done. I'd insult just the part of Cornwall he comes from but I can't remember if it was Plymouth or what :P

Good to know, thanks!