Well said Joella! We cannot be too vigilant where those despicable characters are concerned... those tippy-tappy bits are called 'segs' by the way, or at least they were among 12-year-old boys in Newcastle in the early 1980s, which is the last time I saw them. Come to think of it the kids wearing them at my school were probably trainee fascists...
Yes! Segs. That's the word I was looking for. Also found on the shoes of public schoolboys, but they tippy tap in a different way, somehow. I had some myself for a while when I was a child - I think it was my mum trying to keep my flat feet from wearing out my shoes so fast. I didn't tap so much as scrape, so that doesn't count.
This public schoolboy thought they were called blakeys. A self-important little prick of a prefect can make himself even more self-important by tippy tapping his way with short, rapid steps down a stone-floored corridor.
Well said Joella! We cannot be too vigilant where those despicable characters are concerned... those tippy-tappy bits are called 'segs' by the way, or at least they were among 12-year-old boys in Newcastle in the early 1980s, which is the last time I saw them. Come to think of it the kids wearing them at my school were probably trainee fascists...
ReplyDeleteYes! Segs. That's the word I was looking for. Also found on the shoes of public schoolboys, but they tippy tap in a different way, somehow. I had some myself for a while when I was a child - I think it was my mum trying to keep my flat feet from wearing out my shoes so fast. I didn't tap so much as scrape, so that doesn't count.
ReplyDeleteThis public schoolboy thought they were called blakeys. A self-important little prick of a prefect can make himself even more self-important by tippy tapping his way with short, rapid steps down a stone-floored corridor.
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