“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?

NE Derbyshire/Yorkshire borders here and I say it. I’ve been in Birmingham for 15+ years though and I’ve never noticed people not understanding me so assume they say it too.

North Yorkshire here and yes, know it well

Brought up in Worcs: my parents frequently used this. In fact I was thinking about it the other day, never hear it here in the Cotswolds

I'm from Northamptonshire and my mum and sister both say this a lot. Didn't know it was a regional thing!

When my friend says it, she means they looked at them weirded out (astounded judgementally).
She also calls the Summer half term holiday ‘Springbank”. Is that an East Midlands thing?

Derbyshire here and it's a very common turn of phrase

I've said it and I'm from derby.

You mean Whitsun?

We call it springbank in West Yorkshire too.

(I know it’s not actually Whitsun anymore)

I’ve never heard it! Grew up in London, then 7 years in the NE and 25 years in S/W Yorkshire.

Derbyshire! Yes

Common saying here in south yorkshire. 'Shi looked a' mi gaan aart'.

It means like bewilderment. He said he hadn't watched ghostbusters and I looked at him gone out.

Manchester

I'm from the north west and we say it there. I've lived in Yorkshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire and it's quite common there too...so I guess it's just one of those sayings that's fairly generic 🤷‍♀️

It’s whit week (whitsun) here.

Derby here - I’ve never heard anyone say that. I’m inner city though, and note people are responding Derbyshire, so maybe it’s more rural areas?

I have NEVER heard this!

Born and raised in the NW, lived in West Midlands for 30 years... I've never heard this phrase!

I would say this (Midlands)

@RaskolnikovsGarret

Never heard of it at all - grew up in Manchester and live in London. Sounds good though.

Do you think it came from something like ‘she looked at him as if he had gone out of his mind’?

Not sure how you missed it ☺️ You must have had very polite friends 😉

Am as old as the hills, with family all over the country. Never heard this before (Southerner).

My dad says it, he's from Nottinghamshire.

Spring bank holiday, whit week, whitsun. All used growing up. I tend to now say May Half Term or End of May Bank Hol as otherwise some in Brum look at me gone out.