Can someone tell me what a muggle is?
Muggle?: Can someone tell me what a muggle is? - Couch to 5K
Muggle?
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UllyrunnerGraduate
Are you not a Harry Potter fan?
It means people who do not share our special skills - ie non-runners.
Thank you for enlightening us. I thought it meant feral yoofs! (I'm not a Harry Potter aficionado either!) 
Could easily be feral yoofs of course!
Miles_YonderGraduate
I love how a Harry Potterism has ported nicely over to running! 
Running66Graduate
Oh! Thanks for that. Harry Potter has never appealed to me.
paul2014Graduate
I had a comment from a muggle on today's run. An oldish guy on a push bike rode past me and said 'that looks like hard work'. I confirmed it was and asked him for a tan on his bike
Tan = To catch a lift on someone’s bike, sitting on the crossbar or seat while they pedal standing up.
Surely that's a croggie, Paul.
It's a backie, isn't it?!
Double dinking in Yorkshire!
I'm in South Yorkshire and they're backies here! 
I'm from Yorkshire and it was definitely a croggie when I was a kid x
yep we called them croggies too in Harrogate
Well that would explain it. I grew up there! Wonderful place
I second that Beek, back in Australia where I grew up, it was a dink!
Backie in Essex as well
You smoke that don't you, MY 
Why do I get the feeling a row about regional differences is about to erupt?! If we get onto breadcakes, and more importantly, fishcakes, I'm keeping out of it! That's one regional difference I get quite vociferous about!
Hahaha A Fishcake's a fish cake isn't it? I'm not getting into the great bread cake, barm cake, bap debate though
Well here a fishcake is the following: slab of potato. Fish. Sandwiched in by another slab of potato. Deep fried. That's a fishcake, not these mashed potato and fish in breadcrumbs efforts! Not that I've had one in a while, mind!
It's a breadcake! Though bap is acceptable.
Yep same here Miles on both counts xxx
Of course, a Leeds lass; you know what fishcakes and breadcakes are, Pops! xx
Does your chippy do scallops ? That is sliced potatoes, then deep fried, they are luvvly I wonder if anyone here has tried a deep fried Mars Bar or Deep fried Creme Egg ? I just cant imagine what they taste like ? Mind you, we are far too healthy on here to even consider trying one xxx
Yes, scallops are delicious! I'm not a huge fan of chips. When I used to frequent chip shops I'd have a fishcake, scallop and scraps. I've always been intrigued by deep fried Creme Eggs but never had one. I recall a chippy in Doncaster selling them, but I never had one.
Scraps ! Oh I love them ! Scallop,chips and scraps - fab ! xxx
Well my dinner has just consisted of a Sheffield/Yorkshire Fishcake and scraps (or scrapings as I would call them!) the fish cakes are my new favourite thing. The peas, with mint sauce, were apparently the best the OH has tasted. We are currently in Ripon, where we have also found our first
Booths of this years trip happy days.
Crikey, Sheffield fishcakes sound awesome. Yum yum
I think that's what they're actually called! harbourlightchips.co.uk/yor...
Did you ever buy chats?
They are tiny new potatoes deep fried (although not in batter)
Fish cake is the same here, MY
You mean a fadgie (Northern bread bun)
My mum told me a story that when she first arrived in England she went to the bakers and asked for a pan. The shop assistant directed her to the ironmonger down the road.
No she said the pan loaves on the shelf behind !
Haha your poor mum. English is an international language but with a hundred different regional variations for everything.
Todmun Pla -- Thai fish cakes !!! UM -UM!!
Thai fish cakes?? Yum!
Yep, croggie as well but as kids we used to prefer tan
AncientMumGraduate
Muffin? muffin??? Speechless Kat, just speechless!!
