Blighty

I was in blighty 2 weeks ago and had extreme brolly envy standing outside W. Abbey with my plain jane black one. now I’ve gone online and see it has to be “won” when you order something else from UKTV.??? thanks ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think I ought to say a word right here about the psychology of the Tommy in swinging a "blighty" case. ❋ Robert Derby Holmes (N/A)

A "blighty" is a much desired wound; one that sends a soldier back to ❋ Patrick MacGill (1926)

I returned from France, as you know, six months ago, with a bullet in my leg, and thought myself in the best of luck to get a 'blighty' one; I mean a slight wound which necessitated me being sent back to England. ❋ Forbes Phillips (1891)

That would have been a 'blighty' for a fighting man -- they're always giving them leave -- but all I got was six weeks at Havre in hospital. ❋ Richard Harding Davis (1890)

"blighty" wound -- a wound just serious enough to send the envied hero home. ❋ Various (1898)

June 8, 2009 at 3: 09 pm hullo Denny – wanted to know, beyond winning the blighty brolly, is there a legit way to get one? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Santa has done his creep in here in NZ, and is now on his way to you, So happy Xmas all you lads and lasses in blighty, and have a good safe enjoyable time. on December 24, 2009 at 9: 52 pm Jim ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Another reason I would never come back to blighty. on February 4, 2008 at 9: 35 am | Reply Amy Barnes ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

Wish I could get a copy of that mag here in blighty, looks like it'd be a laugh a minute. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)

Yep, 'pounds' are something we hate converting our money into when we take QF1 back to blighty and certainly isnt a measurement of mass. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)

Looking at the photos of other peoples tomatoes, we might have had blighty leaves and not known it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Good luck with the tour, wish you could make it to blighty! ❋ Unknown (2009)

I spent two years in SF, home sick for dear old blighty. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Meanwhile Universal have announced that that Kick-Ass will hit blighty on April 2nd, two weeks ahead of its US launch by Lionsgate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then I imagine there would be frantic transmissions for someone to make a decision that got backtracked all the way down the chain back to blighty before someone could take a positive decision and by then it was too late to avoid a major embarrassment. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

Urm nice try sweetie, but I'm from dear old blighty and I have no idea what on earth you were talking about. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And as long as parents are footing the bill, the majority of young people will have a personal music / video player long before they get their own phone. in blighty we call these by the title of 'mobile' as in "I've just got myself a new mobile". ❋ Unknown (2008)

I left quite suddenly (I had fallen in love with an exotic American) and moved far away from old blighty never to return for an extended trip, except for a brief stint making a movie called The Winslow Boy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sometimes I am glad I live in blighty with its slightly less silly politics ❋ Rogers (2007)

Here [in good] old Blighty however, [the weather's] not [so good]. ❋ Charr (2005)

There are [blighty] [troops] [abroad] ❋ William Nanemahoo (2003)

1) [Oooh] I do love good [ol] Blighty. 2) [The weather] over here in Blighty is awful! ❋ Enterprise (2006)

Gotta [nip] back to [Ol'] Blighty to [see me] Mum for her birthday. ❋ Daikenn (2008)

-I [intend] to get [so drunk] tonight I will [phone in] sick tomorrow -Oh really, are you about to Take a Blighty? ❋ BrettS (2006)

The [UK] has really shot itself in the [foot] with [Brexit], it's a real Blighty Wound. ❋ Clarety (2018)