LOCALISMS - What are yours?
Apr 17th 2008 | 2:00 pm
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LOCALISMS - What are yours?
I invited a total stranger for dinner yesterday ( a fellow BE whos here alone - and very nice she was too!!) and we were talking about one of the other threads and 'quirky' things about people that we find funny and endearing...
ANYWAY.... As a bit of a branch off of this....
What things do you eat, say or do that are perfectly normal where you come from and how you were brought up that are completley alien to others....
In Wales loads of people end a sentence with 'like innit!!'
We also say we will do something 'now in a minute!!'
And a favourite meal in my house was saltfish in mustard vinegar for Breakfast!! With loads of bread and butter!!! YUM!!
ANYWAY.... As a bit of a branch off of this....
What things do you eat, say or do that are perfectly normal where you come from and how you were brought up that are completley alien to others....
In Wales loads of people end a sentence with 'like innit!!'
We also say we will do something 'now in a minute!!'
And a favourite meal in my house was saltfish in mustard vinegar for Breakfast!! With loads of bread and butter!!! YUM!!
Last edited by WelshSarah; Apr 17th 2008 at 2:00 pm. Reason: too many letters
Apr 17th 2008 | 2:11 pm
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Re: LOCALISMS - What are yours?
I invited a total stranger for dinner yesterday ( a fellow BE whos here alone - and very nice she was too!!) and we were talking about one of the other threads and 'quirky' things about people that we find funny and endearing...
ANYWAY.... As a bit of a branch off of this....
What things do you eat, say or do that are perfectly normal where you come from and how you were brought up that are completley alien to others....
In Wales loads of people end a sentence with 'like innit!!'
We also say we will do something 'now in a minute!!'
And a favourite meal in my house was saltfish in mustard vinegar for Breakfast!! With loads of bread and butter!!! YUM!!
ANYWAY.... As a bit of a branch off of this....
What things do you eat, say or do that are perfectly normal where you come from and how you were brought up that are completley alien to others....
In Wales loads of people end a sentence with 'like innit!!'
We also say we will do something 'now in a minute!!'
And a favourite meal in my house was saltfish in mustard vinegar for Breakfast!! With loads of bread and butter!!! YUM!!
and obviously:
WHOS BOOTS ARE THOSE WELLIES
WHOS COAT IS THAT JACKET
Apr 17th 2008 | 2:19 pm
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Apr 17th 2008 | 2:36 pm
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Re: LOCALISMS - What are yours?
I have a 'Bristle' dictionary - bloody brilliant
Asda = Asdawl
window = windawl etc. could go on, but a favourite is
GERT LUSH (even have the t-shirt as does Pollyana!!)
Asda = Asdawl
window = windawl etc. could go on, but a favourite is
GERT LUSH (even have the t-shirt as does Pollyana!!)
Apr 17th 2008 | 2:48 pm
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Re: LOCALISMS - What are yours?
in our family tescos is known as chav city 
Apr 17th 2008 | 2:50 pm
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Re: LOCALISMS - What are yours?
I have been known to divert back to a bit of Broad Yorkshire on occasions, particularly when drunk or exasperated/frustrated such as
Ey up - Hello, how are you?
Gi o'er - Give over, you're pulling my leg.
Am Gooin to't pub - I am departing in the direction of the public house.
Gi us one o them - May I have one of those please?
Get thee sen off - You're winding me up, or, Don't talk such utter balderdash.
Look at t'state o that! - Look at that nincompoop over there
Ey up - Hello, how are you?
Gi o'er - Give over, you're pulling my leg.
Am Gooin to't pub - I am departing in the direction of the public house.
Gi us one o them - May I have one of those please?
Get thee sen off - You're winding me up, or, Don't talk such utter balderdash.
Look at t'state o that! - Look at that nincompoop over there
Apr 17th 2008 | 3:10 pm
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Re: LOCALISMS - What are yours?
I have been known to divert back to a bit of Broad Yorkshire on occasions, particularly when drunk or exasperated/frustrated such as
Ey up - Hello, how are you?
Gi o'er - Give over, you're pulling my leg.
Am Gooin to't pub - I am departing in the direction of the public house.
Gi us one o them - May I have one of those please?
Get thee sen off - You're winding me up, or, Don't talk such utter balderdash.
Look at t'state o that! - Look at that nincompoop over there
Ey up - Hello, how are you?
Gi o'er - Give over, you're pulling my leg.
Am Gooin to't pub - I am departing in the direction of the public house.
Gi us one o them - May I have one of those please?
Get thee sen off - You're winding me up, or, Don't talk such utter balderdash.
Look at t'state o that! - Look at that nincompoop over there
Really funny!!
Come ova yuh- Come here please.
Past tense of tread - trood
Jowonner nuther wunnervum or no - Do you want another one of them or not?
Gissit Year - give it to me
Apr 17th 2008 | 4:14 pm
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Re: LOCALISMS - What are yours?
Going to the supermarket for messages.
Apr 17th 2008 | 5:15 pm
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Apr 17th 2008 | 5:46 pm
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Re: LOCALISMS - What are yours?
My friend is scottish and she talks about messages. She also talks about buttons, tells me to hold ma weescht (sp?) a lot and says I always end up knocking on her door when she is still in her gooney! I love scottishisms.
Apr 17th 2008 | 5:54 pm
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Re: LOCALISMS - What are yours?
food = Fishcake where I was from are called rissoles up here and fishcakes are something else entirely
Hendersons relish - even my mum took 4 bottles of the stuff back with her.
language = oo were she wi? = who was she with?
geeoor = get off
Mardy = whinging (personal favorite)
this is just the difference between Hertfordshire and Sheffield!
Cant wait to hear the little daft things that people say over there!
Hendersons relish - even my mum took 4 bottles of the stuff back with her.
language = oo were she wi? = who was she with?
geeoor = get off
Mardy = whinging (personal favorite)
this is just the difference between Hertfordshire and Sheffield!
Cant wait to hear the little daft things that people say over there!
