dialects ..accents ..words used in different parts of the uk

23 Jan 2009

we have in the midlands an often used word " me duck" can be used to both female and male :shock:
its a friendly word " me duck" just means how ya doin I suppose ..... a scottish friend of mine often says " no the now" allways makes me smile when she says that...just means not now biggrin

:D what accents or words do you like or grind your gears ?
steve x :P :P :P :P

23 Jan 2009

A number of people in my village say 'They give ...(rain today etc.)'when referring to what the weather forecasters predict. As if they choose to inflict the crap weather we've been experiencing lately on us! rolleyes

And the villagers who've been here more than a few years refer to it as Gunstone rather than Goodnestone. Very confusing if you're trying to understand how it's spelt from a conversation alone. When I first heard it, I thought my solicitor was talking about a different place altogether :shock: I understand a lot of that goes on in Norfolk too. But they're a funny lot up there wink

23 Jan 2009

I love most accents but especially Irish or Scottish :inlove:
Here in the South we call trainers 'daps' and spring onions are 'jibbons'. We say stupid things like 'I'll be there now in a minute' rolleyes

I have to admit the Valleys accent is horrible especially on guys and a strong Cardiff/Newport accent can sound as common as muck especially with the chav/yardie wannabees confused

23 Jan 2009

Quote by travlinmanukok
we have in the midlands an often used word " me duck" can be used to both female and male :shock:
its a friendly word " me duck" just means how ya doin I suppose ..... a scottish friend of mine often says " no the now" allways makes me smile when she says that...just means not now :D what accents or words do you like or grind your gears ?
steve x :P :P :P :P

just thought of something ......when I was on a delivery in cornwall before christmas :P :P I was called an emmett? found out later its what the cornish call us tourists ....it means ants ........awaits fem 4 to prove me wrong xxxxxxx
steve x

23 Jan 2009

Poot it in fooking cuubud. :giggle: :giggle: :giggle:
Am working on my Mancs accent! :mrgreen:

23 Jan 2009

put wood in 'thole' (hole) = shut the door lol
oo and also a town i used to live in was darwen .. locals call it darran

23 Jan 2009

shut t ya, or close the gate, that's Yorkshire way.
I have a habit or falling into the local dialect, one day I will say something nice and get a Glasgow kiss.

23 Jan 2009

There's something about a London accent which is pretty hot too :twisted:

23 Jan 2009

I love accents a lot. I have no particular favourites but will often feign deafness for worlass to repeat words.
I particularly love words and peculiarities that distinguish one part of this beautiful country from another. That is what makes it Great about living here.
If everyone spoke like me it would be a sad sad day. (I speak with a very 'proper' RP accent and it is pap)
I was having sex with a scottish man and he used a word to describe the perineum and I can't remember what it was but I loved it. I just love words I suppose and I adore unique pronunciations. That is how our wonderful, complicated language developed.

23 Jan 2009

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shut t ya, or close the gate, that's Yorkshire way.

Not this part of Yorkshire!

23 Jan 2009

like.
on the end of everything like, It even annoys me and I do it

23 Jan 2009

Quote by TanKinky
like.
on the end of everything like, It even annoys me and I do it

That's a welsh thing that is, like....innit :giggle:

23 Jan 2009

i have a male scotish friend whos boss is from stoke. The boss started calling my friend duck. He was unaware of this coloquialism and asked me what it meant ....... so i told him .......... Gay guys use the term duck when adressing a guy they fancy. Dont think i told him the truth yet! mad

23 Jan 2009

Quote by TanKinky
like.
on the end of everything like, It even annoys me and I do it

I hate it too, I tend to use it in written jest, especially when I used to wind up our favourite Witch wink

A lot of people love our Geordie accent, personally I hate it sad

23 Jan 2009

I love most accents. And I won't mention the ones I don't because it is purely a sound thing - absolutely nothing to do with the individuals involved.
I'm an ex-pat Yorkshire lass (in Derbyshire) and I love to hear a familiar accent - so I watch Sean Bean just to hear him speak biggrin

Honest!!!!
Hearing dialect words and colloquialisms (bugger me I spelt it right) is great and (I reckon) tells a lot about the places they come from.
I have a copy of the Canterbury Tales (Chaucer) in the original Middle (?) English. A lot of 'out of use' words that are defined in footnotes are actually current or very recent Yorkshire and Midlands common words. And if you speak it out in either accent it makes perfect sense.
I LOVE WORDS!!!

23 Jan 2009

Me too Foxy - I love Chaucer. Great to declaim and get your mouth around.
Fascinating stuff.

23 Jan 2009

fidlin da leccy confused

also known as frauduently gaining electric
dee

24 Jan 2009

I'm from Liverpool, live in Newcastle and love Geordie, Scottish and Southern Irish accents - mmmmmm... dirty talk in these accents is SO horny! redface

Like splendid_ I too have problems understanding my other half.. 'wor lad' sometimes, although he's POSH geordie and it ain't that difficult as time goes on.
The one word thing that still seems to baffle me every time I go to Gregg's or the bakers etc is the words people use for a roll, bap, stottie, sandwich, barm cake etc etc. I always end up with the wrong thing :P

24 Jan 2009

Quote by BIoke
I'm from Liverpool, live in Newcastle and love Geordie, Scottish and Southern Irish accents - mmmmmm... dirty talk in these accents is SO horny!
Like splendid_ I too have problems understanding my other half.. 'wor lad' sometimes, although he's POSH geordie and it ain't that difficult as time goes on.
The one word thing that still seems to baffle me every time I go to Gregg's or the bakers etc is the words people use for a roll, bap, stottie, sandwich, barm cake etc etc. I always end up with the wrong thing :P

and what about cob? and icky thump and tha knows ....... lol

dont know where they come from but you hear it on the telly ?
steve

24 Jan 2009

Quote by travlinmanukok
and what about cob?
steve

Yes, that's another one.... :P

24 Jan 2009

Quote by steve
dialects ..accents ..words used in different parts of the uk

Exterminate!!
Sorry Steve. I've been seeing this thread title in the Cafe all day and I finally had to give in to the urge. bolt

24 Jan 2009

Yep you are an emmett in Cornwall but a grockle in Devon!
Another thing..... (even if most fish & chip shops don't do it any more) what do you call the batter bits?? You know those little bits pf cooked batter left over when frying the fish??
Here they are GRIBBLES!!
Love all accents - just another thing to remind us that we are all different. My least favourite Im afraid, is a really strong brummie accent! No offence to all you gorgeous brummies!!
Wench xxxxx

24 Jan 2009

Quote by Buxom_wench
Yep you are an emmett in Cornwall but a grockle in Devon!
Another thing..... (even if most fish & chip shops don't do it any more) what do you call the batter bits?? You know those little bits pf cooked batter left over when frying the fish??
Here they are GRIBBLES!!
Love all accents - just another thing to remind us that we are all different. My least favourite Im afraid, is a really strong brummie accent! No offence to all you gorgeous brummies!!
Wench xxxxx

in the mids we used to call them scatchings ......now chip shops charge you for them :shock: in the past they were free..... :shock:
steve .....oliver my dear fagin xx

24 Jan 2009

Quote by Cubes
dialects ..accents ..words used in different parts of the uk

Exterminate!!
Sorry Steve. I've been seeing this thread title in the Cafe all day and I finally had to give in to the urge. bolt

and just for cubes :!: :!: :!: what about e ba gum ........cant think for the life of me what it means :shock: :shock: :shock: but put it on to annoy cubes :shock:
steve ....feed bill sykes dog a bone fagin xx

24 Jan 2009

You've got me thinking now of other words we use down here in D'em. (As pronounced by my dear old mother)
Whe the sun is going down and the light starts to fade its DIMPSY.
There is a big naval/military presence in Devon (oh heaven - men in uniform everywhere!} and there is a naval language - Jack Speak!
TOPPERS - full up
MINGING - horrible - so someone can be a MINGER
GOPPING - same as minging
GRONK - a not attractive woman!
THREADERS - tired
DOBY - laundry
DOBY RUN - trip to launderette
RUN ASHORE - night on the town
SCRAN - food
Oh I could go on but I'm sure you get the idea!
Wench xx

24 Jan 2009

Quote by Buxom_wench
Yep you are an emmett in Cornwall but a grockle in Devon!
Another thing..... (even if most fish & chip shops don't do it any more) what do you call the batter bits?? You know those little bits pf cooked batter left over when frying the fish??
Here they are GRIBBLES!!

They are SCRAPS!!!!!!!!!! nothing more nothing less just straps lol

24 Jan 2009

Quote by Dirtygirly
Poot it in fooking cuubud. :giggle: :giggle: :giggle:
Am working on my Mancs accent! :mrgreen:

She calls it a cupboard? Makes a change from foo-foo I guess.

24 Jan 2009

Quote by essex34m
Poot it in fooking cuubud. :giggle: :giggle: :giggle:
Am working on my Mancs accent! :mrgreen:

She calls it a cupboard? Makes a change from foo-foo I only mancs I can say is .......
awright arr kid ..............salford who?
steve .......nigaf xx

24 Jan 2009

A particularly anoying thing from Burnley is
"am a gate"
meaning as I was saying
First time I heard it was totally confused as this girl didnt look in the slightest like a gate
The thing is accents and dialects can change within a few miles look at the difference between Blackburn (b**stardville) and Burnley (dingleland)
I love accents and colloquialisms and managed to pick up a mixed bunch
Born in Yorkshire to Liverpudlian parents with Cornish Grandparents, then the worst thing happend and I ended up working in a call centre in Burnley of all places speaking to people from all over the country, it took me ages to realise that when the Scots where saying 'Jai' as they ment the letter 'J'
Its 'oining' mad

me that I cant think of anymore
Jane xx

25 Jan 2009

Quote by travlinmanukok
we have in the midlands an often used word " me duck" can be used to both female and male :shock:
its a friendly word " me duck" just means how ya doin I suppose ..... a scottish friend of mine often says " no the now" allways makes me smile when she says that...just means not now :D what accents or words do you like or grind your gears ?
steve x :P :P :P :P

trying to understand some of the London quips might be hard for our american friends :shock: such as
triffic
leave it out
the manor
up west
let alone cockney rhymeing slang they have no chance?
apples and pears
er in doors
vanilla fudge
trouble and strife
stride
frog and toad
bag of nails
etc etc etc .....
then theres the money £££££ :shock: a pony a monkey a grand a score a duce a oner............
good ol english language rolleyes

:roll: :roll:
steve