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?

We always called daps pumps. Someone earlier on mentioned the outdoor (off license), I have heard that for years. I’m originally from Birmingham, but have lived in the North West for years now. When I first moved up there were loads of words I’d never come across before, but I love all of the regional variations.

We call woodlouse slaters & earwigs are clipshears where I'm from.

We also use the word jamp instead of jumped which for fellow Scots probably pinpoints me to my county

Bin lid = kid

I used to love “nine while five” doing my weekend job at uni in Leeds.

@HunterHearstHelmsley. @Rebeccasmoonnecklace

I’ve heard council pop, cagg handed (with no y), kaylied and lamp someone. Not familiar with blarting for crying. Are you fellow North Westerners?

@HunterHearstHelmsley I like your style my Dad knows I don't like it and always slips in deliberately into conversations! Especially when I'm leaving their house

I only learnt last year, in my forties, that outwith is a scottish word!

I am sure I have thousands but of the top of my head....
Heel - end slices of the loaf of bread
Scullery - kitchen
Messages - shopping
Baffies - slippers
Juice - fgeneric term for fzzy drinks like coke
Long lie - I am glad it is Saturday tomorrow so I can stay in bed later

Gamjee for cotton wool
Haiver= big
Gawk for looking at someone
Jed is dead
Lather- upset/excited. Think this might be more common though?
Pailing- beating someone up
Riffy- dirty
Wag mon - truant officer
Wick- nerves
I'm starting to wonder if we actually speak English

I remember asking my teacher how to spell panackelty, and her just being completely baffled.

@Lumisade

I thought that "to ratch", rummage for something, was standard English. As "I'm just going to ratch through the drawer to look for my keys."

"Shan" for unfair is another.

"Crack" for just general news or gossip. I know it's Irish originally but where I'm from everyone uses it.

Other words I like, "deeks" for have a look, "beck" for stream, "lonnin" for track, "gan" for go and of course "marra" for friend.

Not just Cumbria but it places you somewhere to the west of Cumbria.

TazMac I frequently had cotters in my hair as a child because I was a scrowy child.

@Hoppinggreen

I haven’t heard pillock for years. When my grandad drove, everyone else on the Roads was a pillock 😂.

[quote TazMac]**@HunterHearstHelmsley. @Rebeccasmoonnecklace

I’ve heard council pop, cagg handed (with no y), kaylied and lamp someone. Not familiar with blarting for crying. Are you fellow North Westerners?[/quote]
Black Country. Ar bay a Brummie!

This goes into MFL territory (German)
DH is from the south (BW) to him 'heben' is holding sth fast - to me from the north (NRW) heben is lift sth up.
When we first carried a table - he said: Heb' mal! And I tipped him down the stairs.

And I also thought everybody called their work tools "Gezäh".

@TazMac West Midlands for me

@ParadiseLaundry

I'm from the north east and had a boyfriend from the south who thought it was hilarious when I said 'got wrong' as in 'I thought I was going to get wrong off my boss for being late' I'm curious to know how many, if any other regions use this.

Also 'hoy' which means throw. But can also be used as such:

'It's hoyying it down' - 'it's raining really heavily'
'I'm going out on the hoy tonight!' - 'I'm going out to get drunk tonight!'

Love that one

I'm from the NE and moved to the NW and I also didn't realise until I used it there that 'get wrong' wasn't recognised elsewhere. As in "me mam give us (me) wrong".

Also 'banana slide' is just a slide in other places. I got this face -> when I used it the first time.

@scrowy

I haven’t heard scrowy. Guess it means untidy, or something along those lines?

@HunterHearstHelmsley. @Rebeccasmoonnecklace

Well we share some linguistic similarities! Blarting must be a Midlands word.

@Todaywewilldobetter

North West- lugs for hair knots Mither Ginnel

All of these. Wasn’t sure if lugs was restricted to the specific bit of Lancashire that my mum’s from, along with ‘sutchy’ for squelchy ground, and ‘flour cake’ for a bread roll.

Frit - scared
Cob - bread roll
Jitty or jit - alley
Mardy arse - grumpy person

@HunterHearstHelmsley
I'm sure you grew up or live close to me. Thank you for reminding of some of these words .

@VirginiaWolverine have you moved from Northern Ireland to Sheffield??

Mither (stop mithering me)
Skriking (crying)
Mard (never mardy like a lot of others say)
Lothered (all sweaty and hot, I'm bloody lothered me)
Slutch (mud, stop treking slutch in the house)
Sithee (see here, if you want to get someone's attention)

Probably loads of others but these are off the top of my head! Lancashire/Gtr Mcr.

Beer off = off licence
Popo = horse
Gaffer = boss
My nan used to call pop 'mineral'.

@tearinyourhand

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

A stream or small river is a burn here in the NE.

Does anywhere else call a small, steep-sided wooded area with a burn in the bottom a dene, or is that just NE too?

@WhatsGoodForTheGoose
Im a Glaswegian and that’s a new one to me too, the last 7 years I’ve lived on the East coast and have come across lots of phrases/words that I’ve never heard before. One of my 🤔🤔;
‘ben’ for “where’s my cup?”
“ben the kitchen” 🤔🤔