Things you say that nobody understands.
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The greatest regional taboo is the crazy variations of words for teacake, I mean cob?! wtf?
Bacon in a teacake:
Cob is a bread bun up here.
Bacon cob.
KaHn
Lol I know what you mean
How to confuse a non south african? say 'now now' or 'just now'
When I first moved to the UK, this was the one term I thought very odd. In the UK it's just a greeting, in SA you would say this to someone who looks very ill or overdosed on drugs. A term of concern.
englishman: You alright?
me: umm yes, why you ask? I'm fine, can't you see?
Derby words no-one seemed to get
Cob - a roll (sarnie)
Jitty - Alleyway
The word i was most shocked to find not all people knew down south was Mardy.
Having moved to south africa i have stopped using a lot of words because they just had no idea what i meant. I now speak a bastardised queens english and south african
they call traffic lights Robots here
this will help you with the lingo South African slang words
They are all very well known in SA
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for pronunciation dear boy!
we do actually say 'gerroff aaahhht on it'
What you doing back dude, thought you'd boogered off?
I moved up here when I was a kid from London. It has been an education 
Choob/tube - idiot
Bam/Bam pot - idiot - 'fit a bam min'
Min - chum/mate - 'Alreet min'
Abody - Everyone
Awa - Away - 'Awa bien the hoose' - I'm off home, you get yourself off home
Braw - great
Cannae - Can't
Nae - won't/not - 'Am nae daeing at' - I'm not going to do that
Dief - deaf - 'Ye deaf min?'
Dee'd - Dead
Wisnae - Wasn't - 'At wisnae me' - It wasn't me / I didn't do it
The Morn's Morn - Tomorrow morning
Heid - Head
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Choob/tube - idiot
Bam/Bam pot - idiot - 'fit a bam min'
Min - chum/mate - 'Alreet min'
Abody - Everyone
Awa - Away - 'Awa bien the hoose' - I'm off home, you get yourself off home
Braw - great
Cannae - Can't
Nae - won't/not - 'Am nae daeing at' - I'm not going to do that
Dief - deaf - 'Ye deaf min?'
Dee'd - Dead
Wisnae - Wasn't - 'At wisnae me' - It wasn't me / I didn't do it
The Morn's Morn - Tomorrow morning
Heid - Head
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What I've never understood is why Northerners Have Breakfast, Dinner and Tea...
IT'S ALL WRONG! - Say it properly, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Bloody Northerners
The correct way of saying it depends when you have your main meal.
If you have a the largest meal around noon you say Breakfast, Dinner and Tea.
If you have the largest meal around 6pm you say Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
I've always wondered what the difference was so did some googling. There's the obvious North/Sounds divide, however both are correct/incorrect if you see what I mean.
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"Alright bach"
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Gonnae no do that, ya wee baw bag?
Yeah.
Yeah.
You mean that the smaller meal is at lunch time, and that the larger meal is at dinner time?
for pronunciation dear boy!
we do actually say 'gerroff aaahhht on it'
What you doing back dude, thought you'd boogered off?
It should be pronounced gerrartn'it! You lot are half-arsed, no wonder not even the southerners want you
Nah, never went anywhere, just don't have the time to dedicate to being a part of the mod team any more.
The 'alright?' thing confused me when I first arrived (from Aus) and to be honest still does. Not quite sure what the correct response is, I've heard people say 'alright' back but it just feels so so wrong so I tend to go with fine thanks. Like they accidentally missed the first three words from 'how are you, alright?' TNT magazine usually has a letter from some newbie antipodean every couple of months similarly struggling.
Most of the stuff here I think I'd understand, but not sure how much that is due to working with a couple of northerners or due to australian english being influenced by people from all over the UK + ireland (+ europe/asia). Nowt was fine, though I had to think abuot what 'owt' meant the first time I heard it.
I'd probably call it breakfast lunch and tea, but you'd go be going out to dinner if you were going to a restaurant.
Just to add one to this list, we use root as a synonym for shag. The british pronunciation of router therefore is quite amusing
Most of the stuff here I think I'd understand, but not sure how much that is due to working with a couple of northerners or due to australian english being influenced by people from all over the UK + ireland (+ europe/asia). Nowt was fine, though I had to think abuot what 'owt' meant the first time I heard it.
I'd probably call it breakfast lunch and tea, but you'd go be going out to dinner if you were going to a restaurant.
Just to add one to this list, we use root as a synonym for shag. The british pronunciation of router therefore is quite amusing
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Owt, as in the opposite of Nowt
Nowt - Nothing
Out - Anything
Nowt - Nothing
Out - Anything
This! I was born down south but my dads family is from Harrowgate. No end of now thens going on when I get up to visit or get a call.
I also say "aboot" from South Park Canadians not many people understand that.