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AIBU to ask for your local sayings?

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Minorityreports · 18/10/2019 19:25

I just looked down at my almost empty bottle of wine and thinking of the long night ahead said aloud (I live alone - not sure whether that makes it better or worse)... 'WELL THAT'S NOT GOING TO LAST ME PISSING TIME'.
I had it said before I realised it haha.

Love to hear your other little colloquialisms/madness/things yer Ma says that you still say

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CravingCheese · 18/10/2019 19:34

Hm, Idk. I'm not a native speaker but I can't translate?
it hails cats
dumb like bread
you wanted a bike so you need to paddle

Suff like that?

BeeFarseer · 18/10/2019 19:35

Yer ma on toast.

CravingCheese · 18/10/2019 19:37

I could.
not can't.
And stuff. Not Suff... (seeing as we aren't talking about consuming alcohol...)

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HowlsMovingBungalow · 18/10/2019 19:39

'Where too?'
'Yer tiz'

ShinyMe · 18/10/2019 19:42

Round here - 'nesh' (someone who feels the cold), 'mardy' (stroppy/grumpy for no reason), 'it's black over Bill's mother's' (it's going to rain/storm on the way)

KatieKat88 · 18/10/2019 19:48

@ShinyMe - Manchester/Cheshire way? I say all of that and people where I live now don't know what I'm on about 😂

MissConductUS · 18/10/2019 19:49

"fuhgeddaboudit" is a New York classic that went into the OED in 2016.

Alloftheboys · 18/10/2019 19:49

@ShinyMe Derbyshire

Loveislandaddict · 18/10/2019 19:49

Round here, all shop cashiers end transactions by saying, ‘See you later’ instead of ‘bye’. Never noticed this in the place I used to live. The phrase isn’t itself unusual, just the frequency of use.

Catapillarsruletheworld · 18/10/2019 19:49

Where’s that to?

Used to properly confuse me when I first moved here!

SometimesMaybe · 18/10/2019 19:52

Used to work with a woman who said “do you think I came up the Lagan in a bubble” Which I quite liked, but I don’t have the NI accent to carry it off.

ContinuityError · 18/10/2019 19:54

“Whose dog? Twice Sundays.”

Generally used instead of “I have no idea what you’re on about”.

1Morewineplease · 18/10/2019 19:54

Bostin

dexterslockedintheshedagain · 18/10/2019 19:56

@Catapillarsruletheworld are you in Wales, perchance?
"I'll be there now"

dexterslockedintheshedagain · 18/10/2019 19:57

And @1Morewineplease you must be in The Black Country!

Iliketosmile · 18/10/2019 19:58

I'll not be home while 6.

ShinyMe · 18/10/2019 19:58

I'm Derbyshire, yes.

northernknickers · 18/10/2019 20:02

@ShinyMe I came on to say all of those 😂

Cheshire born and bred (but now live further south...and they don't understand some of my sayings 😂)

weebarra · 18/10/2019 20:03

Pure shan man!

SpotlessMind · 18/10/2019 20:05

Shy bairns get nowt

elephantoverthehill · 18/10/2019 20:05

'Cheers Drive' - compulsory in Bristol when getting off a bus or out of a taxi.

Babybel90 · 18/10/2019 20:07

I’ll show my arse in Fenwick’s window

Gimmechipschocolateandcake · 18/10/2019 20:09

'I will, yeah'
On yer bollocks
Christ on a bike
My word

wanderings · 18/10/2019 20:10

“God’s waiting room.”

Applied to this town with a large retired population.

Gimmechipschocolateandcake · 18/10/2019 20:11

Come here till I tell ya
Sure it's only me
Tight bastard wouldn't spend Christmas
Go on ta fuck
Bollocks to that
No you're grand
Ye tight cunt
How r ya cunt

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