The Dialect Thread

[Rumpole]

melp never fails to be amused with my lancashire dialect and sayings i find them normal she finds them hilarious so what do you say and what do they mean

some of mine are

 

 

i thought you were dead in a ditch (where have you been )

as mad as toast (we buy perfectly good bread and then burn it to make toast how mad is that)

sat here like piffy on a rock bun (left out or forgotten) feck knows who piffy is but ive always said it

Put Th'wood in'th'ole (shut the door)

looks like a bulldog chewin a wasp (sour faced)

 

 

what are yours and what do they mean

[jacqui d]

fecking 'ell - which is gool old glowster for "fecking 'ell"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sorry

[Kathyw]

Pure cockney here.

 

Can't think of any sayings - mostly it is rhyming slang especially Ray.

[Jacobean]

I'm stood here like one of Lewis's - meaning have been forgotten

[Mags]

You'd make a better door than a window - said to my son when he's standing between me and the telly.

 

I should have loads of Irish ones for ya but me head is melted

Edited September 19, 2008 by Mags

[Happylittlegreensquirrel]

one of the Kiwi builders I work with says "I am not here to shag spiders" which means ( he tells me ) I here to work not faff around wasting time/doing nothing

[murtle]

were you born in a barn - for not shutting the door

 

being a better door then window is something my parents used to say to me - and I now say to OH!!

[Jacobean]

I'm going up the wooden hill - upstairs to bed.

[Melp]

I'm stood here like one of Lewis's - meaning have been forgotten

 

 

But who was/is Lewis?

 

"It's black owwer Bills Movvers" is one I've always said but never knew until tonight who Bill was. It means there are dark clouds on the horizon so will probably rain later.

 

"it/they mek yer tabs laff" refers to anything fizzy/sour, like gooseberries, sherbert etc. Makes your ears tingle.

 

"It fair claps rahnd yer tabs duntit" it's cold/windy

[boosboss]

I often say "You won't catch me barking at the postman" which is a variation on 'You don't get a dog and bark yourself' when someone does something without using something to make it easier, like taking the stairs instead of a lift etc

[domino's mum]

I'm stood here like one of Lewis's - meaning have been forgotten

 

 

ohhh i use this one alot when im just standing around waiting like one in lewis's (department store mannequins in lewis's shop window)

[Melp]

To give someone a Croggy- give them a lift on the crossbar of your bicycle.

[Melp]

Mashing-making a pot of tea. "Are yer mashin?

Nesh-someone who is nesh feels the cold more than others.

[Mags]

were you born in a barn

 

The answer to that is - No, a hospital with swinging doors

[lil_angel]

I'm going up the wooden hill - upstairs to bed.

 

We had up the golden stairs to byesbyes land when i was little

 

Say cwtch alot but thats a welsh thing for cuddle

 

Mad as a box of frogs

Edited September 19, 2008 by lil_angel