Regional words that you thought everyone used.

[WhatsGoodForTheGoose]

A friend mentioned her winterdyke to me recently and was amazed that I had no idea what it was. It seems that it's what I'd call a clothes horse or airer. I'm from Glasgow and she's from Ayrshire. She said that she thought everyone called it that.

Are there any words that you use and assumed that everyone knew but it turns out that they don't?

Ladgeful = embarrassing
Slape = slippy
Pimps = easy (that test was pimps)

Cumbria born and bred

I use mard arse and got a cob on. Well known round here.

My DF used to say “Is it ummer”.
Meant is it ‘heck as like’ or ‘no it’s not’. I think it was just from his neck of Yorkshire as most people don’t know it.

So many Coventrians on here.

I'm going to gambol down the entry to the paper shop for a tip top and then over the island to the outdoor to buy a batch.

I only eve heard 'stingers' in the Midlands. Never heard it where we lived in Scotland, Hampshire or Norfolk.

Definitely used in Dorset.

Think every where says stingers for nettles (and other plants that sting.).

Circle for round abouts in Dundee.

@june2007

Think every where says stingers for nettles (and other plants that sting.).

Here we call them jaggy nettles

Are you Scottish Natasha.?

Yes I am @june2007

I used to work with a chap who would greet me with "mornin' jockey, how bist?" He was one of the few people still talking the Madeley dialect, and got upset if you confused it with Dawley. I think both dialects are dead now, which is a bit sad.

I love dialects, but I hate that they're dying out.

@Heaviestdirtyestsoul ”I get told off for calling the glovebox a ducket”

I think this is a variation of Doocot (pronounced dookit ) which is a brick building for housing pigeons (doos). Otherwise Dovecote. It’s a round chimney shape and inside is like lots of square shelves in beehive style. Hence any small storage space, cubby hole or pigeon hole being called a doocot. I believe this variation to be Scots origin. A good illustration of this here (stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/doocot/)

Puddick for toad my dad used to say “heed puddick” (Head toad) for the most senior person in a place. I have no idea why.

Some more:
Neebur = friend
Bunker = worktop
Chuckies = stone chips
Loon = man
Quine = woman
Fankle = muddle
Hummin = smelly
Stank = drain cover
Stoor = dust

Snap - packed lunch.

Snicket for alley

Claggy - definitely doesn’t mean muddy. Mud can be claggy though. And if you’ve trekked through mud, your shoes might well be clagged up with it. Claggy means sticky and thick, like clay or wet concrete.

Mucky - messy, grubby

Midden - rubbish dump. “Your bedroom looks like a midden”.

Breadcake - bap, bread roll

Pikelet - crumpet

@Disco91

We use the word Fizzog for face at home... eg. wash your fizzog, you’ve got food on your fizzog.

I’ve never heard anyone else say it, I even googled it one day as I suspected my dad had made it up, turns out it’s a real word! We are from near Stoke on Trent.

I also use the word mither. When I said it during Freshers week I got asked with a funny look ‘err where are you from..... the 1900’s?!’ by a cheeky Londoner.

My Ex's Grandad used to say 'Fizzog' outside if hus family I've never heard anyone say it. (It stuck & do with kids) they were from Coventry.

Scram = food

Oh weird, it’s “scran” with an “n” in my part of Yorkshire

And “sithy”, as in “now sithy ‘ere our Thomas”. Means “now see thee here”.

‘An’t = haven’t/hasn’t
In’t = isn’t

Oining = annoying as in “stop oining me”.

Also DH’s gran (sadly no longer with us) asked us when we were moving into our first House together years ago “are you flitting yourselves?” I thought that was quite a personal question until it was explained it meant are we getting movers or hiring a van and moving ourselves...

It’s quite fascinating Linguistically When you think about it, as I’d not heard of either of these phrases until I got with DH and he was only 8 miles down the road but in another county.

Loads that have already been mentioned here such as mithered, maiden, cock or cocker as a term of endearment.

I havent read all the pages here so sorry if anyone has said it but my grandma always refers to ALL sweets / chocolates / confectionary as "toffees" - "I've got some toffees in the back kitchen love if you want any". You wouldnt know what it was going to be until you had a look in the cupboard!

@ImNotShpanishImEgyptshun
"All round the Wrekin" for going the long way round

Are you kidding me?! I’ve heard this expression from someone I follow on Twitter and thought it was a place he was going to

@DappledThings

According to an older friend of mine (not sure how old but she had children in the sixties) island was what roundabouts used to be called.

Still islands in the Midlands.

You mean like a traffic island ? Doesn't everyone say this then ?

Grew up in Wales, thought “cwtch” “scram” and “chopsy”were just English words. Moved to England and no one knew what these were.

Cwtch = hug
Scram = scratch
Chopsy = Talking back in a cheeky way

@EnglishGirlApproximately

Flitting is moving house here

It's moving house - but when you do it in the middle of the night cos you're behind in the rent !

@Stinkyjellycat

Does anyone else call a forward roll a tossover?

It's a toss over if done over a bar (playground bar)

Mardy
Cob on
Twitchle

@HunterHearstHelmsley

Oh and bost for broken

Famously in our family I went into an opticians in North Yorkshire when on holiday as I'd 'bost me glasses'

The receptionist just stared at me!

@bettsbattenburg

Black Country. Ar bay a Brummie!

Birmingham isn't the Black Country though

Exactly!!! She's saying that she isn't a brummie !