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

295 replies

Lunificent · 07/01/2022 20:43

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?

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Talkwhilstyouwalk · 07/01/2022 22:19

Never heard it but quite like it, might look for an opportunity to drop it into conversation....

JeSuis · 07/01/2022 22:22

I'm from NI but have lived in the SW England, SE England, Central belt of Scotland and the Highlands. I had absolutely NO idea what it meant when I opened this thread.

ashorterday · 07/01/2022 22:22

Midlands

mum2jakie · 07/01/2022 22:22

Staffordshire - we use it frequently here!

DrFoxtrot · 07/01/2022 22:23

I've lived in Lancashire all my life and have never heard it anyone say it. I had no idea what it meant.

Phrenologistsfinger · 07/01/2022 22:30

Never heard this before, wouldn’t have had a clue!

Herecomesthesun70 · 07/01/2022 22:31

@MatildaJayne

Oo, thanks OP, a new phrase. Never heard of it, from Bristol. Bet you don’t say ‘cheers drive!’ Grin
We use cheers drive here GrinSWales
IToldYouIWasFreaky · 07/01/2022 22:31

I've never heard of it (born and bred South East) but just consulted with DP, who's from Northampton and he knows what it means. I've never heard him or his family/friends use it though!

sadpapercourtesan · 07/01/2022 22:32

My dad's partner is from Nottingham and says this! Never heard anyone else say it.

Snowiscold · 07/01/2022 22:35

I’m from Yorkshire and have never heard this expression.

Bivvy · 07/01/2022 22:36

Derbyshire definitely

PheasantsNest · 07/01/2022 23:00

West Midlands hear it all the time.

Rillette · 07/01/2022 23:02

My favourite weird Midlands slang is 'mowed out' (sounds like cow). If a shop is mowed out it is full of people.

LawnFever · 07/01/2022 23:06

I grew up in Northamptonshire and I’d use that phrase.

imnottoofussed · 07/01/2022 23:07

I'm from south Manchester and have never heard it in my 40 plus years

LawnFever · 07/01/2022 23:07

@Rillette

My favourite weird Midlands slang is 'mowed out' (sounds like cow). If a shop is mowed out it is full of people.
I grew up in the Midlands and I’ve never heard that phrase in my life, is that more West mids?
Chloemol · 07/01/2022 23:10

We say it, next county, and people where my aunt lives ( North) also say it

NoWordForFluffy · 07/01/2022 23:11

Me neither, LawnFever, totally new to me!

Bimblybomeyelash · 07/01/2022 23:13

Never heard of it! My 5 year old is obsessed with how Americans say things differently, and that they don’t therefore speak English. I tell her that there are just as many differences between the regions of the UK than there are between us and Americans!

WhatICallMyUsername · 07/01/2022 23:18

East Yorkshire here and I hear it frequently! I only say it myself if I aren't concentrating and lapse as I don't like it Grin

BonnyEm · 07/01/2022 23:20

Another yes from the Midlands

Kite22 · 07/01/2022 23:20

West Midlands. Means looking at someone as if to say, 'Seriously?!

This ^
I'm in West Midlands and it is a common expression when you gawp at someone who has just said something so completely ridiculous you can't believe they said it.

Calling the May/June 1/2 term Holiday either 'Whit Week' (referring to Whitsun) or the 'Spring Bank Holiday' are pretty normal here too - though I think here assuming it is "springbank" as one word, and a standalone word at that, might just be your friend. Smile

DanceForeverUnderTheLights · 07/01/2022 23:34

57Letitsnoooow
In South Wales we would say, ‘looked at him gone off’ which is what I thought you meant to say.
Not heard of ‘gone out'

Same

BornOnTwelfthNight · 07/01/2022 23:39

I grew up in Northamptonshire but have never heard either of those phrases.

XiCi · 07/01/2022 23:40

@itrytomakemyway

A very common phrase in the North West
It really isn't. Have never heard it before.
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