Wheer's me coo-ert?

[TheAverageJoanne]

Heard at a school reunion tour today!

I live in a area with local words for things that are sadly dying out.
When I was young we all spoke like this. A nappy was a hippen - now kids are more likely to say diaper 😪

I never heard ‘hippen’ before. Love the variety of words.
Shakespeare uses diaper too (to refer to a cloth). It’s one of those older English words that was retained in America but died out in the UK.

Several years ago we were visiting wales (live in midlands) and went into an information centre to ask if they sold kites. The lady on the till looked a bit puzzled but replied in her northern accent that she would check. She came back out with a coat! Lots of laughs all round as we discussed our regional accents

I am from Northumberland, so not a proper Geordie, but I can pretty much tell which village a fellow Northumbrian comes from as soon as they speak. It isn't just the accent but the wonderful sense of humour and approach to life that the older people around me had that I remember fondly. It is a difficult accent to reproduce/ understand if you aren't a native.
"Divvent gan doon theeor" means "don't go down there" for example.