“She looked at him gone out” - what region uses this phrase?

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My friend says it all the time but I’ve never heard anyone else say it here. I just realised her parents are from Northampton. Would it be from there?

Used here in West Yorkshire. I didn’t think it was a regional thing though.

It's used a lot here in Yorkshire, along with ' she looks gone out ' to mean she looks not right in the head.

Grew up East Mids with one parent of Yorkshire origin and it's quite commonly used in my family.

I think it must be quite regional even within Yorkshire

I've lived in Scarborough, Leeds & Kirklees areas and don't recall ever hearing the phrase

There must be loads of phrases we assume everyone knows until we move out of our own area! It's really interesting.

What does “gone out” mean, in terms of its etymology? Is it short for “she looked at him [as though the lights had] gone out”? Or “she looked at him [as though she had] gone out [of her mind]? Or is it just something that people say without really knowing why?

Lincolnshire. Also mardy, of course. We used to live in Derbyshire/Notts area and ayup duck is very common. One thing I noticed was how people would say a egg, rather than an egg.

I live in Northampton but am originally from Derbyshire/Staffordshire border. I assumed it was nationwide as nobody has ever looked at me gone out when I've talked about people looking gone out but mardy was an eye opener! They have weird words down here though

mufti day for non uniform days
pack up for a packed lunch - took me a good few minutes to work out what my friend was packing.
Knock a door run involves someone with red hair for no reason.
Pap for grandad
And they don't say bath (or baff like the best people) or barth (like judi dench) but some weird in the middle hybrid that sounds like an illness.

Actually knock a door run is just inflicting violence on red haired people - knock down ginger. RUDE!

I had no idea it was a regional saying!
Im from the east mids.

Grew up in Staffordshire. Definitely used it!

I always thought it meant 'gone out' as in 'the lights had gone out' as in 'a bit mad/stupid'!

A bit like 'the lights are on but no one's home'!

I know this expression and have heard it and used it in Cambridgeshire where I grew up, but now I live further South - Berkshire and I never hear it here.

Never heard it before, but have no links in England north of Watford so not a surprise. I love regional sayings though.

@EricScrantona

Actually knock a door run is just inflicting violence on red haired people - knock down ginger. RUDE!

We called it cherry door knocking in the next town along from Northampton! 🤷‍♀️

And I say 'barth'.

Great thread! Don't recall this from Leeds in the 1970s. When we moved there from Scotland I do recall:

Mischievous pronounced as mischeevous or mischeevious, with the stress on the second syllable.

Poorly, used for being slightly unwell and sorry for yourself, or for a specific body part with a problem, e.g. he has a poorly toe. All new to me.

In Scotland we said sore for all sorts of ailments, not just sore throat or something inflamed/rash. Sore head for headache, for example.

I say it. Midlands.

From Yorkshire and I grew up with this phrase.
Also like mardy (works best teamed with bum or arse eg don't be such a mardy arse).

Another word I never hear in the South is "sloaming" eg "oh she were sloaming all over him" means being overly affectionate/flirty with someone or "stop sloaming round me you're not having the chocolate" said to a child.

I haven’t heard it I don’t think since I moved from the Midlands to the North West so I’m going with a Midlands thing.

@NoWordForFluffy you must be a posh Northamptonian! 😃

Well you learn something new every day! I’m from London now living in Berkshire and have never heard this before.

I grew up in South Yorkshire and I say it much to the bewilderment of my southern friends. It means to look at someone in blank confusion, or dumb surprise. Gormless. My Dad also used to say "looked at me like clem" which is similar but means someone a bit stupid.

I’m from West Yorkshire and I’ve never heard this expression. None of my family or friends use it. How strange! Maybe it’s more a midlands thing and been adopted in certain areas of Yorkshire but I don’t think it’s a Yorkshire thing. Or maybe more S.Yorkshire.

I see lots on here from Yorkshire have never heard it.

West Mids/North West border and definitely heard it. DM still says it.