Do you know of any local sayings. I hear them from time to time. Examples are:
'If you'd a square arse, you'd shite bricks.'
'If your granny had balls she'd have been your granda.'
'She wasn't bullied at the trough.' (referring to a plump lady).
Feel free to post your own if you can be arsed.
Nesh- meaning effeminate. Especially refers to an action by a man. Eg A bloke who wears pink shirts could be said to be 'nesh'. However it does not mean gay.
Janners = Devonshire chavs.
Quote: Nigel Kelly @ January 12 2009, 9:29 PM GMTFeel free to post your own if you can be arsed.
"Can't be arsed" = not susceptible to anal sex.
toh = darn right
One of my favourite sayings is "Play the white man," meaning to be fair. Great for annoying liberals or black people.
Quote: chipolata @ January 13 2009, 10:17 AM GMTOne of my favourite sayings is "Play the white man," meaning to be fair. Great for annoying liberals or black people.
On which subject, a music hall monologue enjoyed by our forbears:
http://monologues.co.uk/Dramatic/Whitest_Man_I_Know.htm
They don't write them like that anymore.
From round these here parts (Teesside / Yorkshire)
"Nithered" or "nitheration" = cold. "Eeee it's nitheration out there!"
"Mafted" = hot. "Eee I'm bloody mafted, turn that fire off!"
"Moy" = mouth. "Shut yer moy"
"Midden" = untidy house. "Have you seen her house, it's a bloody midden!"
"Blart" = female genitalia. "Show us yer blart".
"Owt fer nowt" = something for nothing. "I just got this Cliff Richard album from the booty for 10p. Owt fer nowt".
"Radged" = sexually promiscuous. "She's f**kin' radged, that one."
"Our lass" = my spouse / partner.
"Owee" = come on / come here / please. "Aw owee, just one more pint".
"Naw" = "no"
"Neb" = nose. "Keep yer neb out".
"Our mam / our dad" = my mother / father
"owld" = old
"Yerjokinarnyer?" = "I don't believe you."
"palatic" = drunk
"Gadgie / gadge" = male friend. "Now then gadge, how's it going?"
"Chor" = male friend. "Now then chor, how's it going?"
"Geggs" = spectacles. "Look at that geggsy twat"
"erry up" = "hurry up"
God I could go on forever. Perhaps I'll write a book, for all the geggsy twats.
Quote: chipolata @ January 13 2009, 10:17 AM GMTOne of my favourite sayings is "Play the white man," meaning to be fair. Great for annoying liberals or black people.
<pedantry>In urban slang to 'play' anyone means the complete opposite. It means to trick or hand the recipient their arse on a plate. So in urban circles, i.e black, to play the white man would be a triumph not an annoyance.</pedantry>
Quote: oldcowgrazing @ January 13 2009, 11:45 AM GMTIn urban slang to 'play' anyone means the complete opposite. It means to trick or hand the recipient their arse on a plate. So in urban circles, i.e black, to play the white man would be a triumph not an annoyance.
Never happen though, would it? A black man outsmarting a white man? 
Quote: chipolata @ January 13 2009, 11:47 AM GMTNever happen though, would it? A black man outsmarting a white man?
Quote: roscoff @ January 12 2009, 11:28 PM GMTA bloke who wears pink shirts could be said to be 'nesh'.
I am nesh!
Quote: chipolata @ January 13 2009, 10:17 AM GMTOne of my favourite sayings is "Play the white man," meaning to be fair. Great for annoying liberals or black people.
Quote: chipolata @ January 13 2009, 11:47 AM GMTNever happen though, would it? A black man outsmarting a white man?
I knew you'd enjoy that!
Back home in Scotland we say "ken" instead of know (as in "d'yeh ken Dave?") which confuses Geordies round here cos ken means house apparently. We also say "how?" meaning "why?" for some reason (as in a shortened version of "how come?") which also confuses people.
I've lived here for so long now that my accent has become this weird kind of crossbreed that is unrecognisable to both parties.
What about the Geordie use of the word "How"? Don't they use it in the same way native Americans use it? Maybe I've just read too many Sid the Sexist comic strips?