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minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 month agoAs someone who grew up down south in the UK, it’s “knock down ginger” I have no idea who ginger is and what they have to do with prank knocking
minus-squareBeanson@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoAlso from southern UK and we called it knock down ginger. Looked it up and found this: https://idiomorigins.org/origin/knock-down-ginger Where ginger is to move “gingerly” i.e. cautiously or carefully. Can’t comment on how valid that is but that website says the term has been in use since the 19th century.
minus-squareD_C@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI’m from pretty much bang centre of the UK and we called it Postman’s Knock. Do you want to know why? Well I’ve no fucking idea. My brother called it that so I called it that.
As someone who grew up down south in the UK, it’s “knock down ginger”
I have no idea who ginger is and what they have to do with prank knocking
Uh… Who is going to tell him?
Also from southern UK and we called it knock down ginger. Looked it up and found this:
https://idiomorigins.org/origin/knock-down-ginger
Where ginger is to move “gingerly” i.e. cautiously or carefully. Can’t comment on how valid that is but that website says the term has been in use since the 19th century.
I’m from pretty much bang centre of the UK and we called it Postman’s Knock.
Do you want to know why? Well I’ve no fucking idea. My brother called it that so I called it that.