Examples Of Your Local Dialect

[MMXII]

We have various lovely terms here from the humble toilet and WC to others such as loo, lavvy, bog and the most fragrant term of all......The Cludgie.
Back in the middle ages in Edinburgh when folks still used a chamber pot they would empty it by tipping it out the window after first shouting a warning "gird eloo" which meant watch out below. If you heard that you didn't stop to look up to see who was shouting

And you sure wouldn't open your mouth if you did look up.

For the babies we call the restroom the "potty". I had a friend that called it the Loo...she was an Air Force brat so I'm sure they had a tour of duty in your part of the world.

 

[FifeRover]

And you sure wouldn't open your mouth if you did look up.

bleearchhh! That's too horrible to even think about lol

For the babies we call the restroom the "potty". I had a friend that called it the Loo...she was an Air Force brat so I'm sure they had a tour of duty in your part of the world.

I love that term, Air Force Brat and Army Brat, for some silly reason it always makes me smile

 

[Tumbleweed64]

I know of grown men who still say they have to go "potty"

 

[MMXII]

I know of grown men who still say they have to go "potty"

 

[Abiel]

Are you yorkshire or suffolk or just very good with dialects?? Your examples are superb.My attempts are based on geordie though I'm not one.

Live in Suffolk. Born and bred Yorkshire. I loev dialect, but I struggle to include it in my day to day speech. I have a book called 'Basic Broad Yorkshire'- a proper language primer, and also several other dialect books, including 'Ee by gum, Lord!' Bible stories in Yorkshire dialect.

 

[Abiel]

In my family, if you are about to visit the toilet it is usual to announce 'I am going to visit my auntie.'

As in Auntie Lou.

If you are missing for a long time, somebody will say 'he's writing his will'

 

[candleflame]

Live in Suffolk. Born and bred Yorkshire. I loev dialect, but I struggle to include it in my day to day speech. I have a book called 'Basic Broad Yorkshire'- a proper language primer, and also several other dialect books, including 'Ee by gum, Lord!' Bible stories in Yorkshire dialect.

yeah we have a 'geordie bible' - thats the north east of england for those who dont know what a geordie is.

 

[candleflame]

What do you call a restroom?

well it could be lavatory, toilet, loo or in dialect a netty - in old times the loo was outside at the end of the yard (yard being a small paved area not a garden like in the US)

Most houses now have indoor facilities but there can still be some old unmodernised properties that have an outside loo. As you can tell we call it the loo usually. If we are out at the shops then we might say we were going to the ladies as in the ladies toilet.(or the gents)!!

 

[smiledaily]

great thread

 

[FifeRover]

great thread

thankyou, but how about sharing some of your own examples now
I hope everyone had a truly joyous Christmas and didn't overdo the "celebrations" and end up getting blootered and wanting to ha'e a rammy with their nearest and dearest!
We've got the buildup now to the Bells in Edinburgh for Hogmanay and I can't wait. Oot wie the auld and in wie the new!
(attempts at translations welcome )

 

[candleflame]

thankyou, but how about sharing some of your own examples now
I hope everyone had a truly joyous Christmas and didn't overdo the "celebrations" and end up getting blootered and wanting to ha'e a rammy with their nearest and dearest!
We've got the buildup now to the Bells in Edinburgh for Hogmanay and I can't wait. Oot wie the auld and in wie the new!
(attempts at translations welcome )

Happy New Year FifeWe need some more dialects here fife. Im sure they are out there somewhere

 

[FifeRover]

Happy New Year FifeWe need some more dialects here fife. Im sure they are out there somewhere

Happy New Year to you too CandleFlame. Yes, I wonder where they've all gone? I just hope they haven't overdone it on the sherry and wine
Come back folks, your Thread needs you

 

[MMXII]

Y'all are a makin' me

 

[CoolMom6]

Um. This is Vegas. No local dialects.
Unless you call "cha-ching!" one.

People move here from all over the world.
Good and bad....!

 

[MamaChris]

I live in the low country, and there is a Gullah Geechee Culture .

I have only lived here2 1/2 years.

In Gullah one word can express several thoughts. Ex. “e”- he, she or it and “shum” - see, saw, hi, her, it or them.

Its really nice here, not so much hustle and bustle, really laid back.......like me

 

[FifeRover]

I live in the low country, and there is a Gullah Geechee Culture .

I have only lived here2 1/2 years.

In Gullah one word can express several thoughts. Ex. “e”- he, she or it and “shum” - see, saw, hi, her, it or them.

Its really nice here, not so much hustle and bustle, really laid back.......like me

Thankyou for that and it sounds a great place to live too.
What we need is some Aussies, they have brilliant words for everyday things that would raise a smile. What I love is that we all speak English but with our own versions. Even in Scotland what I would call the bunker someone on the west coast of the country (Glasgow etc) would call a worktop. To them a bunker is somewhere you keep coal or something to avoid on a golf course
C'mon folks, keep 'em coming!

 

[MMXII]

I have an Australian friend on here. I had to get an Australian dictionary to understand some of her words...'struth.

 

[Exiled]

I love reading all of these. I hear the word "wicked" a lot. I suppose it could mean anything good or bad taken to an extreme. "A wicked good time." There's also "cool beans." When someone does something bad to someone else, that person could say "you really threw me under the bus." I love that one.

 

[MMXII]

When someone does something bad to someone else, that person could say "you really threw me under the bus." I love that one.

I've never heard that one.

 

[joyshirley]

Hello

Over here in NZ we say crib or bach for holiday home.....bach more in the North Island and crib is used in the South Island.....

We say 'come and get a kai', 'tucker's up' or 'come and have a feed' when it's meal time. kai is the Maori word for food.....

We say later, laters, cheerio and spot ya later among others for goodbye and some folk say cheerie at the end of a phone call.....

We used to hear 'strike me' for extreme surprise.....and if you want to have a look round a place you go on a 'tiki-tour'.....

Oh and way out in the country is called 'out in the wops'.