Northern Version
The dialect divide, an ongoing pursuit from the North "reet" down to the South of England. 6 hours driving can open up one hell of a can of worms, especially when it comes to local slang. You don't want to look like a right div when you misconstrue one word from another.
Tea - Evening Meal
"Its pie and mash for Tea"
Dinner - Lunchtime Meal
"I'm going to work through dinner"
Giz' A Bell - Give me a call sometime
"Giz' a bell when you get this voicemail"
Ey up Cock - Greeting with a term of endearment
"Ey up Cock, how are you?"
Pants - Trousers
"He's got an 'ole in his jeans, needs a new pair of pants"
Ginnel - A small alleyway
"Just cut through the ginnel at the back o' me 'ouse"
'R' Kid - Brother or sister
"You should of seen what I got 'R' Kid this christmas"
Barm or bap - bread rolls
"I'll have sausage barm pet"
Black over Bills Mothers - It's going to rain
"eh it's looking black over bills mothers, going to pour down later"
Radgie - Temper tantrum
"His daughter's throwing a radgie cause she couldn't have an ice-cream"
See your ass - Pissed off
"He saw his ass cause his bird had a radgie, like"
Ta-ta or Ta-rah - Goodbye
"ta-ta, see you later"
Led - Laying
"Just led on the sofa, watching TV"
Chuddy - chewing gum
"Giz a chuddy lad"
Tight That - Horrible
"Nah you hit him, that's tight that"
Angin' - Horrible/Disgusting
"This cocktail is angin', tastes like crap"
Ewt - Anything
"ewt for a fiver or na"
Newt - nothing
"newt for me 'ere"
Hope this helps some expecting Southern s who find themselves up 'ere' in the land of the North.
Truth B Told
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