Things that you thought everyone did and said?

[PeppermintPie]

I had this discussion with two friends. One thought that sleeping with the tv on and a light was something that everyone did until she moved out and learned that it wasn’t the norm.

Another thought that everyone used the terms mardy and nesh until she moved here and people had no idea what she meant.

It’s making me wonder what I say that I think of as normal but is actually specific to my area.

What things did you do and say that you thought were ubiquitous?

I would also smooth a cat (or dog) and used to go on the slider when I was a kid.

“I will, yeah” to mean “I absolutely will not”

One of my parents is Australian and so I call flip flops ‘thongs’, much to the amusement of my friends as a kid.

Many years ago I was leaving the flat and said ‘hoo-roo’ to my then long term partner who looked at me as though I was utterly insane. Apparently I’d never said it in front of them before.

Ditto occasionally outbursts of ‘too easy', 'get your togs', 'it's bushweek', 'he's a two pot screamer' which all just come out naturally from my mouth but not into people's ears here it seems 😅

@TheRomanticOutlaw I was married to a man from South Wales. When he said 'I'll do it now' it meant I might think about it again some time in the distant future, or I might not. In either case I will forget about it instantly and I have no intention of ever actually doing anything about it.

When you said smoothing the cat I guessed you were Welsh. It's also said in Swansea.

Curry half n half. Curry with rice and chips. Another Welsh saying and lush it is too.

Mafted/mafting meaning hot,
Lark or larking for playing,
Packing up for packed lunch,
Croggie meaning a ride on the back of someone's bike,
Bread cake,
Clemmed for thirsty
Skeg for a look
Nebby for nosy

I didn't realise until I got married that not everyone knows that a 'skelf' is a splinter.

There was a whole scene in Gavin and Stacey obout this!

Clapping the dog/cat isn't universal. It's a Glasgow/Scottish thing.

Neither is budgied. Meaning your trousers are too short.

Well, yes — that’s the point of the thread! Things you thought were universal because you came from a place where everyone said it, before realising they were region-specific.

I’m Devon born and bred but haven’t heard smoothing the cat before! It does sound very much like something mine would enjoy, I may well start 🤣

@FishStreet I know that's the point of the thread, that's why I commented.

Jiffling. Norfolk for fidgeting.

"Stop raunging about" when I was little meant stop wriggling and twitching! That was Manchester.

This is all over Liverpool as well. It quickly became one of my favourites when I moved here as a teenager.

In Norfolk years ago splinters were 'shivers' - which meant that 'shiver my timbers' actually had a meaning beyond just being comedy pirate talk.

Bishy Barnabees, Dodmans, Dwiles . . .

No it's not! I'm from the NW and have never heard it before.
I love the sound of smoothing the cat, though!

Someone I know who’s from Manchester is always going on ‘a bimble/bimbling about’

i think it means’going for a leisurely walk’

Budgied to me means trousers too tight

I'm from Kent and would say that. Is that not a universal? I would have thought it was.

Lancs words I introduced my DH to:
Tup - headbutt gently
Scryke - cry (definitely used in Corrie!)
Ginnel - alleyway.

He also didn't know what "close" meant the first time I said it. As in "the weather is close today" basically humid. I don't think that's a regional thing, though.

I've never heard 'bimble' - read it on various boards from time to time and worked it out from context. Knew 'nesh' and 'mardy' from Lorna Hill's ballet-themed books for girls.

Had never heard of smoothing the cat either, but it makes total and utter sense and have been explaining and demonstrating to Rosy and Oscar, who approve.

Wed say "give me a love" in the West Midlands where I am too, Also hands are donnies

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