Blow the wind Southerley

[JohnD]

When I say "a cold North wind" I mean one that's coming from the North

If a policeman said "I was proceeding in a Northerley direction" he'd mean he was walking towards to the North.

So what does "blow the wind southerley" mean?

What does a yottie mean if he says "a southerley wind" and "A north wind?"

Where does a sou'wester come from?

 

[Blasphemous]

I've heard women say, 'my breasts went south after I had children!' I wonder what they mean?

 

[gremlin16]

The nautical coat called a sou'wester (1836) protects the wearer against severe weather, such as a gale out of the southwest".[

 

[JohnD]

coat

hat, surely

 

[Johnmelad502]

hat, surely

 

[gremlin16]

es coat.

O.E. suð "southward, in the south," from P.Gmc. *sunthaz (cf. O.S., O.Fris. suth "southward, in the south," M.Du. suut), perhaps related to base of *sunnon "sun," with sense of "the region of the sun." Ger. Süd, Süden are from a Du. pronunciation. O.Fr. sur, sud (Fr. sud), Sp. sur, sud are loan-words from Gmc., perhaps from O.N. suðr. The Southern states of the U.S. have been collectively called The South since 1779. South country in Britain means the part below the Tweed, in England the part below the Wash, and in Scotland the part below the Forth. The nautical coat called a sou'wester (1836) protects the wearer against severe weather, such as a gale out of the southwest. South Sea meant "the Mediterranean" (1398) and "the English Channel" (1432) before it came to mean (in pl.) "the South Pacific Ocean" (c.1528).

 

[Thermo]

theyre not yotis theyre wafis

 

[tim west]

I've heard women say, 'my breasts went south after I had children!' I wonder what they mean?

Let yourself go have yer blas?

 

[gremlin16]

Says he of little knowledge.

 

[JohnD]

what are you on about?

 

[dextrous]

what are you on about?

Day release has its pitfalls

 

[joe-90]

It's poetic prose not scientific nomenclature. Blow the balloon southerly, blow the clouds southerly, blow the wind southerly.

 

[Nige F]

Probably refers to flatus

 

[sailorashore]

It means you wish the wind to blow from the south....As I have just rendered my chimney,I called for this,but to no avail,the wind blew from the northeast,bringing rain,a frantic covering with an awning, so "roughcastyer" can't say my work looks like a 6 yr old kid did it!
OH blow the wind southerly, southerly, ahh open another beer..