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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Hi all.
I'm a northerner living down south.
Is there any phrases or sayings either way that people you live, work with or know hesr you say and are like errr that's wrong.
Either way north to south or south to north.
I'm Cumbrian and I get looked at like I've got two heads when i finish wuk and ask to go yam |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Good luck getting mushy peas and gravy  "
I know fecking madness.
I can get a meat and tattie pie in Gregg's back home but not a sniff here in Southampton |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I get so confused when people say dinner instead of lunch and tea and mean dinner.
Probably an obvious one.
I also used to get confused with mardy lmao. |
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"It’s Barth not baffth.
Daily argument in my house on who is saying it right!
I remember this as a child, if mum was doing it it was a bath and if dad was doing it it was a barth."
It get the kids telling me I'm saying it wrong too. They are always correcting me. It's very annoying! |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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I'm a Southerner up North(ish) and people get confused by the whole dinner/tea thing a lot. And just my general accent when I say certain things - bath has already been mentioned. People say mithering up here and I always forget what that means. |
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"It’s Barth not baffth.
One is the city the other is the baffth tub 
Now I’m confused..."
It’s how it is pronounced, some same it the same way for the town and bath tub, but there is a difference
Town - you are going to Barth put on your posh voice
Tub - you are going for a baffth in your normal twang
in my world anyway  |
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"I’m a Northerner down south too and yep too many to mention. Even my kids are laugh at some of the things I say
I get the same ‘mam that’s not how you say it’
I hate being called 'mam' "
I’ve had them all, he changes frequently... mum has started slipping back in 
My fault though mam, as that’s what I call mine |
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I go to the shops via a ginnel.
A greeting round here would be "y'alright cock (or cocker)"
Y'reet?
Mardy = bad tempered
Cup of char = cup of tea
Nesh = wimpy
Chuck = can be "to throw" or a term of endearment (can substitute cock/cocker above)
There's tons more |
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"Hi all.
I'm a northerner living down south.
Is there any phrases or sayings either way that people you live, work with or know hesr you say and are like errr that's wrong.
Either way north to south or south to north.
I'm Cumbrian and I get looked at like I've got two heads when i finish wuk and ask to go yam "
I'm a southerner up north. One day a colleague asked me if I liked parking (parkin)? I told her I didn't drive. All my colleagues laughed. How was I supposed to know it's a bloody dessert |
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By * and BCouple
over a year ago
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"Mrs F moved from South to up here in Durham. The look on her face when she first heard me saying "Where ya gannin man woman" 
What's that mean?"
Howay man. Yer only in Leeds
Where ya gannin man woman-where are you going good lady |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a Southerner up North(ish) and people get confused by the whole dinner/tea thing a lot. And just my general accent when I say certain things - bath has already been mentioned. People say mithering up here and I always forget what that means. "
I say that. Stop mithering. Nobody knows what it means down here |
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"Hi all.
I'm a northerner living down south.
Is there any phrases or sayings either way that people you live, work with or know hesr you say and are like errr that's wrong.
Either way north to south or south to north.
I'm Cumbrian and I get looked at like I've got two heads when i finish wuk and ask to go yam
I'm a southerner up north. One day a colleague asked me if I liked parking (parkin)? I told her I didn't drive. All my colleagues laughed. How was I supposed to know it's a bloody dessert "
This made me giggle |
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