You know you're from Essex when.....

Ok some of theses will not make any sence to you if your not from Essex but you should get the gist if not google it


You know you're from Essex when.....

You've been to Colchester Castle on a school trip.

You know what Bas Vegas is.

You Christmas shop in Lakeside.

You stand behind Jodie Marsh in the supermarket.

You scream out Essex when you're drunk and just outside London
when your sober.

You recognise that water is pronounced with a silent t.

You've heard every Essex girl joke under the sun and they still
aren't funny.

You once thought that a train on a pier was cool.

You remember when Southend Pier used to be the longest pier in
the world.

You get a little excited when Eastender's ventures into Essex
for one episode.

You know or know someone who knows someone who has been on Big
Brother.

You know what Chelmo is short for.

The drink Lambrini is very familiar to you.

You overuse the word mate to complete strangers.

You say shut up a lot.

Peter Pan's playground was a highlight of your childhood.

People think you are posh because you don't have a tattoo.

You've been to a lot of different garden centres.

You go on holiday to kavos or the like and see the same people
as home.

Even when abroad people laugh at you when you tell them where
you're from.

You have to dress up as a chav and don't have to buy anything.

You go to the ogs ead at ornchurch..

You go out wearing a top that doesn't cover your belly...or
belly button.

You commonly state that Bluewater is full of 'posh shops.'

You get your acrylic nails done for any occasion.

You mix up 'are' and 'our'.

You use 'Mug' as an insult and not for describing a drinking
implement.

You pronounce Essex 'Essix'.
You say things like "My light don't work" or "I fink it's
broke".

You pronounce Dagenham 'Dagnam'.

You know you're from essex when you say words like....

INIT- Isn't it.

EFTY - Considerable. "Ere, Trace, this credit card bill's a bit
efty."

EJOG - A small, spiky animal (hedgehog).

FINGY - A person or object whose name doesn't come to mind. "I
ad it off wiv fingy last night."

FONG - Skimpy undergarment.

HAITCH - Letter of the alphabet between G and I.

ALRITE DARLING - Hello miss

LEVVA - Material made from the skin of an animal.

MA BLARCH - An arch near Hyde Park.

PACIFIC - Specific.

ROOFLESS - Without compassion.

SAWTED - Done, arranged, resolved.

WANNED UP - Tense. "I'm all wanned up at the moment."

WELFIE- Rich.

SAFF - South.

FARRRRRRK OOUFF - Go away!


...but we're still proud!

I've allways found folk from essex have problems with there cant's...............

still slippy wrote:I've allways found folk from essex have problems with there cant's...............

I find stotty can be a bit of one from time to time! :lol:

Now I've seen playaway, was a fan of trumton and chiggly. But I never could get my head around Cant.

Dunno how I missed this post.
Spot on with all of those Stotty.
Colchester castle what a day out