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?

@Lumisade

Are you Cumbria too? I recognise gan and marra.

Ah, the islands Vs roundabout thing. My husband says Island. I think that was responsible for our first argument when he was navigating and told me to turn left at the island and I turned left at a random island, as I thought he meant. He's also from Midlands ish.

"Spelk" - Newcastle.

@Lumisade I was going to say Newcastle for you too but when I got to Marra I decided you're actually from Sunderland?

@Tazmac Yep, born and grew up there but sadly I have left.

Burn =stream.
The baths = a swimming pool.
Ginger = any carbonated beverage.
Fizzy Juice = any carbonated beverage, I had an English person get very upset at me using that term because coke doesn't contain any fruit juice.

@Soosiesoo Cornwall?

Oooh do people in Sunderland use Marra too? Quite a lot of movement between the north east and Cumbria I think.

@Gingerkittykat fizzy juice?! What is this mockery?!!

Coke etc is called "pop"!!

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This was a really good quiz that was surprisingly accurate.

We used the word foisty, I haven't found a suitable replacement that can be understood down here. I also miss siling it down (heavy rain) and side it (tidy up).
First time I asked for a bread cake in a chip shop I got a fish cake. Was not impressed.
And snap always makes me smile as it reminds me of my grandad and his little knapsack

North easterner here, stopped using a lot of vocabulary since moving to SE.
Canny - quite
Bonny- pretty
Git- very
Got wrong - got told off

Gingerkittykat I really really confused a colleague when I said I was going to get a can of juice and came back with diet coke.

Coming from the black country, there are so many things I thought were just normal expressions!

Bag of suck.
Yampy.
Muppet.
Wamal (or yampy wamal).
Mardy/Mard on/Mardy arse/In a mard.

Islands
Black o'er Bill's Mother's!
Went right 'round the Wrekin!
I bay bin, I bay.
Ay it/It tay.
Giz a goo.
Ark.
Donnies.

I could go on all day

From me:
On the huh
Blarrin
LaLa

From DP
Wheesht
Amn't

Also
Cots - hair knots (tangles)
Clarts- muck
Scran/ bait- food

We (East Midlands) say side for worktop OH (NE) days bench

When OH went to look in my newly installed and arranged drawer I told him " don't go ferkin/firkin in there"

We used it to mean rummage in a messy way

Scunnered - fed up
Scrabbed - scratched (by a person or animal)
Starving - cold

I love Chucky pig for woodlouse!
My grandad used to call cruddy 'sleep' that you get in your eyes 'duck meat'
And I think there's a weird word for doc leaves but I can't remember that!

@MrDarcysMa I recognise all of them except cots? Are you a fellow Geordie?

These are called daps where I live (south west England. DH calls them gutties (central Scotland).

@museumum lugs for knots in hair here in Staffordshire (Midlands).

'Sneaped' means upset/offended although it's not an exact synonym. There isn't a word that covers sneaped precisely.

@EnglishGirlApproximately love the name, do you look pretty when you play guitar?

Daps

My northern relatives laugh and me calling them these, but I laugh at them calling them plimsolls

High five @MrsMoastyToasty