Regional sayings that throw others

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I'm West Midlands born and bred. A few phrases or words I say to people outside of my area are met with considerable confusion. I was talking to someone about someone else who smokes a lot and said 'yes he's always got a fag on' and was asked what the hell I was on about
Any regional sayings that others would be baffled by?

My in-laws from the West Midlands say they want a 'munch' with a baby when they mean a cuddle (or cwtch ) and it sets my teeth on edge.

I was prepared for my new university friends not to know what "mardy" meant.

I was a bit taken aback when I said "and she looked at me gone out" and found that they all - well - looked at me gone out

My sons didn't know what a croggy was. (I asked them a couple of days ago.)

@merryhouse

I was prepared for my new university friends not to know what "mardy" meant.

I was a bit taken aback when I said "and she looked at me gone out" and found that they all - well - looked at me gone out

My sons didn't know what a croggy was. (I asked them a couple of days ago.)

Looked at me gone out? Can you explain!

My northern housemate at uni used to say mardy and ‘she’s got a reet old cob on!’

DH was hanging a picture when I first met him and asked if it was straight. I said it was on the huh which led to him not having a clue what I meant and me not knowing why he'd never heard of it - gret lummox, lud a ole squit as everybody knows what it means!

Stop mithering!

You look like one o'clock half struck

I don’t know what having a fag on means?

I’m northern, I know “cob on” and “monk on”.

Used to live in the NE so spotted @FoxyTheFox was another north easter with he “got wrong of his dad”.

I thought "mardy" was universal. On the other hand I've not heard "got a fag on".

If you watched Coronation Street at any point in the past you would have heard people being called cock.

Have a cob on is quite normal for me but maybe it's a north west thing - I was born there and my parents were both from the north west.

I grew up in the south west and we used to say "mitch off" school. When I went to uni people looked askance at me. It means to skive off.

I also thought it was interesting that one of my flatmates from West Yorkshire would say she had lectures from 9 while 5, rather than 9 "to" 5. I'd not heard that before.

@titchy

Stop mithering!

This was one of my dad's favourites.

Haway is such a useful NE England word!

Use it to encourage, eg, "Haway the lads! ", a traditional football chant.
Use it to plead, eg, when I give a detention, say, "Haway Miss!" to try to change my mind.
Use it to point out the need to leave, eg as you stand up in a pub, jerk your head towards the door and say, "Haway!" meaning, let's go.
Use it to discourage, eg when you see someone not wearing a mask, say, "Haway Marra! Where's ya mask?"

“Snap” for lunch/food/pack up.

I'm from Cornwall and I've no idea what any of you are on about! except fur coat and no knickers - but DGM was from Durham!

I give you dreckly, which is probably a well known one. Radger - which is very local, probably people from 20 miles away wouldn't know that one.
Pard
Stank (it's nothing to do with a smell)
Abroad

One that completely threw me when I went to Scotland, which I don't think people even realise isn't universal, was 'just now'

Down here, if something is 'just now' it's already happened - I was asked if I wanted my food 'just now' in a restaurant, I was completely stumped, I though they were asking if I'd already had it and wanted to pay! That was a confusing conversation...

Stop dawdling meaning stop naffing about meaning stop being a bellend

I'm a Londoner 😃

We have a lot of these sayings from up north as well.... maybe because London is full of all sorts from everywhere

@JemimaMuddledUp

"I'll be there now in a minute"

Are you Welsh? My old manager used to say this all the time.

I've never heard "got a fag on" and although I know a fag is a cigarette I would assume it meant something like "in a bad mood" in that sentence.
I love the word mithering. I've only ever heard Tracy on Coronation Street say it.

We have cheeselogs where I live

I met a woman from Belfast who asked the icecream man for a "poke".

He took her around the back of his van and explained. 🤣

My favourite is "wench". I work away often and love the reaction (mainly down south) when I say "alright me wench?"

It has very different connotations elsewhere.

@poppycat10

I thought "mardy" was universal. On the other hand I've not heard "got a fag on".

If you watched Coronation Street at any point in the past you would have heard people being called cock.

Have a cob on is quite normal for me but maybe it's a north west thing - I was born there and my parents were both from the north west.

I grew up in the south west and we used to say "mitch off" school. When I went to uni people looked askance at me. It means to skive off.

I also thought it was interesting that one of my flatmates from West Yorkshire would say she had lectures from 9 while 5, rather than 9 "to" 5. I'd not heard that before.

West Midlands and we say ''ers gorra cob on" too.

I'm from Birmingham and I've never heard that OP! Is it a Black Country thing?

I'm from NI so probably got lots here but some that come to mind are
Stop yer gurning - stop moaning
Dead on - that's great or that'll do
What's the craic - how's things
Wind yer neck in wee lad/wee doll- calm down

Pants. Round here they are trousers, but seem to mean knickers everywhere else.

The great bread roll debate, obviously it’s a barm cake

he's always got a fag on
Never heard of that, I’d guess as being grumpy, though I obviously know fag is a cigarette.

I raise your game and offer

"Etta bahn te scio-ull?" ( Are you going to school?)

Said to my father every morning when he lived in Barnsley, when his friend called from him.

From my childhood, I still say I'm mafted. Meet blank faces every time.

@Redcrayons

Pants. Round here they are trousers, but seem to mean knickers everywhere else. The great bread roll debate, obviously it’s a barm cake

he's always got a fag on
Never heard of that, I’d guess as being grumpy, though I obviously know fag is a cigarette.

Tsk. Its clearly a cob. One of the many meanings of cob.

Scottish here also

Someone's younger than you they are universally 12 it's a fact!

-Hawd yer wheesht-shut up/be quiet
-2 mins or 2 secs - won't be long
-Messages- the shopping
-Pure is just used to emphasis something for example I was pure shite at that game

• mince - rubbish/shit sometimes used to express someone is taking rubbish "Awch your talking mince!"

So many could list 🙈

I think I misunderstood having a fag on I was going for the obvious, cigarette, meaning. It means having the monk on.