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“Needs washed” and similar... regional?

261 replies

Magpiefeather · 31/08/2018 19:58

I only know one person IRL who uses this turn of phrase, for example

Needs washed
Needs cut
Needs tidied

They are from the New Forest...

Have seen this a lot on MN and I just wondered is it a regional thing?

Before I knew this New Forest Friend and read Mumsnet I had never heard this before. I would say

Needs TO BE washed
Or needs washing

Anyone shed any light?

OP posts:
PseudoBadger · 31/08/2018 19:59

Common in N Ireland too

FourFriedChickensDryWhiteToast · 31/08/2018 19:59

sounds Scottish to me, tbh.

ScarletAnemone · 31/08/2018 20:00

That’s standard in Scotland.

Magpiefeather · 31/08/2018 20:00

Hmm interesting.

I have just realised that New Forest Friend has Scottish grandparents so that could be why if it’s a Scots thing!

OP posts:
TamiTayorismyparentingguru · 31/08/2018 20:10

I was just come on to say that it’s totally normal to me - I’m from NI and live in Scotland!

morelloslipstick · 31/08/2018 20:11

Needs washed is Scottish, as is 'where do you stay?' for 'where do you live?'

Anotherdayanotherdollar · 31/08/2018 20:12

Drives me crazy! Half the words are missing!

bigfishlittlefishtupperwarebox · 31/08/2018 20:18

Cumbria here - I'd say my hair needs cut and the dishes need washed... sorry!!

AlexaAmbidextra · 31/08/2018 20:20

Drives me nuts when “to be” is left out.

PuppyMonkey · 31/08/2018 20:20

This is something I’ve only ever seen on Facebook.

Chester draws, £10, need gone. Grin

MeanTangerine · 31/08/2018 20:20

Common in the NE too

Mokepon · 31/08/2018 20:22

Drives me crazy! Half the words are missing!
It's because we like wee sentences. And saying wee all the time so everyone knows we are Scottish. (Saw on another thread ages ago a poster quite cross that lots people were saying wee!)
I read the OP and was thinking where's the problem Grin.

Mokepon · 31/08/2018 20:23

The grass needs cut.
That coat needs washed.
Your room needs tidied.
All good, no?!

Magpiefeather · 31/08/2018 20:25

Thanks all!!

Strangely I’ve known a fair few Scottish people through my life and haven’t noticed any of them say this! Perhaps I wasn’t paying attention back in my uni days!

I am fond of “where do you stay” rather than “where do you live”. There’s something lovely about it, even though it also sounds a lot more temporary to me than “live”.

I’m so glad I asked, Ive been pondering this a while!

Thanks all.

OP posts:
MsHomeSlice · 31/08/2018 20:27

Person 1 : Remember and go to the right place for the mince
Person 2 : How?
Person 1 : Because last time you went for the messages you went to the wrong butchers

...scottish

remember AND , not remember to
How? means why
messages ...general shopping usually different shops rather than a supermarket but not essential

I am Scottish, but mostly grew up in England, so don't have an accent, (bit posh BBC sort of sounding, okay yah!) but I do say scottish type things and it weirds folks out a bit :o

morelloslipstick · 31/08/2018 20:29

'Sit nice' is a good Scottishism with no grammatical base.

I'm also fond of 'putting your legs in a basket' (sitting cross-legged), which I said once to an English child with autism and accidentally caused a furore.

claracluck78 · 31/08/2018 20:30

I live in the New Forest (though only for a decade!) and ive never heard that!

NapQueen · 31/08/2018 20:32

Newcastle here and common round here too. We also say "I got wrong" instead of "I got told off" which is grammatically wrong but ingrained.

BertrandRussell · 31/08/2018 20:34

My dp and I had a communication problem at the beginning- he said "Have I to......." whatever it was. He meant "Shall I?"'I heard "Do I really have to...?" You can see why that might cause problems!

leapingtorand · 31/08/2018 20:34

Surely "where do you stay ?" Is posh Scots ? Around here they say "Far div ye bide ?" ( means the same thing )

theworstwife · 31/08/2018 20:35

DH says it all the time from NI

BertrandRussell · 31/08/2018 20:36

Where do you stay?
You suit it (instead of it suits you)

DwangelaForever · 31/08/2018 20:37

NI here and totally normal!

DwangelaForever · 31/08/2018 20:38

@PuppyMonkey I get ragey when someone says draws instead of drawers Angry

Pissedoffdotcom · 31/08/2018 20:38

Originally Yorkshire & we say that all the time. Never thought anything of it haha