“Needs washed” and similar... regional?

[Magpiefeather]

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?

HLBug, yes, but I spell it 'recce' (pronounced reckie, though).

And yes, you'd say 'outside' or 'not within' - 'outwith' is just so much better, though. Very envious of the Scots for it.

I grew up (England, southish) talking about 'getting done' for things.

Skelf for splinter.

From my English perspective, you 'get done' by the police e.g. for speeding but 'get told off' or similar by parents.

Recce, short for reconnaissance, is in common use in England. I imagine it as deriving from the military, perhaps fighter pilots, for some reason.

We'd just say 'outside' for outwith. But then there's that hymn that goes 'there is a green hill far away without a city wall', which had to be explained to us as children, as meaning 'outside (outwith) a city wall', not that the hill should have had one and didn't.

One Scottish-ism (or maybe just one person's own -ism) that made me shudder a bit was 'lift' for 'pick up' as in 'Shall I go and lift one from the shop?'. Um, since shop-lifting is stealing, that really doesn't sound good.

@lottiegarbanzo I've never heard that one where I'm from in Scotland

We used to talk about kids 'getting done' at school, but not by parents. I guess 'tell off' = parents and 'get done' = outside authority.

She was a bit of an odd person, so maybe just her. (Or maybe she was actually going to steal it)!

Pictures and messages used to be common in Ireland but mostly only older people say them now. But you would still 'give out' to a child if they were 'bold'.(Naughty).

Ah love all of these!

I’m from West Yorkshire and all of these were common

• paddling
• getting “done” by parents / teacher etc
• going “to town” as going into nearest big city

Just remembered a few others, not sure how unique to W Yorks they are....

• “your kid” means your brother / “our kid” my brother
• “our lass” means my wife
• “stop being tight” stop being unreasonable
• “well I go to our house!” Can’t even think how else to explain that one! Just an exclaimation of surprise I suppose
• “black bright” usually said to a mucky child who needs a wash

One of my favourite Scottishisms is the use of “pure”. Eg “I was pure raging”

Also “he does right does t’lad”. Would definitely say that.

@redyoyo my DH grew up 10 miles away from me and the first time he said ‘I’ll just red up the bunkers’ I was like “eh?”. Then I realised he meant clean the kitchen worktops. But then, as he is forever telling me, I’m posh and he’s not 😂.

But then there's that hymn that goes 'there is a green hill far away without a city wall', which had to be explained to us as children, as meaning 'outside (outwith) a city wall', not that the hill should have had one and didn't.

And that one was written by an Irish lady, as far as I can remember. If not Irish, certainly someone who lived in Ireland

red up' presumably comes from 'ready up', as in make ready (for visitors, for instance)?

Its redd up and means to clear an area

”I get ragey when someone says draws instead of drawers”

How do you know whether to get “ragey” or not, as for millions of people with southern accents, those two words sound identical?

Overheard in Ely.
“Why is her waving at we when us don’t know she.”

Purple - was that today!? Just moved to Ely :)

Couldn't work out what was wrong with 'needs washed' read down the thread a bit and realised it's because I'm Scottish

DP says ‘needs washed’, ‘do Cats need fed?’ and things like that. he’s from NI.

Not today a few years ago.
Stuck in my memory because all the words are right but in a different order to what I would say.

Yes, we call it paddling here. Not sure what else you'd call it.

Plodging, if you're in North East England.

They also commonly say Pictures for the cinema, Shows for the fair, Pop for fizzy drinks, etc. It's seen as a bit old fashioned elsewhere but just in everyday use there.

My favourite sayings native to the NE are "On my honkers" and "You'll get wrong".

This thread is making me chuckle. I am originally for DW Scotland but spent many years in Aberdeen and now live in Fife but my husband is from NI and is now happily calling me an eejit for not realising that some of my sayings are uniquely Scottish. Have never realised the stay/live thing before.

My gran always used to say a little nursery rhyme to me with the actions and I loved it. Never heard it from anyone else.

Chap the door
Keek in the windae
Lift the sneck
And walk in

I’m Scottish and My sil is English. She struggles at times with my Accent and words I use.
Some things I’ve had to explain :-

Housecoat (dressing gown)
Bunker (worktop)
Back of 5 (just after 5)
Spail (splinter)
Boggin (disgusting)
Clap the dog (pat)
Chapping (knocking)
Come in for you (come to your house to go out)

Purple yes, I spotted that!

Another favourite Yorkshireism

“Take your coat off, you look like you’re not stopping.”

Interchangeable with

“Take your coat off, you won’t feel t’benefit”