colloquialisms...

[carolfoy]

....aka your local jargon

after reading a rather funny thread on the US comm board I wondered what strange local things you guys say that you wouldn't hear in other parts of the country?

of course in Cornwall you're all 'Grockles' or 'Emmets' because you're foreign to us (or 'Furrign' as the case may be)
we''ll always do something 'dreckly' or not at all
if you're a bit crazy you're 'maze as a brush'
everywhere is 'to?' as in 'where you going to?' 'where you been to?'
place names get abbreviated such as St Austell is, of course 'Snozzle'
and Launceston is Lanson (I don't say that unless I'm ordering champagne )

so whats local jargon in your neck of the woods?

 

[natalielongstaff]

my fave that i saw on a thread on here recently is....Mardy (as in not very happy)

and we also say Jitty for alleyway

i will try and think of some more

i love grockles, my relatives from poole say that all the time

 

[saratogagirl]

let me think

where you to ? where you been to ? so that is a bit like yours Carol

I'll be there now in a minute

and my favourite, who's coat is that jacket ??

I will think of some more I am sure

 

[cstokell]

I live in Reading but moved here from the North East and often strange looks from the people that I work with when I come out with things like

....its hoying down - it it raining very heavily

......howay man - come on, "man" relates to the person you are talking to and can be either male or female.

.....the bairn - the child

The list goes on.

 

[KayleeUK]

Plymothians are known as Janners LOL

I am Cornish so tend to use those Carol has mentioned

 

[Lizzy Lemon]

we have 'eh up me duck' - hello
and with our accent we say buzz - bus

and almost like yours Carol we say 'daft as a brush'

 

[emily1982]

Well im from the Black Country, not too sure

'hey ar kid'
how yaw doin'
'ome'-home
'barmy'-mad
'babbee'-baby
'bostin'-brilliant
mardy'-moody

 

[Goofyish]

We use 'mardy' as well.

I still remember my mum calling me a "mardy so 'n' so" when I was young LOL

I always laugh when I see the American tennis player - Mardy Fish

 

[florida sun]

let me think

where you to ? where you been to ? so that is a bit like yours Carol

I'll be there now in a minute

and my favourite, who's coat is that jacket ??

I will think of some more I am sure

Oh Jules these are so true.

Also in Cardiff you will get a lot of "Init" and Isit"at the end of every sentance, and of course my personal favorite "hang a banger" for wait a minute.

We also tend to put an "s" on the end of some words for some reason, such as "You Knows that" "Init"

 

[saratogagirl]

hang a banger, oh Sue so funny, I always tell Ian hang a banger mo

 

[florida sun]

I forgot about "Buddy" and "But" for mate/ friend.

"Alright Buddy"

"Alright But"

 

[arieliwish]

Well, being from cumbria we have a whole other language all to ourselves! My kids are 'bi-lingual' but DH is still baffled:

waaam waatter - warm water (dd favourite)
as gaan yam - i'm going home
assa marra huw's thu deeing - hello mate how you doing?

and one I always tell - in local chinese on a drunken saturday night, the chinese owner skitting the very drunken lad who was trying to count his money:
drunk: huw much marra?
chinese peter: yan fotty marra - £1.40 mate!!

by the way my home town is on sky sports now - whitehaven vs castleford rugby league - we're getting beat!

Lynn

 

[saratogagirl]

Oh Jules these are so true.

Also in Cardiff you will get a lot of "Init" and Isit"at the end of every sentance, and of course my personal favorite "hang a banger" for wait a minute.

We also tend to put an "s" on the end of some words for some reason, such as "You Knows that" "Init"

What about come and have a cwtch (sp), in other words have a cuddle !

We also call people by their names and jobs ! for example

Len the Milk (the milkman)
Howard the Post (the postman)
Roger the Shop (the guy who runs the newsagent)
Howard The Gas (the local plumber)
and the latest addition to the village Mary the Chinese (who runs the takeaway) OMG so sad

 

[Goofyish]

We also call people by their names and jobs ! for example

Len the Milk (the milkman)
Howard the Post (the postman)
Roger the Shop (the guy who runs the newsagent)
Howard The Gas (the local plumber)
and the latest addition to the village Mary the Chinese (who runs the takeaway) OMG so sad

You forgot Dafydd the Pimp (shepherd)

 

[saratogagirl]

I forgot about "Buddy" and "But" for mate/ friend.

"Alright Buddy"

"Alright But"

and of course Sue our little holiday paradise Hiya But Bay (Portcawl), where we go for the day and spend most of it saying Hiya But or Alright But

 

[natalielongstaff]

You forgot Dafydd the Pimp (shepherd)

brilliant

 

[saratogagirl]

You forgot Dafydd the Pimp (shepherd)

brilliant Tim

 

[florida sun]

and of course Sue our little holiday paradise Hiya But Bay (Portcawl), where we go for the day and spend most of it saying Hiya But or Alright But

"I see's you there now in a minute, alright but, init"

 

[saratogagirl]

"I see's you there now in a minute, alright but, init"

Hiya Butt, I be there now in a minute, wills we have a go on the waltzers, over by there they are ... mind now you dont forget your coat, others wise people will be saying whose coat is that jacket, must be that Sues ones, forgot it again she have

 

[Dimplenose]

over by there

I work with a Welsh lady who often says "over by here" or "over by there" it sounds very strange to me.

I was brought up in the midlands but my parents are from the south east so I was often baffled by my friends' comments. When someone's dad was "on the box" I thought they were on TV when actually they'd lost their job.

Libby