UK regional variations - What ^don't^ you get about the area you moved to?

[hockeymum]

Following on from the other living overseas thread. I thought I'd start one about regional differences. No flaming!!

Moved from Hampshire to Cardiff. I don't get...

"half an half" on Indian Menus, even the good ones, who has chips with curry?

The Word DAP. It means:-
about my dap - about my build
pair of daps - pair of trainers
set of daps - set of tyres for the car

Saying "Cheer Drive" to the taxi driver, bus driver. I wouldn't like to be called by my profession.

"Alright But!" as a greeting.

Rightyho then, add your regions and your funnies here....

oh had forgotten about those annie and molesworth... as a secondary english teacher you can imagine my interest in the various differences in pronunciation....

No, never heard of parched peas, what are they?

Loving this thread, have also just remembered barmcake for bread roll. Lol at crusty cob, height of poshness according to my Nan, crusty cob with best butter.

argh I've just realised I say "summing" instead of "something" but "somethin" when I'm trying to say it 'properly'!

LOL and

As far as I recall you bought them around this time of year from the kind of things that hot chestnut sellers have, and they were trays of what looked like blackeyed peas roasted and salted.

It's rum oop north.

eidsvold - did you teach in southend? I believe the word "something" is pronounced "saaaarng" there (ime)

Has taken me years to get used to being asked "where do you work to?" or "where's that to?" down here in 'Plymuff'.
They also say "Ch-Oh" which I think is cheerio! but sounds like an odd westcountry bastardisation of ciao!!
Also saying people have gone "up the line" - which means anywhere further north/northeast than Plymouth...

molesworth I'm originally from near Sarfend, and it's "su-ink"!!

LOL!

Maybe it was in Clacton I heard "saaaarng" then!

molesworth - taught in Basildon!!

lived in Shoebury and then moved to Westcliff and then moved to Danbury village outside Chelmsford as dh worked in Chelmsford and then Malden.

from memory my students pronounced it sumfink!!

Parched peas sound quite yummy, should I be ?

you've been all over essex then eidsvold

I was born in Hornchurch but grew up in Colchester (which veers towards a Suffolk accent i.e. 'compooter')

that was in the space of 4 years - 1 year shoebury, 1 year westcliff and almost 2 in danbury. like my flat in shoebury and loved danbury for the space and the country park, country pubs within spitting distance not full of essex boys and girls.

When I lived in Dorset, Where to,was quite common as in Where are the toilets to?

Also had a friend that used to say it's five and twenty past five.

I also went to Lancashire once and got lost and asked someone for directions. " It's just on the right past the guinnel" Thanks, said I, having absolutely no idea what a guinell was!

had a freaky experience in Colchester castle!!

If you find a quick way to get somewhere, is it a short cut or a backdouble?

Gordon bennett, I used to live right next to the castle!

Maldon is beautiful and not at all 'white stiletto'

will start another thread molesworth - and stop hijacking this one.....

ginnel = alley

I have lived all my adult life in big towns and cities until (for reasons too long to go into) I ended up in the wilds of south Lincolnshire.

Loads of odd things here

• Shite public transport (a couple of buses a day if you're lucky)
• People think that places less than 10 miles away are foreign territory
• There are loads of people here who have never been out of the town we live in.
• They say "Toosday" instead of "Tuesday" and "compooter" instead of "computer".
• Everything is done at half the speed I am used to
• Everyone calls one another "duck", even the blokes. DH isn't local either and it really disturbs him

I'm sure there's loads more

We are still here though so it can't be so bad

Cheesyfeet, my brother is near Lincoln, the 'oo' sound is more like a drawn out 'oooooo', isn't it?!

Yup

(Have you done your HACCP's yet [stern])

Sht, rumbled. Thought you might not recognise my scary persona. I WILL* do them.

Having moved to Aberdeenshire 11 years ago now, I have started using some of the phrases I used to find confusing. Such as 'up lift' - to pick up and 'outwith' for outside. The one that always drives me mad though is being asked 'Where do you stay?' rather than 'where do you live?' Somehow it makes it sound so impermanent...

thought of another Cardiff one.

It used to be "Alright bra" which is think is a reference to brother as in bro, meaning any friend. Now its "alright spra!" presume thats the same. That's a Cardiff one, 5 miles up the road it is still "alright But!!"

rolls are called Cobbs here too