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My other half is from surrey. I am born and bred in greater manchester, I didn't realize how many things we sayvthat is a northern thing. For example a brew = cup of tea. I say breakfast dinner tea. He says breakfast lunch dinner. Does anyone else know of any regional sayings or phrases?
I'm a southerner now living in the East Midlands and it's like listening to a completely different language some days. I won't get in the circular piece of bread debate as that goes on forever but a few things I have picked up since being here:
Toofies - sweets
Snap - lunch
Are you going to mash? - Are you making a tea?
I'm washing the pots? - Washing any form of crockery, pots etc
It's black over Bills Mothers - There's dark clouds over there (nobody knows who Bill is, let alone his mother)
I'm going to turn my bike around - going for a wee
Mysen - myself
Put twood intoil - close the door
Art a balmpot - you're silly
Be said - that's enough
I'm so nesh - I'm cold
Teggies - teeth
Manny - angry
Mardy - childish
Wobbie - wasp
Spidge - chewing gum
Dunna Wittle - don't worry about it
Winder bottom - window sill
Bobby off - leave in a hurry
Good thing you translated it. lol
There's a lot of English slangs that I just don't get and have to search for its meaning. I'm more used to EN-US, to be honest.
By the way, just looked up "chuffed to bits" as that was another I read somewhere.
CherylParry exactly, I reckon I could understand Arabic easier than I can Derbyshire, I love it, just not when they call me duck
Rockman chuffed to bits is a very southern saying, that or chuffed to little mint balls!!!
Dilligaf we say chuffed to bits up here a lot. But never heard of chuffed to little mint balls
joannecroston I've only ever heard it 'darn sarf' glad it is up here, I might have to move further north to hear it
In the South West we say Where is it to? Where are you going to? We add to for some reason when it isn't needed, and older women will call me maid
Haha we have had so many debates about this I call it a barm, my other half calls it a roll. And when it comes to a baguette he calls it a bap. Very confusing
I'm from London and my ex was Irish and he used to call the end slice of bread 'the heel', people were also 'egyts' at times, we moved up north and everyone referred to children as bairns. Moved to Dorset and people were 'led in bed' instead of lying in bed and now I'm in Somerset married to a Somerset man and everyone seems to say Gert instead of great, 'alright me luver',and 'where are you to?' I love all the different expressions.
Bobby in Supernatural called everyone ijits, loved the way he said it. I was in the Navy in the South West and had forgotten gert and alright me luver, happy memories
Without going in to the bread debate, I was asked to go and get a chip teacake from a chip shop for a friend from Manchester and I thought she was the weirdest person ever, who puts chips in to a piece of bread with currants and spices? How does a piece of circular bread become a cake and where does the tea come in to it?
I'm from greater manchester and to me a teacake is also the bun with currants in, we'd call it a chip barm
I'm from Scotland and we have loads. My husband is from Northern Ireland and we have both learnt each others phrases and use them regularly. There are still a few that I say and he looks really confused. It confuses my mother in law.
Never call a roll anything but a bap in front of my husband, he will spend ages proving you are wrong! I say this from experience.
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