Talk:Wally

Gherkin

Since when has wally ever been a slang word for a gherkin? The only defition that I have ever heard, or that I can find in a dictionary is 'a silly or inept person'. Calling someone a wally is like calling them a fool.--Jcvamp 06:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

It's cockney slang. My family have "pickled wallies". Secretlondon 22:09, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

It should specify that it's cockney slang then.--Jcvamp 18:02, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Added mention in the intro that Wally is a familiar form for Walter or Wallace. 74.94.101.116 (talk) 20:50, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Just go in any fish and chip shop in London and ask for a "wally" and you will get a pickled gherkin, it is universally known in London (all areas) so I think that makes it a significant minority usage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.217.210 (talk) 13:28, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Are there any reliable sources for that? Lord Wally (talk) 01:00, 2 March 2009 (UTC) SineBot is right. Going into a fish and chip shop in Acton about 1961 there'd have been a big jar of Wallies on the counter. Also the origin of the use of the word 'wally' to mean an inept person was first heard about 1971/2 by me and I assumed was related to the the much loved performer Wally Whyton. He was not inept and very talented but seen as an extremely gentle person (Victor Middlesex (talk) 11:47, 20 September 2015 (UTC))