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

[Lunificent]

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?

Midlands saying, means
'She looked at me as if I were a blithering idiot. I was shocked and surprised as I thought I was making total sense'

I said 'take the dog for a walk'
She just looked at me gone out! (Gonn aaat!)

Born and raised in West Midlands, and all my family said it.

It essentially means to gawp at someone in shock. So, if someone was to make a really weird and outlandish remark, you'd look at them 'gone out'.

It's a 'Northern' thing- I'm Yorkshire for donkeys years but was born Lancashire and I've been using/hearing it my entire life - and it def means 'looked at him/her in surprise/bewildered/mildly annoyed'

I love finding out about regional phrases, I'm from the Midlands and also knew this one. One I found out wasn't universal was pack-up for packed lunch. Also is it mardy (for grumpy) that is regional to the Midlands?

@Lunificent

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?

Yes, I'm from Northants and I'd use that expression.

Staffs saying too. Just asked DH, turns out I haven't used it in this hearing for the last 30 years, so he looked at me gone out

It’s familiar to me as an ex-Mancunian/Lancastrian.

ahhh my mum (south yorks) used to say this all the time!

had forgotten, just jogged my memory

I'm from Derbyshire. I'd definitely say it's a Midlands phrase.

Nottinghamshire, very common every day phrase here.

It means to look at someone as if they’re mad/strange or with shock.

Oo, thanks OP, a new phrase. Never heard of it, from Bristol. Bet you don’t say ‘cheers drive!’

Never heard of it in Cumbria

Oh 'pack up' and 'mardy' here too! although an alternative to pack up is 'snap'! as in 'Whats tha got for snap today' I think it goes back to when most of the men worked in mining and took their snap tin down the pit for lunch.

Common in Norfolk too

Omg, I’m Manchester way and have never heard of this 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’m very proud that I have taught my midlander DH to say ‘stop scrawming’ to DD when she’s messing about on the floor. Mardy is also another good Yorkshire word.

Common phrase growing up in Cambridgeshire.

Never heard that before! Every day's a school day

ive just worked some shifts with a team of men from Nottingham.....it was all "me duck" and "ducky"....took me back to childhood as i are up in Notts

*grew up!

Midlands.

I’m in Nottingham and hear it/say it all the time!

We say it in Leicestershire

Derbyshire/Burton

It's definitely a well used phrase in the Midlands