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What do you call it when someone gives you a lift on their bike?

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EoinMcLovesCakeJumper · 14/12/2019 18:27

I was talking to a colleague the other day about what we were doing for Christmas, and he said he was heading off early because he had to go and collect his mum from the airport. He cycles everywhere, so I jokingly said "Are you going to give her a croggy?" He had no idea what I was talking about, and after I had hurriedly explained what it was, i.e. not a euphemism for something dodgy, he said "Oh, you mean a backie". I had never heard of that term - but a quick straw poll round the office revealed that everyone else called it a backie as well. We're all from various parts of Yorkshire, for reference, but I am the only one from North Yorkshire...

I am sure I haven't invented the term croggy, so I'm wondering if it's one of those regional oddities where only people from one specific town say it.

Where do you stand on the backie/croggy issue, and where did you grow up?

OP posts:
shellysheridan · 14/12/2019 19:42

A croggy - East Midlands

peepholepringle · 14/12/2019 19:42

It was a backy for us. Shropshire

westiepoo · 14/12/2019 19:42

Croggy here in North Yorkshire
DH=coggy South Yorkshire

EoinMcLovesCakeJumper · 14/12/2019 19:43

SecondTimeCharm I'm in York too. It has a weird set of dialect words all of its own. Did you used to call the rough kids "townies" too?

OP posts:
Burlea · 14/12/2019 19:44

Croggy Cheshire

georgialondon · 14/12/2019 19:44

A backy

Em308 · 14/12/2019 19:44

Coggy - South Yorkshire

Rainallnight · 14/12/2019 19:45

Love this thread.

A jant - grew up in Dublin. Have always assumed it comes from ‘jaunt’

Kenworthington · 14/12/2019 19:46

Backy- Devon

Waxonwaxoff0 · 14/12/2019 19:47

Croggy here in the east mids.

Hoolajerry · 14/12/2019 19:47

Backy - shropshire

MrsMoastyToasty · 14/12/2019 19:47

A backie. (Bristol).

katmunchkin · 14/12/2019 19:47

Backie or coggy (no r!) here - East Midlands / South Yorkshire!

WiseUpJanetWeiss · 14/12/2019 19:47

Seater - South Manchester. Never heard of any of the others, which surprises me because I love these dialect words.

chrispenrallt1 · 14/12/2019 19:49

Croggie and I’m originally from East Yorkshire

gingergittable · 14/12/2019 19:51

Backy. I grew up in Wales/ West Country

HerRoyalFattyness · 14/12/2019 19:51

Backie - Lancashire

Youreterriblemuriel99 · 14/12/2019 19:51

Seatie!

Whiskerychinsrock · 14/12/2019 19:53

A dubbie

FaFoutis · 14/12/2019 19:53

Croggy. North East.

stuckinthemiddlewithtwats · 14/12/2019 19:53

Backie - I'm from South Yorkshire

TheGriffle · 14/12/2019 19:54

Cog or a coggie here also South Yorks.

buckleten · 14/12/2019 19:55

Croggy (North Oxfordshire)

Allsloppy · 14/12/2019 19:55

A croggy - East Midlands

pontiouspilates · 14/12/2019 19:57

Seater. I'm from London.