I'm a Stokie too and a couple that stick out in my mind are
Snappin=having something to eat ( my sister hates this, she now live in the posher village close to stoke called cheadle)
Bazz it = throw something away
Will have a think of somemore
I'm a Stokie too and a couple that stick out in my mind are
Snappin=having something to eat ( my sister hates this, she now live in the posher village close to stoke called cheadle)
Bazz it = throw something away
Will have a think of somemore
Helen xXx
spelk - splinter
pumps- plimmies - plimmsols
trollies - trousers
baps - boobs
undercrackers - underwear (mostly male)
greenies/snot/boogies/ boogas
when i first moved oop north with the OH (who is from up here) there were loads of 'differences' but 14yrs on i don't really notice them now. I just tend to 'go with the flow' depending on where I am and whom I'm with!
Ginnel - alley way
I say maid for girl
Òó words can be Òó or u depending where you are cook, or cook(cuck)
Ginney spinner- floaters- daddy long legs -crane fly
i am 9th generation mancunian and i say
ginnel - the passage at the back of terraced houses
maiden - a clothes area
i have lost a lot of my accent really but OH laughs when i say door or more...apparently i say dooer and moo er.
Oh is a stokie so its all greek to me when he starts.
i have lots of northers saying which are usually curses and exclamations
Oh my giddy aunts
Heavens to murgatroyd
Well i will go to the bottom of our stairs
Blimey word
By eck
ecky thump
the LOs all curse and exclaim like me.....makes mums and dads laugh
The bats have left the bell tower.....
I say dinner and tea and all mindees say no its lunch and dinner so when they ask at 11.00 what time is dinner i always say 5 o'clock poor things get so confused
I also call a dummy a plug so they don't know what i mean when talking about where it is to older ones
Cath
[QUOTE=FussyElmo;1154939]Snappin - love it
Oh yes these posh people from cheadle :QUOTE]
Snappin is what my bil says, snappin indeed, it's food man.
Fil uses the word muffin - that's a side plate to me and you
Master is another one - being man/woman (teacher) I think
Hubby says loads of words that I'm sure don't exsist
Wom - home
fost - first
bow - ball
Carol xx
im cumbrian...total different language up here
as garn yam....i'm going home
ol lad....dad
ol lass ...mam
lugs...ears
galoshers....school pumps/plimsoles
lob/scop...throw
dookers ....swimming trunks
bait...packed lunch
yan...one
divent...dont
awey...come with me
tea cakes...bread rolls
chuddy ...chewing gum
any road...anyway
clout...hit
dike...hedge
effert...thing
bad fettle...feeling ill
gammy....rotten
gizzasec...give me a minute
jameater...someone from whitehaven
lamp...hit someone
marra...friend
y'arlrette marra...how are you my friend
telt...told
vanya..nearly
yatter...talk
over yonder...over there
no wonder people think we are wierdos up here ....
Where's it to? - where is it?
Dreckly - in a minute
Proper job - pretty good
Ansum - great
Maid - girl
I also tend to say truck instead of lorry, which confuses the Los.
We call it a Barm in manchester - roll cob bun etc
We also have gravy on our chips
I moved to Wales and had to learn about daps, be there now in a minutes etc
tidy - that's good
swper (sooper) - dinner/evening meal
London - anything over the Severn Crossing!
bach (like the composer) - love/dear
cariad - love/dear
meithrin/feithrin - playschool
mart - market
mamgu (mam-gee) - grandma/granny
ty bach (tee bach) - toilet
ty bach twt - playhouse
i forgot, we have 'snickets' here - alleyways between buildings.
Don't forget angel has floaters, while we have daddy long legs
I have alot of slang words
Bunker = worktop
Pictures = cinema
Ben the room = through there
Minging/bouffing = horrible
Poor wee scone = poor little soul
vennel = alley way
skelf = splinter
I have loads of words that I cant even think of how to descibe what they mean
Fiona xx
I am a southerner and apparently a posh one at that
I say sitting room for lounge according to my mother lounges are in airports.
Barth not bath
Parth not path
My children say they were sat watching tv, not sitting drives my mother mad
We eat lunch and dinner not dinner and tea. Although considering we left London 20 years ago I have picked up quite a few northern expressions, like paddy for tantrum and dodie for dummy
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