I love a regional language. Basque, Catalan, Welsh etc - cannot get enough. It got me thinking about regional words in English, a language I'm obsessed with. Mither was one that came up on here the other day. Think it means bother or annoy. Never hear that down south. What other ones have we got? I'll start... Gavver (only heard this in Kent) - Police Cotchell(s) (likewise Bermondsey in London) - plenty Scran (heard this in Blackburn I think. Also Royal Marine slang)- food Let's hear yours!
'Scone', the pronunciation that sounds like '(Sc)own' rather than '(S)gone' .. Anyone who says it as the later, ie (S)gone is a scallywag & a rascal & must learn to be posh... I think it's a Surrey thing don't you know!
Scran - Must be a military one as it gets used around here too. Fash - East coast. Worry/fret. Swatch - Look at. as in Geis a swatch at yer scuddy mag. Scuddy mag - Magazine for connoisseur. Usually boought with a brown paper poke. Poke - a paper bag for holding stuff in such as a bottle for a swally. Swally - To take/got for a drink (depends on context), most usually of an alcoholic variety. Having too much of a swally gets one blootered. Blootered - I am assured this means very tired.
Maftin - Excessively warm (Christ!! It's maftin in here!!) Bray - To hit (If you stare at my wife's cleavage once more I'll f*cking bray you) or (I can't shift this bolt.....Just bray it!) Aiyaaaz - Owww!! Knack - Hurt (Aiyaaaz!! That knacks!!) Chew - Trouble (I heard there was some chew in the pub last night) Radge - Bad temper (I saw so-and-so last night. He was in a right radge)
knobend : a bit of a tosser.. "you knobend" Bellend: see above fucktard: see above nudger: a sandwich using a barm smellies: aftershaves " nice smellies dude" threads: clothing " cool threads dude" bostin/boss : great, as in "i had a boss time" rank : awful. " she's fekin rank" Barnet : hairstyle. "look at the barnet on that" nashers : teeth. "you got fekin rank nashers" Bladdered : drunk. mingin : awful/ugly/dirty
belfast talk wick.... no good thats cat.... thats sh*te scundered..... p*ssed off beezer ....great cracker.... good other areas scundered...... embarrassed gammie..... dodgy sham.... man/lad blade.... girlfriend weak good... really good hows she cuttin..... how are you feckin eejit .... you're a funny fellow bangjaxed.... drunk feck/Frig .... F*uck, can be combined to feckaaf meaning Excuse me my good man, kindly vacate the premises Fingy..... the name for people whos names you cant remember meat waggon.... police jeep melter... A person that really annoys you now you're suckin diesel..... you're doing it right rare.....see scundered meaning above(not belfast) Slabber.... mouth piece or liar weaker...brilliant
heid the baw - An idiot Bam/Bampot - hard man. Likely to have fishing hooks sewn into his lapels to give you a shock when you try to give him a Glasgow kiss. Rocket - psychopath. Glasgow kiss - to stick the heid intae someone square go - a fair fight between to participants where weapons wont be used. honors - the backup friends of a participant involved in a square go whose job it is to jump in at the point the other participant uses a weapon or their pal is getting a right good kicking. Kite - a really big fat belly.
Gammie - blowjob Kite - Arse (eg. to "ah pure went oan ma kite") Yer baws - You are talking nonsense Chib - Knife (eg "you are getting chibbed pal") Hauners - To help someone (eg "malky is getting a doing, he needs hauners") Are you in Bearsden Derick ? Oafy posh lingo an at !!!
May I add I don't use Gert and no one I know does but it means very such as gert lush, "very nice" But we do use Daps, as in the black children PE Trainers. They are Daps and having a quick google came up with these Popular 'Bristolian' words "Babber" - Baby "Casn't" - can't "Gurt" - very "Kinave" - can I have "Rit" - Write "Pitcher" - picture "Wheres Attoo?" - where is that? yes have used babber and casn't once or twice but not often
Casn't sounds like one of those words used by folk thinking they are hip, like Chillax. FFS just naw !!!
We used gert to also mean loads/lots when I grew up in the fishponds/downend area One of my old bike's plate If you are having casn't then you would also need T'aint - It ain't T'is - It is S'not - It's not Counts Louse - Council House
A couple remembered from childhood from the Scottish side of the family Tumshie....a bit of a softy Plooks or Plookie.... spots Spelling not guaranteed Good old fashioned London word....Gertcha......go away !!!
Not quite. Southside (Spam Vally) but didn't grow up in Glasgow. Kilbarchan, which is just outside of Johnstone where I had the pleasure of going to High School. Yer Maw. Answer which shows disbelief of what the other party is saying. Ma Da. Answer given as a response to anyone who ever did anything famous ever. E.g. in a pub quiz "Who was the first person in space" - MA DA! Gobble - See Gammie Clampt - to describe one who has just irrefutably lost an argument, usually by being trumped by someone saying Yer Maw. Bogie - a plank with 4 pram wheels attached to it and a bit of rope, usually used for attempted suicide by children who would try and go down the steepest street possible without care of what else may be using it, or the cross-roads at the bottom of it. Bogie - an evil spirit Bogie - a hard lump of snotter. George Orwell had nothing on us.
Wearing a Rat... Wig A Syrup ....A Wig ! = Syrup of fig . Nowt! ....Nothing Al Reet .... Are you all right . Stop being Toy .... Stop being soft A toy beard ... A bad growth of beard Pull a pig ...Late night disco catch. Knocking about ....Having an affair Go and give your head a wobble ... Someone telling someone else to sort themselves out . An all in ....Served up at Yates Wine lodge .
