My elderly grandparents say that when you ask what they had for tea! They say Marablings!! Might be a Liverpool word as that is where they are from
2006-12-24 02:28:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
They don't know where it comes from either...I'm not so thick as not to ask them
2006-12-24 02:37:36 · update #1
Is there a university with a Department of Linguistics in your area? Someone there may be able to help you, and they are often interested in tracking down such words and finding out their origin.
2006-12-24 02:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably just a made-up nonsense word used within one of their families as a fun response, or to indicate that the speaker didn't really want to reply to a question. My grandparents used to say "money and fair words", if asked how much something cost, to indicate that they considered the question a bit rude.
2006-12-24 04:42:04 · answer #2 · answered by andrew f 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Wilmington, NC, which was originally going to be named New Liverpool; but I have never heard this term.
2006-12-24 02:39:49 · answer #3 · answered by trey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in my dictionary. Probably should ask them next time. It may be a Scottish variation on another word like 'marblings'.
2006-12-24 02:35:38 · answer #4 · answered by VirtualElvis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dunno
2006-12-24 02:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by shorty199146360 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋