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Does anyone remember that. Was wondering where it came from? We used to say it when it was getting cold. Lynda x

haveI heard of it means cold......

I dont know where the saying started but my family all still say it - we are from West Yorkshire. Saying that my family are the only people I know who call sticky ginger cake made with black treacle 'Moggie' so perhaps we are not that reliable! Helenx x x

I say it, but whether it comes with me from Suffolk or I acquired it here in Devon , or picked it up on my travels around the country with my late father ,who was in the services, I don't know. LOL Sunny R

My ex used to say it a lot, he was brought up in Fulham

It just shows you doesn't it? We all said it in Brum, so it must be countrywide. Lynda x

Hi I'm Scottish and never heard of it there. However, have lived in Surrey since I married and heard it from my husband who is also from Fulham. Small world. Aileen xx

It's common in Leicester - I always though it was an East Midlands expression.

Then there was me thinking it was a Dorset expression. Sue who is finds it a touch parky today.

Hi, We all say 'its Parky out there' My family come from London . Janine

Dont hear it much in Cumbria, Some words my family have used are; Gansey...........Jumper Pikelets............Crumpets sprog............Child gurney..........Bad mood l'arl.........small tarn.......small lake oss.........horse mitherin..... moaning yan, tan tetherer,gigit is 1,2,3,4 in old cumbrian, Cazxxxxx

We say parky up here in the North East when it's cold Lynda. Mostly though we say it when talking about a fussy eater. 'he's parky about his food,' he's particular!. Mau

We use that expression a lot around here....south-east....

We say it, n I'm originally a Lincolnite

This expression also appears in a Lancashire dialect dictionary, I have heard it used quite often in lancs.

We used the phrase and in my mind I can hear my Dad(a Scot) saying it, but I have a feeling it came from my Lancashire mother. Sheila

That brings back nice memories :-) Parky in, parky out...

Hi i am from london/surrey and here we no it as meaning cold. but it is mainly used now by old folk, i dont think young people would no it.

I am from York and still live here. My mum used to say it a lot 'Ehhh but it`s parky out there'. Or 'Ehh but it`s a bit parky out there'. The 'Ehh' i think is Yorkshire talk.lol!! Or to be more confusing she would say 'i`ve just seen 3 brass monkeys running down the road'. Or 'it`s brass monkey weather out ther'.lol!! Vanessa

Iv'e discovered a word 'parkinsonism' which refers to tremor, muscular rigidity and weakness. This is probably another word for Parkinson's Disease discovered by Thomas Parkinson (1755-1824) Could this be the origin of the word Parky