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?

A ginnel is the path between two houses. I didn't realise it had any other name till I went to uni.

Cruckle, when you go over on your ankle. I used this and nobody understood me.

I love ‘all around the Wrekin’!

My nonagenarian dad says ‘flit’ as in ‘they did a flit’ (left without paying).

I’m from east Anglia and we call drizzle ‘mizzle’.

Cheesecake thats definitely a jitty!

Flitting is moving house here

Around my way a Jitty is like a cut or footpath but never used the word in home town.

I don,t use it but I know some people say "snap" for lunch.

Nah, it’s not ginnel, it’s twitchell.

Snap is packed lunch to take to work!

@EnglishGirlApproximately

Flitting is moving house here

For me too. My Sil didn't know what I was on about when I asked her if she needed help flitting.

I’m from north west and say nesh. A ginnel is the alleyway between terraces. Love the word Mardy.

One that comes up a lot on these threads is pants. Round here pants = trousers. Mostly in the south, pants = knickers. I told a very confused colleague I was just wearing smart pants and a shirt for a work conference.

I’m from east Anglia and we call drizzle ‘mizzle’.

And in Cornwall

Snap is packed lunch in Yorkshire.

@TheQueef are you midlands?

Island is roundabout in Birmingham. I asked directions in the olden days, pre Satnav, had absolutely no idea what the chap meant but nodded and smiled.

Daps!

Although i use it to mean any soft, non-verbal shoe and DH uses it only for black school plimsolls.

@EnglishGirlApproximately

Flitting is moving house here

Same here. And you never do it on a Saturday because 'a Saturday flit is a short sit'.

If someone asked me if I wanted help flitting I’d assume they thought I’d done something bad and needed help getting away undetected.

I'm from Lanarkshire and know what a 'winter dyke' is - Mum always called it that (born and bred here).

I moved to London late eighties and was a Junior Secretary. I used the word 'outwith' in a letter and was totally shocked that I was accused of using a 'made up' word. Checked the dictionary - it's a purely Scottish legal term!

@ChikiTIKI the great bread roll debate. I’m a barm cake eater. Uni was the first time I realised not many people knew what a ham barm was. See also putting gravy on your chips.

A stream is called a burn where I'm from. I'm assuming that's a regional one?

Yet flitting to me is unable to concentrate on one thing. Or a Flit is like mooving/ leaving quickly in order to run away/hide.

I thought everyone talked about trafic islands really don,t thiik thats regional.

South Yorkshire here.
And yes Snap is packing up. And packing up is tidying away or breaking up with someone

And the stars shop

I thought everyone knew what yampy meant! My dad used to say it all the time! I also, like pp, thought everyone said all round the wrekin, to mean a long time!

I moved to Devon a while ago and love the word 'dimsy' used to describe dark and drizzly weather... around dusk.

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.