Talk:ecky thump

The use of "ecky thump" as an exclamation of surprise must pre-date the Goodies episode - it wouldn't be so funny if it was just a random made-up phrase, the whole point is that it's a stereotype piece of Northern dialect. According to this article it goes back to the 19th century at least. --86.13.184.107 21:12, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

See Monty Python's Flying Circus, Series 3, Episode- The All-England Summarize Proust Competition (Nov. 1972) for an earlier use of the phrase. 2604:2D80:5291:4500:BCBB:5A0B:2A0D:D152 02:11, 17 October 2022 (UTC)