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?

"Stopping" and "staying" have interesting regional variations.

Where I am in Yorkshire, 'stopping' means 'staying overnight (or longer)'. As in "We're going down to London and stopping till Thursday."

I was confused initially by the Scottish use of 'stay' to mean 'lives somewhere' as in 'she stays in Edinburgh' - I thought at first it meant the person had lodgings there and a home somewhere else, until I cottoned on that it meant they lived there (which actually makes more logical sense).

Pembrokeshire - they'll talk about how something is 'kift' if it's broken. Never heard it anywhere else!

Also the word 'mankin', used by our young Pembs neighbour to describe a massive crab we found at the beach one day. I think from context it meant big 😂

Glaswegian living in the south east of England for many years and loving being reminded of so many words. I offer you

Shoogly (wobbly)
Chap the door (knock on the door)
Away to the side like Gourock (squint, uneven)
Slaister (messy person)

I call woodlice slaters and say 'amn't I'm, which makes perfect sense. You don't say 'I are', so why say 'aren't I'?

Love all the regional variations. Language is fascinating.

Ah, someone who who speaks proper!

I'm from and in West Yorkshire and have never heard nesh in my entire life, so no, it's not used widely across the North, not this part of the North!
I've always used bimble, as in go for a bimble about!

Just thought of some more!
My dad used to say, "it's looking a bit black over the wifes mothers" for a stormy sky!
Definitely used "cockled over" for my ankle.
And I use summat, nowt and also scran or grub for food!
Daddy long legs are Jimmy spinners!
Squizz is to look at, as in, let's have a squizz?
Sun's cracking the flags, for it's warm.
Put wood in't oyle - shut the door!

I've only recently come across chinny reckon, I love it, but don't understand it!!! Or how I'd use it!
Another one I love and have now started using, I haven't heard since I was a kid, sprauncy, meaning showy! I've even got my friends using it now!!! 🤣

The only besom I’ve ever heard of, is the kind of ‘witch’s’ broom, largely used for sweeping leaves off grass in autumn. Apart from a Halloween accessory, that is!

Oh, just remembered - clype for a tell tale. Greeting instead of crying, also can use bubbling.
I say inchtape instead of tape measure (mentioned by a pp)
Coorie in - to snuggle in.

Besom definitely used when I was growing up - you wee besom!

Another one I've just remembered was "step mother jag" which is the little tear of skin you get on your fingers / cuticles.

I've heard those called "stepmother's blessings".

Toffees for any type of sweet is common around here, maybe more so with older people.

I've only recently come across chinny reckon, I love it, but don't understand it!!! Or how I'd use it!

It's to express disbelief, in the same way you might say, "yeah, right," in sarcastic tones. You can also stroke your chin while doing it. There was some connection to Jimmy Hill, but as my household was TV-free and had no football fans in the '80s (I particularly associate this with the early '80s when i was about 10), I never fully understood that side of things.

I'd love to have that talent.

Yes, we used Chinny Reckon a lot as kids, and I've recently started using it again now.

Also known as a 'Jimmy Waffle On' for the reasons you stated about Jimmy Hill.

Edited to add: Jimmy Hill was a football pundit with a long pronounced chin / jaw and was known for his long, rambling reminiscing and waffling about the Beautiful Game.

@EBearhug that I does

😂Cob nuts to you too.

Black ovver Dick's mother's for dark clouds.
DH says cheesy bugs for woodlice.
Playing wag (playing truant)

I lived in Scotland for a fair while and adopted 'outwith', such a useful word. And the expression 'your coat's hanging on a shoogly peg' is just excellent.

I hadn't heard of "chinny reckon" until I read about it on the internet. We used to say "Aye, pull the other one; it's got bells on".

@Ginkypig
I'd already got my baffies from Watts!
Got her with a few other things too - she was a bit stuck up

In early childhood ... Frock (as in "tha's a reet bobby-dazzler in thon frock")
Later ...Swedgers (as in "gee's wan o yer swedgers").

'Mambo' to describe someone alternative who isn't a Goth or Punk (skater/surfer type of style,) and 'Trendie' to describe someone who changes their style all the time. (Grew up near Oxford in the 2000s.) We also had 'Townie' to describe the fashionable kids, but that was a bit wider spread at the time. Chavs were just coming into being and we had a few Emos. I was a Goth (still am to some extent.) 😁

'Caffle' = hair tangle. Although I'm from the south east, its apparently a Pembrokeshire expression. Turns out my gran's adoptive mother was born there in 1862 - and its something I used for my DD's!

Is it not a word outwith Scotland then?

I thought it was a standard English word!

well I really did think that was a word everyone used!

Apparently squint is a Scottish word too which really confused me when I read it!

also pieces for sandwiches, messages for groceries/shopping.

we’d also say ‘my bit’ or ‘your bit’ to mean the area I/you live.

i also remember telling a story and said someone was ‘stoating about’ and the other person was completely clueless.

i love hearing doric phrases too like loon for boy and quines for girls.

I use mooch a lot. As in going for a mooch around the shops

At work I said "standing there like piffy on a rock bun" and everyone under about 30 was

From lanarkshire in Scotland:

Skelf - splinter
Clap "animal" - pet the animal
Messages - shopping
Drookit - wet
Baltic - cold
Gutties - the p word
Peely wally - pale
Back of "time" - 5/10 past