accents

[stylinsam]

what accents / sayings do u say? that no other town/county says ?

e.g rugeleyboy pointed out earlier stokeys (where im from) say! cheps instead of chips which is very true!

got some cheps wrapped up in t sentinel!!

[sophie_1003]

possibly...I'm from Warwickshire, Rugby to be precise! My Grandma has a funny thing of saying coyin for coin and some people seem to say "dee" instead of day on the end of weekdays e.g.) Tuesdee. But apart from that I haven't noticed anything..but then again I don't suppose you do if you live there!

[whiskeysheri]

LOL sophie! He's originally from Walsall, so I'm guessing it's that then? :o)

[mccfluff]

Whiskey, i live in tamworth and they are just as bad here, when i lived in bristol it was lush, everything was grt lush

[whiskeysheri]

LOL! He's in Rugeley now, mccfluff! :o)

[joko]

sophie - stephen fry says 'dee' for days, so it can't be that bad lol

some scousers say learnt me and borrow me too

they also call people LAA - just at the end of sentences, which i believe means lad - they also say ma and da for mum and dad - though that come from ireland first.

[Pippa68]

Don't older Stokeys say 'Chayze' instead of 'cheese'? I used to live nearby & noticed this quite a lot!

When I lived in Manchester people used the word 'mithered' quite often eg ''I can't be mithered''. A good insult was calling someone a 'Pie can'..which I adored, LOL. My new neighbour comes from Swansea and says ''Isn't it'' after every sentence..this is supposed to be quite common, but hadn't noticed my Welsh relatives doing it before.

[YvonneM]

We use a word in Notts - 'mardy' and I can't think of anything else to replace it I t means a combination of not to join in to be a spoil sport and being sulky

[whiskeysheri]

I just knew there was another one that irritated the **** off me (not that I've been sitting there thinking 'bout it, LOL!)!

I'm not sure whether it's a regional thing or whether he's actually stupid, but he says 'squoze' instead of 'squeezed'!

Grrr...

LOL! :o)

[whiffey]

My b/f is from Newcassle, and he keeps saying things like ten fifteen aaeeemm ! Just like Ant 'n Dec the noo. You gotta luv em.

"The Noo" is the best of all time, I am addicted to it.

[wonder years]

in hartlepool you can be a div, a doyle and a ding, which means your a bit daft, and you can be shan which means your not being fair.

[fatmanlevi04]

Zorro I'm a mackem and exactly what is the "shees" in what you said

[Nummy]

zorro...i'm makcem too. i've heard 'wees keys are these keys' ...but not shees.

canny - many and varied meanings (very handy word!!!)

going for a 'plodge' at the seaside

getting covered in 'clarts'

i'm garn yem (going home)
( the geordie version is gannin yem)

and i think 'getting wrong' is particular to the north east too (getting told off)

and fish and chips is a 'fish lot' (but i'm not too sure how local that is)

[wonder years]

in hartlepool we say going for a ploddge, and getting coverded in clarts, and we say canny as well

[sophie_1003]

aught or naught was always one my dad said, dunno if thats regional or not!

[lankeela]

Getting wrong is also a Norfolk phrase, and if there are two of you, they might say 'come on now together'.

A friend from Wales always starts a phone call with 'hello there, its Ray it is'

[jno]

I love the way people from different places say different things instead of all talking estuary English (or worse, American). Sorry to see some people grumbling that it's wrong or downmarket. Let diversity flourish!

[joe el]

im from leeds west yorkshire and i dident realise how many things we say that people from outher countys dont
like im off tut shop or darn for down tha for you duwin for doing ars for hows nar for now etc