The What?

Takethedogalong
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edited December 2019 in General Chat #1

I’ve just had occasion to search our rammle!😁 Not a word heard often nowadays, and it set me wondering how many other folks would understand the term. My iPad certainly didn’t like it, predictive text has come up with all sorts of substitutions. Let me know which region of UK you are posting from if you reply😂👍⛄️

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  • peedee
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    edited December 2019 #2

    Is it the loft or garden shed or can you not spell? wink

    peedee

  • twocals
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    edited December 2019 #3

    my wife's from rhodesia (uk) she says it's junk you keep because you may need it one day but you never do.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited December 2019 #4

    😂😂, “don’t chuck it, it might come in”👍🏻. Half of one of my out buildings is for rammle.

  • JillwithaJay
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    edited December 2019 #5

    Had to look it up. 

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited December 2019 #6

    That’s a new one on me but I suspect we have lots of it in the garage😄

  • brue
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    edited December 2019 #7

    Totally new to me as a Midlander even though it's supposed to be from there. Must be a very local word.🤖

  • SteveL
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    edited December 2019 #8

    Not a word I would use, but I was brought up in Bristol. Have certainly heard it used in Nottinghamshire.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited December 2019 #9

    Wow, so many different responses! Yep, it is junk you keep, usually in a drawer (or two, or three😂) I looked up the spelling, and it seems it can be either rammle, or rammel. I would have gone for the second spelling, but the dictionary said the other was more outdoorsy stuff. It does originate in the Midlands, but if I said rammle to most Northern folks, I think they would catch on.

    We have a couple of wonderful drawers full of rammle. Fuses, a variety of spare Xmas light bulbs, picture hanging bits and bobs, couple of magnetic desk games, lots of things requiring a bit of a mend, string, ribbon, batteries that might still be alive, pen nibs, ink cartridges, some toy Dracula teeth that hop around, brass hinges, brass weight scale weights, marbles, odd knitting needles, scent oil for reviving pot pourri, a chopstick........etc.... a real treasure trove.😁😂

    I did move the four old mobiles a couple of months ago, they are in a special electrical rammle drawer!🤣

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited December 2019 #10

    You are correct PD, I saw rammel spelling for sheds! It’s how I would have spelt it.🤷‍♀️

  • Graydjames
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    edited December 2019 #11

    Midlander here - never ever heard the word.

  • redface
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    edited January 2020 #12

    Blimey, why can't anyone speak English these days.

    You'll have the rappers complaining next that we are extracting the urine from their inability to speak it.

     

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