Local slang and sayings
Local slang and sayings
Just for a bit of fun...
I’ve always liked to hear local sayings and slang for every day phrases etc, I’m always using them when away from home and have got some strange looks and a few “wtf is he on about”
there seems to be a broad spectrum of folk from across this fair land on here and other lands I believe, I wondered if anyone would like to chip in and post a few and of course the Oxford English Dictionary interpretation.
Here’s a few from down ere in sunny zumerzet
Thee n thy youngun - you and your brother
New fangle- modern technology
Going one - to go home
Me cocker - not a dog breed but a saying for “ my friend”
Thee cus’nt could ee - you can’t do that can you
I look forward to reading a few..
I’ve always liked to hear local sayings and slang for every day phrases etc, I’m always using them when away from home and have got some strange looks and a few “wtf is he on about”
there seems to be a broad spectrum of folk from across this fair land on here and other lands I believe, I wondered if anyone would like to chip in and post a few and of course the Oxford English Dictionary interpretation.
Here’s a few from down ere in sunny zumerzet
Thee n thy youngun - you and your brother
New fangle- modern technology
Going one - to go home
Me cocker - not a dog breed but a saying for “ my friend”
Thee cus’nt could ee - you can’t do that can you
I look forward to reading a few..
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trekmoor
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Re: Local slang and sayings
Away'n bile yer heid !
Wullie
Wullie
If at first you don't succeed .....find out if there is a booby prize !
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Re: Local slang and sayings
Hell mend ye.
Glaykit.
Ya clot.
Away and lie in yer ain pish.
How do you know ET was a Hibs supporter?........... He looked like one!
Glaykit.
Ya clot.
Away and lie in yer ain pish.
How do you know ET was a Hibs supporter?........... He looked like one!
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trekmoor
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Re: Local slang and sayings
Yer bum's oot the windae ---- loosely translates to You are talking rubbish - or - You have no chance.
Ya bampot (or bammer) - Not quite right in the head.
Urr ye English or sumfin ? Are you not quite right in the head ?
Wullie
Ya bampot (or bammer) - Not quite right in the head.
Urr ye English or sumfin ? Are you not quite right in the head ?
Wullie
If at first you don't succeed .....find out if there is a booby prize !
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Don't do what doesn't work - do what does.
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Don't do what doesn't work - do what does.
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Re: Local slang and sayings
The worried owner takes his sick cat to the vets in a carrier. Before opening the carrier, the vet asks Is it a tom? No, he's in the carrier.
Translation - at home
In Liverpool and many other places, a moggie is a cat but in my home town (10 miles from Liverpool) a moggie is a mouse.
We all know It's raining cats and dogs for a heavy downpour but snooin with moggies (snowing mice) is a heavy infestation of the rodents.
Translation - at home
In Liverpool and many other places, a moggie is a cat but in my home town (10 miles from Liverpool) a moggie is a mouse.
We all know It's raining cats and dogs for a heavy downpour but snooin with moggies (snowing mice) is a heavy infestation of the rodents.
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CockerCanuck
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Re: Local slang and sayings
Colourful description for deep water in marsh or a river..."you can stand up and take a drink".
I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person. - Bill Murray
Re: Local slang and sayings
"you can only pish with the c**k you've got"
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“ a change is as good as a rest to a one legged horse”
Still don’t know what that means..
Still don’t know what that means..
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Clayton1977
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Re: Local slang and sayings
I worked offshore for a few years and came across some great folk, a lot of them from Aberdeen. I learned all about slang there...
"Fit like?" - how are you?
"Abody" - everybody
"The morn" - tomorrow morning
"Braw" - very good
"Fit like?" - how are you?
"Abody" - everybody
"The morn" - tomorrow morning
"Braw" - very good
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Springfield Pointers
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Sick = nice. (Apparently)