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Gravitational Pull
09 Aug 10 15:13
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How do people refer to an individual who drives a taxi in your part of the country?
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Report niceone • August 9, 2010 3:14 PM BST
Taxi driver
Report Gravitational Pull • August 9, 2010 3:16 PM BST
so if you were in the back of a taxi and wanted to change destination you would say:

taxi driver change of plans i want to go to blahblahblah.
Report 718 • August 9, 2010 3:19 PM BST
You'd probably say "oi mate/excuse me,  change of plans i want to go to blahblahblah."

What do you call a Taxi Driver btw?
Report Andy Murray • August 9, 2010 3:20 PM BST
taxi driver here too
in that situation you'd go
"take us here instead please mate"
Report Gravitational Pull • August 9, 2010 3:22 PM BST
ok thats three replies, assuming your all english that proves my point.
Report niceone • August 9, 2010 3:22 PM BST
Make your question more clear then in future.
Report wit-ham • August 9, 2010 3:23 PM BST
how do i get here??

ask one of the cabbies on the rank

in this part of essex
Report DIE LINKE • August 9, 2010 3:24 PM BST
Up in Cumbria we call them "Sir", just in case
Report 718 • August 9, 2010 3:27 PM BST
I always associate cabbies with private hire vehicles rather than Taxis

Since they (minicab drivers) almost never speak fluent English, you can call them anything you want.
Report treble • August 9, 2010 4:25 PM BST
Ahmed normally
Report Wedged • August 9, 2010 4:34 PM BST
Puma Trackies
Report UTI • August 9, 2010 4:36 PM BST
mate.
Report Cobblaz • August 9, 2010 4:40 PM BST
Stan
Report Ken Masters • August 9, 2010 4:41 PM BST
Ghastly prawn-sandwich eating sex offenders, normally.
Report canaryboy • August 9, 2010 4:43 PM BST
cabbie
Report mr winkle • August 9, 2010 4:45 PM BST
Bob Happy

He's one of my mates.
Report UTI • August 9, 2010 4:47 PM BST
Awright geeze
Report History Maker • August 9, 2010 4:57 PM BST
Chauffeur
Report Capt__F • August 9, 2014 10:51 PM BST
the missus
Report The Leopard • August 9, 2014 10:59 PM BST
Warning : Old Thread !
Report tictacman1 • August 9, 2014 11:17 PM BST
Ali
Report doantwin2easy • August 9, 2014 11:35 PM BST
i always start with, "shouldn't you have gone left / right there?" to get the banter going in a black cab, before any formalities are exchanged.

but in a mini cab, i like to ask him to remove his hand from my leg before addressing him formally.
Report curious-cat • August 10, 2014 2:11 AM BST
I like to chat about what weapons they keep in the cab for self defence purposes.

One kept some lead piping under the driver's mat. I called him Colonel. (Mustard)
Report kenny mann • August 10, 2014 2:36 AM BST
Lovely to see Gravitational Pull back after all this time.
Report Cubanpete • August 10, 2014 10:39 AM BST
DIE LINKE 09 Aug 10 15:24 
Up in Cumbria we call them "Sir", just in case
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