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 live not far from Southampton. We definitely use the term smoothing a cat so no idea what this other person found so funny.

Gambol for forward roll. Didn't realise it wasn't universal until a friend told me she'd told her husband one of the kids had done a gambol and him,not being from the West Midlands,looked at her like she was drunk.

Also sherbet dips don't contain sherbet, they contain (don't know how to spell it) kayli

is calling slaters cheesylogs odder than calling them monkeypeas?

or not?

I find it interesting that they are creatures that have so many distinctive names - on some level they seem to matter to people. Top Tip - never eat one, they taste vile.

My dad is a chemistry teacher. Growing up, if I was asked how many of something there were, and I don’t know the answer but it’s a lot, I thought it was normal to say “n”. As in, “How many kids were in your year at school?” “I don’t know, there were n of them!”

Turns out it’s a specific chemistry term my dad thought would benefit from wider usage 🙄

Use the work cruckle when your walking and your ankle gives way or you slightly fall off a kerb ect

Used it all our lives where I come from and Mrs very common. Moved to a town 40 miles away and no one had ever heard of it. When I moved up here people used the word gorp for someone being silly or an idiot, prior to moving up here I'd never heard of it 😅

I live in Bury and my friend in Rochdale so literally a few miles between and she used cruckled which I'd never heard of but now love to use. To go over on your ankle.

@DeanElderberry that’s where I learned Nesh and Mardy too!

I thought bimble was quite universal. I was surprised how few people used the word “inchtape” to refer to a measuring tape. I think that may be generational rather than regional, though.

I was born and raised in Southampton and say smoothing the cat. It was plimsolls for me but moving to Somerset its become daps

Ooh my reply needs looking at 😂

I was literally typing when you posted the same

@SwankyPants Did you mention the P word? 😁

Thanks for explaining, I was baffled!

Gambol I would hear as aimless physical movement not a specific thing - you could do a forward roll as part of gambolling though

@DeanElderberry @AveAtqueVale

Not skelf but spelk for a splinter north east - got to have had the same root surely!

I thought forward rolls were roly polies or whatever way they are spelt.

I'm from Suffolk and thought everyone would know what "on the huh" would mean. It means not level.

Roly poly can also be sideways on down a hillside ?

“I’ll do it now in a minute" sounds like a cousin of the Devonian phrase “I’ll be there dreckly” and the Yorkshire saying “I won’t be many minutes”.

Really? That word? Hilarious 😂 😃 😄

DD and her classmates call woodlice “roly polies”.

I thought forward rolls were roly polies or whatever way they are spelt.

Same origin as 'gambolling'?

As in 'The puppy came gambolling from the house'

Interesting my Kids are Mancs and use it as does DH and he's from Preston. When I lived in West Yorkshire it was used as well.

Are MN automatically taking down every post that mentions plimsolls?

Or pumps as we call them.

Oh yes, they are! 😂

Can I offer “blech”? North London Jewish. Means pale or pasty looking.

My Irish relatives say "come and give me a fondy," meaning hug or cuddle. Don't know if it's common in Ireland or just my family!