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?

@Gatekeeper sunderland?

Are American expressions allowed? When we say “I blew so-and-so off” it means I stood so-and-so up, ditched a meeting so-and-so and I had made. I think the similar expression here is “I blew so-and-so out”?

I was looked at very strangely the first time (only time, I might add) I used that expression here.

@mommybunny In Scotland that would be dingying someone!

@NuclearDH

“Snap” for lunch/food/pack up.

It's 'bait' in the NE.

@juneybean ....not too far off. SW Durham village

It’s a barm not a cob, or a roll it’s a BARM!

My favourite American-phrase related story was when I worked in a touristy area in a kind of general junk store (like £land, goods at low prices but most people didn't want to buy any of it!). Two American women came in and asked if we sold fanny packs, my colleague took them to the sanitary product aisle and pointed out the tampons....

@MiddletownDreams we would say plodging in the beck rather than burn. Me mam would still have played war with me though for going home satched and hacky

Aye - used basically after every sentence

Moider - talking rubbish

Jar - pint

Dingler- idiot

Minging - disgusting

Bud - mate

No Mynadd - cannot be bothered / lack of energy

Yeah, yeah, yeah - at the end of each sentence

Mad - shocking

Crink - fool

And in a nearby town 'Cont' is a friendly greeting

And up to the eyes in clarts

[quote Gatekeeper]@MiddletownDreams we would say plodging in the beck rather than burn. Me mam would still have played war with me though for going home satched and hacky [/quote]

Aye, 'hacky dorty', is a common phrase!

I love 'haddaway and shite', to someone who was talking bollocks

The doctor once asked how I was and I responded “oh, I’ve been better..”. In Yorkshire this translates as ‘call an ambulance and administer CPR in the meantime’. She, however, isn’t from Yorkshire and looked delighted. Confusion ensued.

@Gatekeeper

And up to the eyes in clarts

Yes!

@Hairyfairy01

Aye - used basically after every sentence

Moider - talking rubbish

Jar - pint

Dingler- idiot

Minging - disgusting

Bud - mate

No Mynadd - cannot be bothered / lack of energy

Yeah, yeah, yeah - at the end of each sentence

Mad - shocking

Crink - fool

And in a nearby town 'Cont' is a friendly greeting

Well you've got to be north Wales.

"Iawn Cont?"

My secret is out 🤣

I’m impressed, Campion

I don’t know if this is a regional thing, but my grandparents lived in a banjo. Basically it was a cul-de-sac with a circular end for car parking, and houses off to the sides, but I’ve never heard the expression used elsewhere, and any mention of it gets a blank-eyed stare in response.

Bonce= head (mind your bonce!)
Moosh= mouth/face (wash your moosh)

I remember having a bit of a disagreement on here and they.saod some cheeky comment about my head.

I told the to 'away bile their head' and it got reported and deleted ha ha. In fairness MNHQ did actually reinstated it when I had a moan.

Back of (hour)
Away fir the messages
Pictures (cinema)
Stookie (plaster cast)
Skooshy cream
What's up with yer coupin
Hogmanay
Bells (related to Hogmanay)
Bottle of ginger
Can of juice
Diluting juice

The list is never ending......

Amercan DIL talks about the "doo-hicky" British translation the "thingamy"
She is a teacher and still cannot cope with the pupils calling her Miss and asking for a "rubber" (cos we all know they are in the States )

Pictures (cinema)

I’d say this was an old fashioned thing rather than a regional thing. DH and I say pictures instead of cinema as that’s what we called it in the 70/80s and the kids take the mick and call us old!

I sometimes call it the talkies, as well just to annoy them

My brother moved to Cornwall and was surprised to be addressed as "my handsome" by a male customer.

I'm not Scottish but I love the insult "sleekit bitch". Not very feminist I realise!

How I suspect you are right.

I sometimes get confused as I don't actually know what is regional or not.

Which can be interesting as I now live elsewhere and will say something perfectly normal to me and get lots of blank looks

@Gatekeeper
@MiddletownDreams

You are both from my part of the UK!

My grandmother called a stool a cracket and the rubbish bin was the ash kit.A donkey was a cuddy. Her parents came from the very North of England and she used a lot of their language.

@mommybunny

Are American expressions allowed? When we say “I blew so-and-so off” it means I stood so-and-so up, ditched a meeting so-and-so and I had made. I think the similar expression here is “I blew so-and-so out”?

I was looked at very strangely the first time (only time, I might add) I used that expression here.

I assume you know what “blowing somebody off” means over here? Giving somebody a blow job. So yeah, you’d get weird looks/sniggers if you announced that at work.

“Blowing off” in general, ie “Miss, Miss, Simon just did a blow-off” means farting.

I'm not Scottish but I love the insult "sleekit bitch". Not very feminist I realise!

It may even have been used a few times the other night- fairly or unfairly