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NanKate Fri 25-Jun-21 08:23:01

I originate from the Midlands but now live ‘down sarf’.

What words remind you of your roots.

Mardy
Buz ?
Bostin
Tara a bit
Fizzy pop
Babby

Over to you.

JaneJudge Sun 27-Jun-21 11:07:19

I have found because I have had to spend time in lockdown with my West Midlands husband we have both become a lot broader grin

Gulley
Hoss
Puthery
Loff
Babby
Cock
the list is endless. My Southern children are most amused by it all, especially the bab who is taller than me grin

rowanflower0 Sun 27-Jun-21 11:11:46

Yes - donnies were hands and pessacks were feet!

TillyWhiz Sun 27-Jun-21 11:25:48

lovebeigecardigans1955 That sounds like a variation of "Oo er" which I'd use if told the same!

Polly4t42 Sun 27-Jun-21 11:33:20

I was born in Hampshire so we say I get off of the bus and get onto the bus.

Moggycuddler Sun 27-Jun-21 11:38:06

Cowd (cold)
Skriking (crying)
Ginnel (alleyway)
Pronouncing "half" as "hafe" to rhyme with safe. These are a few that spring to mind - Lancashire.

JANH Sun 27-Jun-21 11:38:14

Daft arpeth - lacking sense
Daps
Typ - silly
The sun has got his hat on - the sun is shining
Butty - mate or sandwich
Iced squares - custard slices
Bake stones - Welsh cakes
Bach - little one, my lovely

I live in Wales, some are east Wales sayings, others more west

Brocky Sun 27-Jun-21 11:41:58

Being called ‘maid’’ is an endearing term here in Plymouth.
Pasty and clotted cream missed when living in the Far East.

Thisismyname1953 Sun 27-Jun-21 11:55:57

I’m starved in Liverpool means I’m hungry but 10 miles away in St Helens it means I’m really cold shock

sandelf Sun 27-Jun-21 12:02:32

From scouse childhood Oh, aah, eh. Say O R A - translates as. That's so unfair, Oh I say, Ye can't do that etc.

LadyStardust Sun 27-Jun-21 12:04:37

Maftin = very hot.
Breadcake = bread roll.
Tenfoot = alleyway between 2 rows of houses.
Chowed = nagged/shouted at.
Skeg = look.
Fleg = spit.
Larkin out = playing out.
Frame = sort yourself out.
Twagging = bunking off school.
Booling = pushing a pram.
Siling down = raining hard.
Croggy = lift on the crossbar of a bike.

I'm sure there are loads more! Oh and I'm in Hull!

GreyKnitter Sun 27-Jun-21 12:09:38

Sticky willies otherwise known as iced finger buns.

jenpax Sun 27-Jun-21 12:10:10

Twittern for little Alley way used here in Sussex.
In Dorset I learned to call holiday makers Grockles?

ElaineRI55 Sun 27-Jun-21 12:20:49

From Glasgow ( and other parts of Scotland no doubt)
Hoachin' ( busy or full of)
Stoater (someone attractive or good at something or falling about drunk)
Gallus ( confident/arrogant /bold)
Messages (shopping)
Oose (fluff - especially under the bed or hidden in corners)

Daisend1 Sun 27-Jun-21 12:20:50

muse
'me arnsom'

Alioop Sun 27-Jun-21 12:27:16

Bout ye- hello
foundered- cold
Boggin- dirty
Houl yer whist- wait
Scundered- ashamed
Jammy sod- lucky
Keep her lit- encourage
Boys a dear- oh well
Steamin- drunk
Dead on- ok
Eejit- fool
Wind yer neck in- wise up
Baltic- freezing
"Wee" is used constantly, that wee man, do you want a wee bag, how's your wee dog, etc
Northern Ireland lingo that could go on forever....

GeorgyGirl Sun 27-Jun-21 12:36:29

Hands were 'dannies' .

Aepgirl Sun 27-Jun-21 12:38:50

My father was born in London and brought up in Birmingham. Whoever anything, or anybody, was good he always said ‘champion’. I don’t know if that was London or Brum.

lizzypopbottle Sun 27-Jun-21 12:42:32

lovebeigecardigans1955 could 'a-were' be the same as the Geordie 'hadaway/haway mn' or 'get away'/'get away with yer bother' my dad (North West) used to say to express disbelief?

Grandma70s Sun 27-Jun-21 12:44:51

‘Champion’ was used in Yorkshire as well.

I grew up in Wirral. “Let down’ was used to mean ‘dilute’. I’ve never come across that anywhere else.

Gabrielle56 Sun 27-Jun-21 12:48:11

Oop north-manchester /Derbyshire/bury now Chorley!
Mard or Nesh(soft)
Ginnell or entry (access to back of terraces)
Numpty (idiot!)
(Going to)Town (going into Manchester city centre)
Head the ball/nutter(mad bad and dangerous to know!)
Prang (damage usually a car in an accident)
Gobsh1te (one who talks rubbish)
Our kid ( brother or sisters)
The flicks(cinema)
Up the dancers (up the stairs)
A pearler ( really good)
Sh1te hawk(seagull....)
(That's) Bobbins (that's rubbish!)
There's loads these just sample!

BlueSapphire Sun 27-Jun-21 12:48:26

I am from Wiltshire and the only one I can think of is 'daps' for plimsolls. My DF used to say 'chizzle' for cheese.

DH was from Lancashire and used Kaylied a lot; I'd never heard it before. Other Lancashire expressions his DPs used were buffet (stool), refuge (refuse), and while (for 'until'.) Wait while your dad comes home.....

Now live in Northampton, so -
jitty
me duck

lizzypopbottle Sun 27-Jun-21 13:05:59

Many years ago, BlueSapphire, I lived, briefly, as a student in Cardiff. I wore plimsolls all the time. If we were going into a pub, I'd be told, urgently, "Liz man! Hide your daps!" For some reason pubs didn't approve of them!

Knopflerfan Sun 27-Jun-21 13:17:18

Wow, I'd forgotten all about Kaylie. Happy memories of the sweetshop on the way home from junior school. Used to have a liquorice straw that never worked. I think that was my favourite part.

Also "spaceships" filled with sherbet -- they still exist here in France, probably in the UK too, we used to have competitions to see who could make one last the longest.

Happy (pre-diabetic!) days, eh?

Knopflerfan Sun 27-Jun-21 13:18:46

Also when moving from Birmingham to Shropshire, I had to remember NOT to say "pumps" if I meant "daps" ...

Magme Sun 27-Jun-21 13:19:42

Pompey (Portsmouth) girl here

init? - isn’t it?
goin dane the tane- going into town
me anbag- my handbag
slocky - loose, as in “these shoes are slocky’
Din/dinlo - idiot
gettin’ lairy - someone is stroppy
moosh- mate