words you never hear outside your town/city

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14-02-2007, 03:58 PM
MsTanya

words you never hear outside your town/city

self explanatory [: il starttt!

parmo
14-02-2007, 03:59 PM
2hd.

chav

is it only a london thing?
14-02-2007, 04:00 PM
A4AOwen

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2hd.

chav

is it only a london thing?

Nah, I hear chav alot.
14-02-2007, 04:01 PM
the wombats

doyle.

i only ever hear that in boro.
14-02-2007, 04:01 PM
VINTAGE

dee u ken vallies min eh!!!!
fit u gan on aboot
mhm^^
14-02-2007, 04:03 PM
ScouseOrient

Liverpool;
meth
ming
mong
beaut
among others

london;
nang
peng
buff
butters
shower
gully
14-02-2007, 04:05 PM
the wombats

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScouseOrient

Liverpool;
meth
ming
mong
beaut
among others

london;
nang
peng
buff
butters
shower
gully

i hear them alot
14-02-2007, 04:15 PM
Browney

Reet. as apposed to "right"
14-02-2007, 04:17 PM
alexxxxx

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScouseOrient

Liverpool;
meth
ming
mong
beaut
among others

london;
nang
peng
buff
butters
shower
gully

here these in nottingham. =]
14-02-2007, 04:39 PM
scubadiva

Quote:

Originally Posted by A4AOwen

Nah, I hear chav alot.

Yeah, but you live in Essex don't ya? We're pretty close to London

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScouseOrient

Liverpool;
meth
ming
mong
beaut
among others

london;
nang
peng
buff
butters
shower
gully

Here them loads...
14-02-2007, 04:41 PM
Glitter

Boom, as in wow, thats great..
14-02-2007, 04:42 PM
Brody

CAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKE sed like that not as in just cake but CAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
14-02-2007, 04:48 PM
Swastika

probs parmo or doyle like some other boro residents said! =D
14-02-2007, 04:54 PM
clarissa !!

choong/chung.
14-02-2007, 04:58 PM
Ed.

London:

mong
rinsed
owned
boyd
chav
cuz
homie
boyage
mandems

etc loads more
14-02-2007, 04:58 PM
Mr.Sam

'ark
gert

Quote:

London:

mong
rinsed
owned
boyd
chav
cuz
homie
boyage
mandems

etc loads more

heard the bold ones
14-02-2007, 05:03 PM
DiscoPat

crums lol
14-02-2007, 05:04 PM
scubadiva

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed_Hawks

London:

mong
rinsed
owned
boyd
chav
cuz
homie
boyage
mandems

etc loads more

Said loads in Essex
14-02-2007, 05:06 PM
Ed.

lol its funny how loads of ppl in UK have diff words
14-02-2007, 05:16 PM
Jamie!
All spoken fairly regulalary up here..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cumbrian Dialect

General words
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cumbrian Dialect

ah I
areet alright (can be used as a greeting and return, and as per the normal use)
ars I am
aye yes
eh (generally used at the end of sentences to indicate that the phrase is a question. It can be inserted simply by habit and then has no particular meaning. The use of "eh" is more often linked to Carlisle than the Cumbrian dialect as a whole)
like (generally used as an intensifier midway through or at the end of sentences)
me my
nah no
owie, howie come on
thew you
us me
wherst where is the
wi, wid with
yous you all, plural of you

Adjectives

aald old
bad sore, painful
badly ill, unwell (a bad 'ed is a headache)
barie good or nice
cack bad, horrible or awful
clarty muddy or messy
gammerstang awkward person
kaylied intoxicated
la'al small
ladgefull embarrassing
radge, radgy mad
reet right
slape slippery or smooth as in slape back colly, a border colly with short wirey hair
wam warm

Adverbs

gey very
kysty squeamish or fussy
owwer over ("ars garn owwer yonder fer a kip" - I'm going over there for a sleep)
vanya almost, nearly. vanear is a coastal variant

Nouns

biddies fleas/old people
britches trousers
crack news/gossip; can also mean a conversation in the context of "having a crack with" someone
dookers swimming trunks's
jackal wild dog
keks, kegs underpants or trousers
knock-e-i-do a game played where the aim is to knock on someone's door then retreat without being caught
lug ear
nowt nothing
owt anything
scran food
scrow a mess
twining whinging or complaining

Verbs

bray beat (as in beat up someone)
chess chase
clarten messing about
deek look
gander look
gar go
garn going
jarn doing
laik play
loan borrow ("can ah loan 2 quid off yer?")
lowp jump
mek make
scower look at
skit make fun of
**** hit someone ("I twatted him in the face"), a woman's genitalia most likely from 'thwaite' meaning 'fertile valley,' also an insult.
wuk work

People

buwer unattractive girl
gadge person (usually a stranger, or someone whose name is not known)
lad young man
lass young woman
marra friend, companion, mate (mainly used in West Cumbria) mining slang
offcomer a non-native in Cumbria
potter gypsy
yakker a farmer

Places, landscapes, buildings etc

beck stream
crag stone or rock or cliff
fell a large hill or small mountain
ginnel a narrow passage, a back alley
hingins, hangins hinges
jam eater, a person originating from Workington or Whitehaven, and common insult to rival towns Workington and Whitehaven; jams like strawberry and raspberry being the one of the few things that coal dust isn't as noticeable in.
lonnin a lane
sneck door latch
tarn small lake
yam home
yat gate

Farming Terms

boos a division in a shuppon
bowins ragwort
coo cow
cop the bank of earth on which a hedge grows
cuddy horse
dyke a hedge, often on an earth-and-stone wall > dyking means to build a dyke
fodder gang passage for feeding cattle (usually in a shuppon)
gimmer female which has not had a lamb
hogg yearling sheep
hoss horse
liggin' kessin when an animal is lying on its back and can't get up
mowdy mole
mowdiing catching moles
shuppon/shippon a cow shed originally used for milking
stoop a gate post
syke a gutter or ditch between a cop and the road for drainage
tup a ram sheep
yowe ewe sheep (rhymes with cow)

The Weather

glisky when the sky is really bright so you can't see properly
mizzlin misty drizzly rain
syling pouring rain

Phrases

ars garn yam I'm going home
fine fettal Good health
garn yam Going home
gee over (Get over) I don't believe you- said in disbelief
it'll be reet It will be alright
oust fettal How are you
werst thew of te where are you going
14-02-2007, 05:16 PM
Lubricant

Shem

(As in: What a shame/What a shem)
(Old people here say it =//)
14-02-2007, 05:21 PM
Brody

o ye and loads of people like to say

jam yurself
14-02-2007, 05:24 PM
hobo

blone
maw
naw

& every gaelic word going :P
14-02-2007, 05:24 PM
clarissa !!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brody

o ye and loads of people like to say

jam yurself

jam your hype init
14-02-2007, 05:27 PM
Digital

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScouseOrient

Liverpool;
meth
ming
mong
beaut
among others

london;
nang
peng
buff
butters
shower
gully

Heard them

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cola

Reet. as apposed to "right"

Heard that

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2hd.

chav

is it only a london thing?

and that

Quote:

Originally Posted by alcohol

doyle.

i only ever hear that in boro.

That as well
14-02-2007, 05:55 PM
Colin-Roberts

the canadian trademark:
eh
14-02-2007, 06:01 PM
brapbrap

wasteman
merked
boyed
anything that ends in izzle
jam
cotch
yard
ting
blud
cuz
bruv
gemme
powpow
brap
brup
blap
blup
ting

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brody

o ye and loads of people like to say

jam yurself

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brody

CAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKE sed like that not as in just cake but CAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed_Hawks

London:

owned
chav
homie

etc loads more

ED_Hawks, all them 3 arnt used in just london.

and Brody, you can't jam yourself, its jam. just jam you dont jam yourself.

thats masterbation.

and wth is cake, ive never heard dat, where abouts in london do you live lmao
14-02-2007, 06:25 PM
clarissa !!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxteth

wasteman
merked
boyed
anything that ends in izzle
jam
cotch
yard
ting
blud
cuz
bruv
gemme
powpow
brap
brup
blap
blup
ting

ED_Hawks, all them 3 arnt used in just london.

and Brody, you can't jam yourself, its jam. just jam you dont jam yourself.

thats masterbation.

and wth is cake, ive never heard dat, where abouts in london do you live lmao

naah you can jam yourself aswell, its like calm yourself.

& then jam is like im gonna jam like im gonna hang about
14-02-2007, 06:26 PM
F32

I here chav alot - as we are chav capital of the north.

Mush - like mate.
14-02-2007, 06:27 PM
MsTanya

errrrr is gadgie a boro word?
14-02-2007, 06:29 PM
clarissa !!

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsTanya

errrrr is gadgie a boro word?

might be, ive never heard it
14-02-2007, 06:29 PM
benjamin

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScouseOrient

Liverpool;
meth
ming
mong
beaut
among others

london;
nang
peng
buff
butters
shower
gully

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed_Hawks

London:

mong
rinsed
owned
boyd
chav
cuz
homie
boyage
mandems

etc loads more

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxteth

wasteman
merked
boyed
anything that ends in izzle
jam
cotch
yard
ting
blud
cuz
bruv
gemme
powpow
brap
brup
blap
blup
ting

ED_Hawks, all them 3 arnt used in just london.

and Brody, you can't jam yourself, its jam. just jam you dont jam yourself.

thats masterbation.

and wth is cake, ive never heard dat, where abouts in london do you live lmao

i hear all the ones in bold quite often.
14-02-2007, 10:15 PM
YoManGo!

http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/people/slang.html

pages of birmingham words. the best one is clearly 'bostin'

ie/ we had a bostin' time (excellent time)
14-02-2007, 10:27 PM
DMB-Hosting

Quote:

Originally Posted by YoManGo!

http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/people/slang.html

pages of birmingham words. the best one is clearly 'bostin'

ie/ we had a bostin' time (excellent time)

Lol im from the midlands -.- i remember reading that before.
14-02-2007, 10:34 PM
yessaJOSH.

speg.
pri*kaxe.
swat.
bludger.
d*ckwad.
f*nnyflap.
n*bcheese.
14-02-2007, 10:52 PM
YoManGo!

Quote:

Originally Posted by yessaJOSH.

speg.
pri*kaxe.
swat.
bludger.
d*ckwad.
f*nnyflap.
n*bcheese.

pretttyy common everywhere.
14-02-2007, 11:03 PM
Jamie!

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsTanya

errrrr is gadgie a boro word?

Gets used in Carlisle n all, but most of the time its 'marra' for us lot
14-02-2007, 11:05 PM
summer

i aint heard peng/choong outside of luton/ldn
14-02-2007, 11:07 PM
PriceTags

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed_Hawks

London:

mong
rinsed
owned
boyd
chav
cuz
homie
boyage
mandems

etc loads more

We have them all in Manchester-ish. Probably because most people want to be from London. Hence they say all their ers as oh. "FRAY-OH!" "I COME FROM MANCHESTOH!" "GET EE-YOH NOW FRAY-OH!"
14-02-2007, 11:19 PM
:Hazel

people say "that is mint" no one down here uses that phrase.

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