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?

Are your tabs burning?

That cars puthering!

Do you want a tuffee?

Are we having a fuddle?

Are you alright duck?

Motherofdragons I totally agree. I grew up in Surrey & have spent all my adult life in Hants/Dorset & I have only heard of 2 or 3 of these too. My 3 dc haven’t picked up the ‘Where’s that too’ either.

From my childhood
quine - girl
loon - boy
wifie - used to confuse my work colleagues in Birmingham a lot when I used that one (woman)
auld wifie - old woman
far d'ye bide - where do you live
bidie-in - live-in partner
foos yer doos - how are you
chavin' away - fine (used as a response to foos yer doos)
teuchter - someone from the countryside, we used to abbreviate it to teuch

"Alright me babber?" Babber is a term of endearment
"Gurt Lush" really great
Ees gone down Asdawl" He has gone to Asda
"Where's R Muh to?" Where is my mum?
"Cheers Drive " this is said to bus drivers as you step off the bus (it's almost a law and now we have a street named after the phrase )
"Where's me daps ?" Where are my trainers/plimsolls.

I'm from Bristol .

I was thinking about this tonight, watching bloodlands (which is good) one character says “I just go to get his messages”.

I live down south snd it’s just an expression you never hear here, but in Scotland going to get the messages was a very common saying. It sounds so weird to my ears now and I’d not heard it for years.

For anyone who hasn’t heard of it, it basically it means to go and do the food shopping.

Living in Scotland (but only recently), two expressions I've learned in the last couple of weeks (because of the Sturgeon / Salmond inquiry) are: "yer coat's hanging on a shoogly nail", meaning you're in danger of losing your job; and "get yer jotters", meaning you've got the sack!

Otherwise, I love swithering (being indecisive) and havering (talking nonsense).

If I said I’ve cruckled my ankle would you know where I was?
It means to twist your ankle. I had never ever heard it before I moved here and I only grew up in the next town!

@Druidlookingidiot

Are your tabs burning?

That cars puthering!

Do you want a tuffee?

Are we having a fuddle?

Are you alright duck?

You must be from Derbyshire druidlookingidiot! Only here have I ever heard fuddle!

Tuffee tho my dad (from Suffolk) and DH (n Lincs) both say.

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Peh - Pie
Circle - Roundabout
Kribbie - Kerb
Puss - Face
Brah - Beautiful
Eh - I
Eh’m - I’m
Eh’ll tak a Tully - I’ll take an Evening
Telegraph
He wis fair goan his dinger - he lost his temper
Backies - back garden
It’s a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht - it’s a beautiful night
Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye! – What’s meant to happen will happen
Mony a mickle maks a muckle! – Saving a small amount builds up to a large amount
Yer cats deed! Your trousers are too short
Gies me the boak - makes me feel sick
Up tae high doh - worked up
Ma bit - my house
Ken? - you know?
Yuptae? - what you doing?
Belter - good / bad / sore
I’ve got an empty - my mum & dad are out for the evening....

@sensibleheartxo I knew most of those, but how does “Yer cats deed” mean your trousers are too short?

I moved from Kent to Yorkshire many many years ago.

If I'm making a mess of something my DP will say "Give it here - yer framin' like a man made o' band!'

If I stand In front of the telly it's 'You mek a better door than a window'

We always say 'it's black over Bill's mother's'

He also uses:
10 while 2
Spice for sweets
Bread cake for a roll

My favourite is 'It'll be reet' which is comforting and dependable.

Got a cob on

She's a wee cow means she's a slut in certain parts of Glasgow

Aye a don't understand but means yes but I don't get it.

Am ur means I am

Am urny means I'm not

Beelin means angry

Get tae fuck is pretty self explanatory

A banger means something terrible/pure shite

Hittin a riddy means you're embarrassed

Jobby means a shit

Cat's deed/deid because you're wearing your trousers at half mast!

@okilydokily

Cat's deed/deid because you're wearing your trousers at half mast!

Doing my head someone getting seriously on your nerves /irrating under your skin

Skanky someone who perceived as dirty.

He is Douche bag is a annoying a idiot.

Oops I ment

Doing my head in phrase

I have never heard of until I came on to mumsnet

The comment

I would rather shit on my hands that do that or put up with that etc..

Weird as fuck phrase comment

Haven't got a clue what part of uk or Scotland or lreland

that kind of slang word term is used

"Mardy"

Translates as being miserable/sulking/grumpy

"Ay up me duck"

One thats dying out with the older generation but basically mean "hello"

From a covid ridden shitshow of a city in the East Midlands who was the first to be a localised lockdown.

Live abroad and here are the ones that draw the blankest faces :

That's a different kettle of fish
Trouble at mill?
Hold yer horses
Hang fire
Jump up kitchen door and a bite off t'latch
Mard ie. He's mard
Mucky
Knackered

I didn't know until a few years ago that the word spelk is a north east term.

@clary

DH (from north Lincs) uses "mafted" to mean really hot and bothered. Is that your meaning *@Hopeisnotastrategy*?

Loving these btw! A friend asked me the other day what I called a jitty (or ginnel maybe) - I said they don't have them where I come from (massive rural area with loads of space and every house built on half an acre of land) so I don't have a word!

Yes, that's mafted! A really useful word I find.

It's mafting meaning it's too hot puzzles people not from my area when I say it

Moved to London, and “scon” is what normal people say, and “scoan” is what the Queen says.

Noooo, the queen is well posh, innit and she says Scon!

Well I am surprised that not everyone in the United Kingdom knows what a 'fag' is (when talking about a cigarette. I would imagine in the US you would be met with some wonderful expressions when talking about a fag (because of them using the word faggot for a gay man).

Some of the other sayings I know - My Dad always talked about going to the foot of the stairs - He was born in Brixton. Not sure where the saying comes from but might have heard it on the radio/tv, plus he spent some time oop north.

I recognise some of the other sayings from tv - especially the one about going somewhere now in a minute (very Gavin & Stacey - well obvs more Stacey!). My Gran was from Glasgow so I knew a few sayings there but being a lady (sort of) she never used the word 'jobbie'!