Colloquial local expressions.

[Cycleops]

I know Scottish humour is well known but I've never heard 'Bleachy crap' or 'Baw-bag'.
Anyone know the meaning?
What obscure phases are in use around where you are?


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I know it's probably staged but never the less very funny.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Bawbag, say ball instead of baw and it is what you think.

 

[PK99]

This thread again!

Well, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs

 

[alicat]

"Bleachy crap" - I suspect just means a crappy person with hair dyed blonde.

 

[alicat]

Definitely staged too imho.

 

[oldwheels]

Such things are often very local. Never hear of bleachy crap but baw bag I think is probably from Dundee but widely used elsewhere.

 

[Kingfisher101]

When I lived in Edinburgh, People used to say Ken instead of I know, and how instead of why.

 

[Drago]

The bleachy bit is presumably a mainland term, possibly very local at that.
Bawbag is more a mainland term as well, but you will hear it sometimes on the islands.

 

[annedonnelly]

"Bawbag" is used in some of the novels I read. Probably Ian Rankin's Rebus series. I'd guessed the meaning from the context.

A local one to Northumberland that I've never got a good definition of is "skittering ched". My grandda used it as an insult towards football referees if he disagreed with their decision.

 

[Poacher]

"Do you come from Bardney?" when someone leaves a door open. Central Lincolnshire.

 

[Slick]

Ffs, that wasn't colloquialisms that was Scot Squad, hilarious.

 

[Slick]

You guys need to get out more.

 

[Slick]

This is one of my favourites.

https://www.google.com/search?q=sco...ate=ive&vld=cid:63bdacec,vid:NBGOryiqZZI,st:0

 

[Chris S]

When I lived in Edinburgh, People used to say Ken instead of I know, and how instead of why.

'Ken' goes back to at least 1824
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D'ye_ken_John_Peel_(song)

 

[Chris S]

People in Birmingham say 'crips' instead of 'crisps'.