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Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:

You should ask Dame Ann... she has some great local words....

Dathered and dithered...means cold 

what is fettle..... how are you

Az gaan yam fer a wesh!..I'm going for a wash

Asser garn marra?, I'm going mate

Giv owa...give over or behave 

 

I still love that one and still can't get me head aroond it 

FM
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by sprout:

Does *Am gaan t the bog* mean anything to anyone?  

Yes...... I am going to the loo

aye

 

The North East has got some mint sayings I don't know if I can pick a fave, but 'haddaway and shite' is definitely up there  

YAY! That famous firm of solicitors  

FM
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:

You should ask Dame Ann... she has some great local words....

Dathered and dithered...means cold 

what is fettle..... how are you

Az gaan yam fer a wesh!..I'm going for a wash

Asser garn marra?, I'm going mate

Giv owa...give over or behave 

 

A common one from my mam "Ahm nithered!"

 

I live in the East End(ish) of That Lundun now, and I dunno what lercal sayings they have heeya

SazBomb
Originally Posted by SazBomb:

oh and: 

 

hacky - filthy

clarty - muddy

hoyin' down - chucking down with rain

stottin' down - when its raining so hard its bouncing off the ground, and as explanation:

stott - bounce

claggy - sort of sticky, like when you eat toffee and your teeth get all stuck together and stuff

Yay Saz!    

FM
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:

You should ask Dame Ann... she has some great local words....

Dathered and dithered...means cold 

what is fettle..... how are you

Az gaan yam fer a wesh!..I'm going for a wash

Asser garn marra?, I'm going mate

Giv owa...give over or behave 

 

A common one from my mam "Ahm nithered!"

 

I live in the East End(ish) of That Lundun now, and I dunno what lercal sayings they have heeya

 

 

West Cumbrian Saz...world of our own 

Dame_Ann_Average
Originally Posted by sprout:
Originally Posted by sandra:

not sure if its local , but my mam called boobies poutsies   me and my sis still do to this day 

Hehe! I can't remember what me and my mam called them.........I think it was 'my chest'  Ive had a sheltered upbringing 

omg am laffin here , i can still hear her saying  look at that whore in distress wi her poutsies hanging out  ........... she was talking about jaqueline bissett lol 

sandra
Originally Posted by sprout:
Originally Posted by SazBomb:

oh and: 

 

hacky - filthy

clarty - muddy

hoyin' down - chucking down with rain

stottin' down - when its raining so hard its bouncing off the ground, and as explanation:

stott - bounce

claggy - sort of sticky, like when you eat toffee and your teeth get all stuck together and stuff

Yay Saz!    

All things I miss being able to say without people looking at me like I'm an eejit

SazBomb
Originally Posted by sandra:
Originally Posted by sprout:
Originally Posted by sandra:

not sure if its local , but my mam called boobies poutsies   me and my sis still do to this day 

Hehe! I can't remember what me and my mam called them.........I think it was 'my chest'  Ive had a sheltered upbringing 

omg am laffin here , i can still hear her saying  look at that whore in distress wi her poutsies hanging out  ........... she was talking about jaqueline bissett lol 

We just didn't know how to go about things........you know 

FM

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