Englishmum

I like it too. My spouse is originally from Bristol (Redland) but I don't think I've heard him say 'pleb'.

Come to think of it, when I was at school one of our teachers would call the whole class a 'bunch of plebs' or "you rabble"...

A West Country expression for tourists is 'grockle'/'grockles'. I like that word too!

ann m

Because three times, I have been looked at with a dumb expression and questioned "naked?"

fulwood

still like the Northern expressions which I still use after 27 years in US - nowt, owt, oi and various others..(not saying oi is necessarily Northern though)

Woodpigeon

I was always told that grockles is the Devon term and emmit is the Cornish - used to get in all sorts of trouble being a Devon lass living in Cornwall

Pleb was one of my school friend's favourites.....

Then there's 'point Percy at the porceline', 'take the dog for a walk', and 'see a man about a dog' - men only My hubby's family used the phrase 'going to water the garden' cos they only had an outside loo when he was growing up (Yorkshire).

quoll

LOL, I heard a young Asian doctor say this to my dad the other day when he said he wasnt feeling too good (he'd had a stroke). It just sounded so quaint and, as you said, 'safe' coming out of her mouth!

I am quite in favour of 'Crack(ing) on' - my son says it all the time and I must admit it isnt a phrase I had heard much before (might be an army thing)

Mallory

Remember the saying "that would be like carrying coal to Newcastle."

Gabgoeshome

My Mum still says "ta" me too, actually.

"Ta very much" is one of her favourites

Sally Redux

Or cream crackered

nethead

I love expressions like "dressed up like a dogs dinner", or "mutton dressed up as lamb".

1chumly

I like 'I'm not as green as I'm cabbage looking'. I have only heard it in Lincs so not sure if it just a regional thing. Also, 'she's a dark horse, that one' And 'Oi'. It really gets your attention like nothing else.

Beedubya

My ex husband's mother was from Ilkeston and she always used to say snap and call kids nippers and everybody else me duck.

Tea is mashed.....ie your cuppa is ready.

Droidling

Hanging - smelly/minging. Not sure if that's a norvern one I've assimalated.
eg. "Put that binsack out it's hanging"
Gribby - a southern one this,to describe an item of clothing that's square or unfashionable. eg "I'm not wearing those old things they're well gribby"
Twee - The current long suffering one uses this when clothes are too flowery/too much lace etc for her liking.
As for phrases,loads,here's a snippet
"You smell like a tart's handbag" - self explanatory I would think.
"Up and down like a whores drawers" - ditto
"She's so skinny,bet she has to run round in the shower to get wet"
"More chins than a Chinese phonebook"
"Not a lot of carpet on that landing" (for the intellectually challenged)
"A sandwich short of a picnic" ditto
"He/She's not wired up right" someone who acts strange
"Don't get many of those to the pound" Benny Hill/Carry on.
etc etc

RChappo

Yep. My family say that to. Hopefully when I go back to visit in December my Mum will have mashed the tea in time for my arrival

Another one my Dad used to say to me if I'd misbehaved as a kid was "Don't do that again or you'll koppit" - ie If I did it again I was in for a smack! Or sometimes he would say "don't tell your mother or I'll koppit", if he'd given me an extra treat or extra pocket money or something like that.

Sally Redux

No we used to say the cabbage one in Essex. And 'Oi' is very useful!
That is definitely northern, I picked it up when I lived in Leeds.

sallysimmons

I say 'mash' (I'm from between Leeds and York) but my husband (Manchester) says 'brew.' For him brew is both a verb and a noun ('do you want a brew?')