Things you say that nobody understands.

The Mad Rapper · 27 Nov 2009 at 08:22

UnworthyBean said:
I never understood that, Why?

Because it's of Irish origin.

DampCat · 27 Nov 2009 at 08:28

Nobody in the south got "t'other", "wind yer neck in" "whats the craic" or "nowt"? Did you only speak to idiots?

XeNoN89 · 27 Nov 2009 at 08:44

Me and my group of mates refer to a fit/attractive female as 'a raving sort'

Most other people havn't got a clue what we are on about (including the female)

Trifid · 27 Nov 2009 at 08:55

I said "plus one" once. It didn't go down well.

Beasty · 27 Nov 2009 at 08:59

"mardy"!

h00fzilla · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:01

Snicket or ginnel both rasie eyebrows (both meaning alley/narrow pathway).

No1newts · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:03

Pretty much everything I say

Lived a long while up Newcastle (originally from not far outside Newcastle) and I generally speak quite fast. So everyone I work with never tends to understand me unless I speak really slowly

Mainly for me its "Haway" which means anything from come on, lets go, an objection to what someone says amongst other things depending on the inflection that I put on it.

p4radox · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:07

h00fzilla said:
Snicket or ginnel both rasie eyebrows (both meaning alley/narrow pathway).

YES. That word just doesn't exist anywhere south of Sheffield.

No1newts · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:10

Also do many of you southerners know what a Saveloy is?

There are so many that dont :confused:

MonkeyNews · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:10

I went up to Newcastle the other weekend and used the words 'Job', 'Employment' and 'Working', they had absolutely no comprehension of these words, must be a south thing.

rolleyes:

Im joking of course

)

D.P. · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:10

Yes, but then maybe that is because everyone speaks french here...

XeNoN89 · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:12

No1newts said:
Also do many of you southerners know what a Saveloy is?

There are so many that dont

The sausage like thing you get at the fish and chip shop? I have never met anybody who doesn't know what it is :confused:

jamoor · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:21

XeNoN89 said:
Me and my group of mates refer to a fit/attractive female as 'a raving sort'

Most other people havn't got a clue what we are on about (including the female)

We use the word "I'm truly jealous", word came from superbad.

Gilly · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:24

No1newts said:
Also do many of you southerners know what a Saveloy is?

There are so many that dont

I would guess at a sausage. A saveloy is a southern thing...

Lopéz · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:31

Gilly said:
I would guess at a sausage. A saveloy is a southern thing...

Indeed it is, and indeed it is.

A saveloy is a bright red smooth sausage, usually has a pretty smokey flavour.

Banzai_Joe · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:45

Jonesiani said:
Aye up me duck - Hello

Ark at it - looks like its going to rain

Its a bit black over Bills mothers - Looks like its going to rain

Twist me arm - OK then

No tranlsation required for me here

also:

gerroff aahht on it - bugger off /never

'raight serry? - you ok mate?

I love this one from the scousers;
"Dey do doh, dont dey dohhh!?"
Makes me chuckle as they DO actually say this.....all of em.....bar none.
Not stereotyping of course

Gilly · 27 Nov 2009 at 10:04

k.Jacko said:
gerroff aahht on it - bugger off /never

Do you mean gerrartn'it?

What's the point in the additional syllables?

jakeke · 27 Nov 2009 at 10:12

Up Hanley duck (I don't say it, but it's odd)

KaHn · 27 Nov 2009 at 10:14

geet and pyet

KaHn

KaHn · 27 Nov 2009 at 10:15

k.Jacko said:
I love this one from the scousers;
"Dey do doh, dont dey dohhh!?"
Makes me chuckle as they DO actually say this.....all of em.....bar none.
Not stereotyping of course

Tried getting a scouse girl I know to say this, she just asked me "Huh?" and didn't know what I was getting at

KaHn