Basil Ake certainly was.

There hasn't been any announcment yet, he's bigger than Burrow but not by much!

Am I being dim...?

I'm glad you've posted that, coz I've been sitting here thinking it was just me

Basil Ake

Pronounced "acky"

geddit?

That is what I'd assumed, but I didn't want to say it, it be wrong and me look even more stoopid

Not up to much thats we released him,i watched the acedemy game this season and i thought your 6 and 7 were alot better.

No.

You should've seen him play!

Does 'acky' mean 'rubbish'?

I thought it meant sticky?

Yeah it's kind of a disgusting sticky or dirty kind of thing.

You're all making this up. I've never heard anyone use the word 'acky' in any context in my entire life, outside this thread.

Led a sheltered life?

Not sure about `sticky` but definitely dirty, old, messy, very old word in fact. To be honest I always thought it was spelt hacky, though obviously, the aitch was NEVER aspirated. Well not in Bradford anyway..............

www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... fid=881015 So it's some geordie nonsense.

www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... fid=881015 So it's some geordie nonsense.

It's not a word that ever made it over here to sophisticated Leeds I'm afraid.

Huh! It was widespread in Pudsey when I was a lad.

The lad sat next to me right now who's always lives in Farsley also knew exactly what it meant.

Used to hear it as a kid in Leeds, but then i grew up and moved to Bradford and you dont hear it at all.

And on the terraces at Headingley/Parkside?

I dunno but I heard it often at McLaren Field

I went to Buttershaw and knew it meant dirty. It's a word that I've heard used many a time.