To ask if you've ever had a dialect fail

[DizzyZebra]

I think dialect is the right word?

Anyway, I once really offended a girl who was new to my school. I had made friends with her and she invited me to her house, She got changed and i said 'Omg that suits you dead bad!'. Now, As an adult, I agree with her and can see the stupidity in saying something like that, BUT it was something EVERYONE where i lived said when really what they meant was 'That really suits you'.

She imediately looked hurt and i could tell by the look on her face she thought i was back pedaling as i sort of choked and tried to explain, and stuttered through it. I think she realised within a few weeks when she made more friends though.

My Mum also, after moving to the north, became increasingly frustrated one night. Her partners son came downstairs and asked her (As she was folding laundry) if there were any of his pants in there.

She said 'Yeah there are some over in the other pile'

He went over to look and said he couldn't find any, My mum said there were definitely some in there. He searches again and still can't find any. My mum said 'I just this minute put some red pants of yours in there, i know i did! They must be there'

He says 'I don't have any red pants'

My mum marches over, Grabs a pair of red boxers and says 'Look! red pants! See!'

Only for him to fall about laughing as he had actually meant trousers, and everyone here calls them pants, she just didn't know.

I think Catchingmockinbirds was agreeing that twirrrull is indeed the right way to say it

I have trouble all the bloody time.with my Scottish accent here in the south of.England. I once had to phone a patient to ask if he had opened his bowels (as if not I had to give him an enema) - he was most idignant that I had called and wondered why a nurse.was asking if he had opened his bills

hat twirrrull is indeed the right way to say it

scots can't say twirl we have to twurrrull dd had an english friend who had moved here poor laddies name was karl

In the 1960's my Glaswegian mum moved to London and worked in the lingerie
department of a large store. She had particular difficulty being understood whilst promoting (the very fashionable at the time) Berlei Girdle.

She had particular difficulty being understood whilst promoting (the very fashionable at the time) Berlei Girdle.

wouldve been a burly gurdle

not long after we moved to Canada i was asking where a certain shop was, and was told by a colleague:

'it's kitty-corner to the chemist'

WTF thought i !?!?!?

It means diagonally opposite - i rolled up!

yes :o

To a bunch of Aussies: "Can anyone help me plan my route? I really don't know what I'm doing?"

Apparenly, 'root' to an Australian is a shag, so they pronounce 'route' 'rawt' to avoid planning shags on their satnav/GPS.

I am from Scotland and you can imagine my English friends face when during a conversation I said I done rubbish at school cause I went dogging.

Dogging in Scotland means playing truant.

Weans means children
Ginger for anything fizzy and juice for everything else
Butty or piece for sandwich

loops that's really making me laugh !

Not heard of kitty corner but my Gran used to say katy corner to mean diagonaly opposite.

I can't say twirl, or film, or farm and I struggle with poem tbh, I can say it if I concentrate

i cant either tub scots is a very vowelly accent ( is that a word)

emile sande was on graham norton the other night i was expecting a fit like accent but she had a nice aberdeen accent zukie

Ginger must be a west coast thing, it's just a can or tin of juice here (east). I think it was the same when I lived in a more northerly direction. Not as far east as you quines. :)

My d-i-l is of Irish origin.I was visiting and asked where dgc were she replied "My mum brought them to the shops".I said "When were you there?" Apparently brought =took.She also uses 'bold' to mean naughty-I thought she was complimenting dgs on his exploits when she was scolding him

working in the good ole US of A and a colleague invited me for dinner. On Monday some of the lads were jesting with me and telling me she was a lesbian - so what . Any way one of them asked me did she try to touch your fanny ?
I have worked with only lads for many years but thought this was corssing the line, he then tunred round and pointed to his bottom as I pointed to what I thought he meant ! he was horrified!
I am Scot living in Southern ireland and there have been many lost in transalations.
Hot press- airing cupbord
pearer - pencil sharpener
Delph - plates and saucers
Mineral - any soft drink like coke

I also had at Scottish friend who went round Tesco's here looking for Gee - Clarified cooking oil for Indian food .
Though here it is a rude word for ladies privates .
The 16 year old after school worker was horrified and themamanger was called and he couldn't help either. It was only a few days later did it all become clear!

my dad says ginger I don't i cringe when i hear it although i call fizz juice

Re the Scots using the word "stay" for where they live, do they use a different word for when they are living somewhere on a temporary basis ie staying in a hotel or at a friend's house? This has always confused me.

I do think dialect and words change though I say different words to my parents and my dds say different words to us and have a slightly different accent to me , I can switch from Scots to English I am bilingual

no we stay in a hotel too upsy

chop I didn't put a sarcastic face??

We moved from SE to SW. DH's first day at work he came home and said he couldn't understand what any of his colleagues were saying and at one point asked somebody if it was Talk Like a Pirate day. Big at the blank looks and he realised that was their accent. Followed that with a chap who referred to the broom as 'he' or 'him', and the wonderful phrase 'where's it to?' he wondered where on earth we'd ended up

The nursery teacher told me I would need to bring in daps for DD. She must have thought I was a bit simple when I had to get her to explain exactly what it was she wanted. Went in to work and asked them if any of them knew what daps were. All the local-born knew but all the incomers looked blank.