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Just pondering the differences between regional sayings (as you do)
and wondered about words you use to describe things like being drunk, the weather, and so on
for instance where I'm from we say things like
bevvied or plastered to mean drunk
cracking the flags......its dead sunny
Hammering/battering/bouncing it down.....its raining rather a lot
trackies and trainies ........casual attire of tracksuit bottoms and training shoes
p!SS head.....drunkard
smack head.....person who takes drugs
they would take the eyes out of your head round here, and then come back for your eyelashes.......nothing is safe here, it will get robbed
god you could bring tears to a glass eye........said to a sympathy seeker telling a sob story
tom pepper....a liar
spat the dummy or seen his ar$e......lost his temper
brass monkeys.......really cold (as in it will freeze the balls off a brass monkey out there)
just wondered about people from other parts of the country....cos what I have posted above may sound hilarious to someone from elsewhere in this fair isle heehee lol ....do you have any faves, or any you want to share,
This can be like our own little language course.....astound your friends and family by learning a 'foreign' language....and suddenly lapsing into another regions dialect!! :lol
who says swinging isnt educational too??
Trolleys - trousers, no idea why.
Right I'm off for a Pony
Quote by st3v3
Trolleys - trousers, no idea why.
Right I'm off for a Pony

round this neck of the woods....trolleys are fellas undies lol again not a scoobys why?
ripsnorter
a jolly blast expelled from the rear... prbably with plenty of effort on the part of the expellee.
not quite sure how regional... familial... or purely personal that one is... but hey! I like it, the word, not the act
lp
Bostin.....great/fantastic
bob owler....big furry moth
its black over Bills mothers..... black rain clouds in distance/likely to rain
I'm living in Welsh Wales, and the Welsh language taliban hold sway here.(its the sort of place where they still point when an aircraft flys over). Regional sayings? PMSL
rolleyes
Donnies......hands
miskin.......dustbin
yampy........mad/crazy
and more because of the lovely Brummie accent:-
lung......not short
rung......not correct
strung....not weak
smile
Ginnels - Alleyways
To leck - to play
Bubbled - Informed on
Gone for a burton - buggered knackered broken fallen apart etc
fishoil - chipshop
outdoor - off licence
Glory hole!!! - household miscellaneous(throw it all in and hide it place)
go to foot of our stairs - surprise
going to ourgate - no holiday this year
Snap - lunch
Geordie: Wey hew, al's tell yae this for newt.
English : Heres a helpful piece of advice
G: yee daftwet
E: u silly billy
G: Whey gis a pund n al get yer a dog n that on the sly.
E: I will purchase you a newcastle brown ale at a discount price.
G: A yaz gannin doon tha toon the neet
E: Are you lot going down the town tonight
G:Hinny
E: Honey
G: Howay!
E: Hurry up!
Was in the Scot's room lastnight having this conversation to someone who wanted to be educated lol
I'm sure northy will have some to add on rolleyes
Miss Cream xxx
Here you go... geordie slangs: lol bolt
BAGIE. The belly. Also applies to the turnip.
BANNOCK. A thick cake of oat, barley or peas meal usually unleavened.
BED-GOON. A bed gown and also a loose jacket worn by women in the harvest field. Later applied to any loose working garment worn by women lol
CAKHOUSE. A latrine.
SKEDADDLE. To retreat quickly
SKITTERS. Diarrhoea.
SPUGGY. House sparrow
NYEM. Name. A Tynesider says Aa divvent knaa his nyem
KITE. The stomach, belly
MOONGIN. Moaning, grumbling
Think I'd best leave it there biggrin
Quote by creampie123
Geordie: Wey hew, al's tell yae this for newt.
English : Heres a helpful piece of advice
G: yee daftwet
E: u silly billy
G: Whey gis a pund n al get yer a dog n that on the sly.
E: I will purchase you a newcastle brown ale at a discount price.
G: A yaz gannin doon tha toon the neet
E: Are you lot going down the town tonight
G:Hinny
E: Honey
G: Howay!
E: Hurry up!
Was in the Scot's room lastnight having this conversation to someone who wanted to be educated lol
I'm sure northy will have some to add on rolleyes
Miss Cream xxx

rotflmao ya beat me to it!
I feel highly educated already lol
think I might try and drop some of these gems into my convos at home from now on smile
and right now.....its black over bills mothers lol
we have loads!!!
i'll let you all guess these ones....
fanjita
slaisters
maloneys
bawbag
goonie
baffies
slaters
sleekit bastard
eejit
fae
goany no
drouth
ran dan
dinnae fars yersel, yer at yer aunties hoose
hud yer wheesht
in a bumfle
shes got a face like a... weel-skelpit erse, weel-kicked baw etc
am oan the bell
Whits fur ye'll no go by ye.
pigs
ah pauchled/pockled it!
Ok, big prizes for those getting the most right!!!
m xx
1 or 2 from suffolk theres loads more but I can't think of them with my currant hang over wink
Hull throw
Slang ways diagonal
On the hur not straight / wonky
morther Woman
I was recently told by a kid that they were "devo-ed" or devastated.
I love it - best said in Scouse accent 'natch.
lol
Mither- Pester
Dustner- Doesn't
Nesh- Prone to feeling the cold
Stiff- overweight
Bosted- ugly
I should mention they're from my native Potteries- not Kent! :lol2:
Oh, some I've heard lately from the "yoof." wink
Chattin' Cheddar- talking nonsense.
Like- not sure of the meaning, but it must be hugely important as it's used at least twice per sentence.
rolleyes
Oooo, and I was reminded of this one at xmas- when I was having a little whipped cream fight with a pal, also from Staffs, but over 10 years older than me. I hadn't heard it in years!
Pax- agree to end a fight in a tie
Guess who was getting the upper hand......wink
Quote by noladreams30
I was recently told by a kid that they were "devo-ed" or devastated.
I love it - best said in Scouse accent 'natch.
lol

LOLOLOL i can just hear how that must have sounded
Quote by never_satisfied
Bostin.....great/fantastic

Or the long version...Bostin-Steve Austin biggrin
We use 'nesh' too Winchy... good word!
Yes Mrs B, devo-ed makes me chuckle - so much so that I have adopted it, as have my rather posh neice and nephew... so there'll be a couple of public schools down south somewhere that will be learning to use it too soon! lol
Monkey 'anger :shock: erm means local folk lol just as well i aint local
Shan - as in "thats shan that is" like when you dont let your kid stay out for an extra 10 minutes rolleyes
Quote by TanKinky
Monkey 'anger :shock: erm means local folk lol just as well i aint local
Shan - as in "thats shan that is" like when you dont let your kid stay out for an extra 10 minutes rolleyes

mine used to say, "thats well shady that is"
We say 'daps' for trainers. I thought it was a proper word 'til I went to my smart English boarding school. Oh how they laughed as they locked me in the wardrobe for being a yokel!
Nesh - cold
Mardy - sulky
They are the only ones I can think of redface
Fred Karno's = Chaotic (after Fred Karno's Circus)
Fuck my boots = surprise.
Well go to the foot of our stairs = again surprise
Mad for it = anxious to get started
Quote by TheLovelyOne
We say 'daps' for trainers. I thought it was a proper word 'til I went to my smart English boarding school. Oh how they laughed as they locked me in the wardrobe for being a yokel!

I've confused many an english person with that one :giggle:
Quote by TheLovelyOne
We say 'daps' for trainers. I thought it was a proper word 'til I went to my smart English boarding school. Oh how they laughed as they locked me in the wardrobe for being a yokel!

Ooh, that takes me back. I haven't heard that expression since when I was a kid in Wales smile
Quote by Sassy-Seren
We say 'daps' for trainers. I thought it was a proper word 'til I went to my smart English boarding school. Oh how they laughed as they locked me in the wardrobe for being a yokel!

I've confused many an english person with that one :giggle:
confused Yep... wave confused one here! Welsh uni mates had loads of sayings that completely confudded me - and still do!
Quote by never_satisfied
Bostin.....great/fantastic
bob owler....big furry moth
its black over Bills mothers..... black rain clouds in distance/likely to rain

You forgot 'round the Wrekin - all round the houses lol
Oh how I miss Brum :uhoh:
I am actually Northern but am struggling to remember any sayings from there lol
*Her*