The Car Thread.

[Al ears]

They use "dreckly" in Devon not just in Cornwall. It's been described as rather like the Spanish "mañana" but without the overwhelming sense of urgency.

As a Plymothian I understand that just never ever heard the expression used apart from in Cornwall

 

[JDL]

They use "dreckly" in Devon not just in Cornwall. It's been described as rather like the Spanish "mañana" but without the overwhelming sense of urgency.

In West Wales, "I'll be there now", is actually meant, by those who say it, to mean that the person will really be with you very soon. But, as the years went by, I and friends of mine, came to realise after people said it and didn't turn up at all, or perhaps in two hours time, or two days time, that it became amongst some of us, a witticism.