wymberley Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 5 hours ago, panoma1 said: Also, Dimsey for dusk grockel for tourist!.........Or are these just Devonian? Lol! My favourite is not just Devonian, but even more specific - Exmouth. Hardly, if ever, used now - 'foggy dew' for incomer. You went to bed and never heard them coming, never saw them coming but you woke up in the morning and they were there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Thunderbird said: Bristol: "Ark at 'ee!" - listen to that fellow giving himself airs and graces. (Interchangeable with "Ark at she!") "Where's it to?" - are you aware of the current location of that item? "Babber/Bab" - equivalent to "mate", or the Welsh "But" Dont forget gurt, normally followed by lush.. Basically saying something us good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLuke Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 17 minutes ago, Vince Green said: As a Londoner do you want me to explain about rhyming slang, how it really works? A cockney would never say "up the apples and pears" the idea would be to cut off the back bit of the rhyme to make it incapable of being understood. Typical example, most people are familiar with referring to money as "bread " without realising its rhyming slang "bread and honey" But its constantly evolving in London if you were called a "James" would you be offended? Yes, very. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, rimfire4969 said: Lot down here in Cornwall. A few for you. Crib: mid morning break for a bite to eat. Dreckly: how soon something gets done. Wasson: how is it going. Proper job: anything that’s done well. My ansum: As in “alright mate”, down here “Alright my ansum” Obviously not all exclusive to Cornwall but very much used by young and old. Couple more for ee: More for you. 'Madder do it? Does it matter. Gusson: sort of 'dont be daft. Bembye - similar to dreckly - at an unspecific time later. Emmets: Tourists. Non emmet is a local. Where ee too? Where are you. Edited June 12, 2018 by Dave-G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 33 minutes ago, mowdy said: Teasdale that almost makes you from cumbria fella True i was born at Lagdon beck lol.me Father was from Penrith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 9 minutes ago, johnphilip said: True i was born at Lagdon beck lol.me Father was from Penrith We stay in Lagdon Beck Hotel every October when we have a bash at some Grouse, normally 8 of us drive from Cornwall. It is an amazing Part of the world with some great people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowdy Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, johnphilip said: True i was born at Lagdon beck lol.me Father was from Penrith 49 minutes ago, rimfire4969 said: We stay in Lagdon Beck Hotel every October when we have a bash at some Grouse, normally 8 of us drive from Cornwall. It is an amazing Part of the world with some great people. I drive past Langdon beck regular, every month to Barnard castle and back to Cumberland weather permitting ❄️?☀️? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 36 minutes ago, mowdy said: I drive past Langdon beck regular, every month to Barnard castle and back to Cumberland weather permitting ❄️?☀️? Oh there is a lovely facebook group thing on teesdale some amazing old pictures .and its nice to chat with people who still live there . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowdy Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, johnphilip said: Oh there is a lovely facebook group thing on teesdale some amazing old pictures .and its nice to chat with people who still live there . My girlfriend used to live at the very last house at Harwood before you get to cumbria for a little while!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 6 hours ago, panoma1 said: For gawds sake don't start anyone born in the Black Country off, lol!......Most Brummies canna grasp that lingo! I married into the Black Country and the first few times I met the in law side I couldn't understand a word but have now started saying some of their phrases which is why everyone stared at me last week when I said someone was up the dancers meaning upstairs! Lord knows how that started birminghamisms like gambol meaning forwards roll and the habit of describing anything in the road like a roundabout or similar all as 'an island' but I suppose being landlocked we're not sure what an actual island is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston72 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Leeds: Yawlright = How are you? but never answer with anything other than "Aye" or "nobad" Scran= evening meal also known as "Tea" Off T Town= Visiting the city Centre which is the second largest financial hotpot in the UK Once=fish and chips Allus= Always and for some reason we do not use "The" as a word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 How true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) gooda eck thus a grutton = thats a big one on the huh = wonky wuh = really/didnt know that oright boh = alright mate ya sin ut gull up a rood boh,shis a grutton =have you see that girl up the road mate,shes a big one Edited June 12, 2018 by vampire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) In Norfolk, the real locals, who are actually quite an endangered species these days, actually speak something more like old Viking, not so much in the words but in the construction and way they say their vowels A lot of our constructions are Viking based, we say the red house, French and Roman construction would say the house red But the real centre of Viking words is in the Yorkshire dialects where lots of Viking words still prevail. People say keep your eyes skinned (should be skeined =on lookout). But the Vikings didn't have a universal language. Most of our Vikings were Danes but Scotland and Ireland its Norse Geordie is the real Viking accent, almost pure Danish but fewer words remain. A real hard Geordie accent with the lilting ups and downs, (think Jimmy Nail) is pure magic. Edited June 12, 2018 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) Hull Croggy - to take a lift on a bicycle. ie. gizzus a croggy tenfoot - alleyway Bain - child town - city centre..or a town Twagging - skipping school Tourist- no local term for them , as we dont get them.....possibly wezzies is as near as it gets loads more which I cannot recollect at the moment Edited June 12, 2018 by scolopax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonker Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Another one for the Bristol/Somerset area Wer bist, = where are you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 One of the ones that tickles me now i live in southwest scotland is , they do not ask for a fish and chips , but a fish supper , and even at lunch time . Lol. And asked were do you live , they ask were do you stay . I love some of the Burns words , not that i realy understand them , but fun trying to work them out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 2 hours ago, tonker said: Another one for the Bristol/Somerset area Wer bist, = where are you. Quite similar to Westmorland’s ‘how are you?’ which is ‘ Howista?’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston72 Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 16 hours ago, scolopax said: Hull Croggy - to take a lift on a bicycle. ie. gizzus a croggy tenfoot - alleyway Bain - child town - city centre..or a town Twagging - skipping school Tourist- no local term for them , as we dont get them.....possibly wezzies is as near as it gets loads more which I cannot recollect at the moment Farve=Five apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm3000gt Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Cheese log = Woodlouse apparently in Berkshire. Still beyond me how that might of transpired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 one from my father in law......broad face chicken....North Yorks for an owl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted June 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 4 hours ago, arm3000gt said: Cheese log = Woodlouse apparently in Berkshire. Still beyond me how that might of transpired. A Cornish friend of mine calls a woodlouse a 'Grammer Sow'. Again, no idea where that originated from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Oh yeah, woodlouse = Chookie Pig when I was growing up. There are loads of regional names for them I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yod dropper Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) On 12/06/2018 at 20:30, Winston72 said: Leeds: Allus= Always That's pretty much one of ours as well. (East Anglian). I always find it interesting when the same words crop up, we have (did have) dodman for snail and I believe there's a dodman hill in Devon(?) which looks like a snail. Sure that flittermouse (bat) is used down that way as well. Sometimes these words seem to be old words as much as regional ones. On 12/06/2018 at 23:20, Vince Green said: In Norfolk, the real locals, who are actually quite an endangered species these days, actually speak something more like old Viking, not so much in the words but in the construction and way they say their vowels A lot of our constructions are Viking based, we say the red house, French and Roman construction would say the house red But the real centre of Viking words is in the Yorkshire dialects where lots of Viking words still prevail. People say keep your eyes skinned (should be skeined =on lookout). But the Vikings didn't have a universal language. Most of our Vikings were Danes but Scotland and Ireland its Norse Geordie is the real Viking accent, almost pure Danish but fewer words remain. A real hard Geordie accent with the lilting ups and downs, (think Jimmy Nail) is pure magic. I've come across this, Yorkshire dialects and I guess pattern of speech being closely associated with old English. I did hear an interesting program on R4 a couple of years back. For those who watch the Scandi dramas you may find you understand what is being said, not the bits where they speak English, or where the words are sort of recognisable. I'm sure they found that particularly people from Yorkshire could make sense of what was being said without speaking a Scandinavian language. I think it was to do with the sound and the rhythm. Edited June 14, 2018 by yod dropper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nial Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 One that gets on my tits here (Edinburgh) is calling a bin a bucket, there's also 'rones' for gutters. One from NI, Culchies = anyone from the country (ie not Belfast). Explained well here https://nornirontees.com/products/culchie-map Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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