If I offered you a croggy - would you know what I meant?

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I know the word although I do hail from the backwaters of sunny Scunny originally which is only about 15 miles as the crow flies from Hull. Even then it had morphed into "crogger" over there!! i.e. "do you want a crogger".
 

Maz

Guru
I lived in Hull for 10 years, but never heard 'croggy' before.
I did come across these, though:
errr nerr
draa waat waan
british herm sterrs
faav-a-saad
 
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Shaun

Shaun

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I lived in Hull for 10 years, but never heard 'croggy' before.
I did come across these, though:
errr nerr (Oh no!)
draa waat waan (Dry white wine)
british herm sterrs (British Home Stores)
faav-a-saad (Five-a-side)

:laugh:
 

dellzeqq

pre-talced and mighty
Location
SW2
I know the term, however we'd usually say backy
as opposed to a 'racky'
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ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Apparently the term is used in Leicestershire:

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/giz-a-croggy.30786/
Oh, do keep up Maz! :hello:
(Googles Croggy ...) Ha ha - look where I found it! :thumbsup:
It always amazes me that so many English people are so ignorant of different words used in their country, I feel it is indicative of narrow-mindedness and the priority given to certain "large urban languages" within the media, but mostly narrow-mindedness.
My mother's side of our family come from the Oban area and they really struggle with the way that Glaswegians talk so it isn't just the English! :whistle:

People in Todmorden, just 4 miles down the road from Hebden Bridge speak differently to the locals here. I think it would be impossible to understand every word in every dialect and accent - there are thousands of variations.

Incidentally, the word offcumden that I mentioned earlier is used by locals to describe outsiders, and an outsider is anyone who doesn't have many generations of their family born here. People whose grandparents came here 50 or 60 years ago, are still regarded as offcumdens!
 

Mr Phoebus

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I've got a croggy as a desktop wallpaper. :becool:

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Arch

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Salford, UK
It always amazes me that so many English people are so ignorant of different words used in their country, I feel it is indicative of narrow-mindedness and the priority given to certain "large urban languages" within the media, but mostly narrow-mindedness.

I don't know that it's surprising. English dialects have so many unique terms for things. Just think of a bread roll, and how many terms there are for that - cob, bap, roll, barmcake, breadcake, breadbun spring to mind just off the top of my head. Then add the fact that the same word might mean subtly different types of the same thing in different places.

Also, even if you travel about the country a fair bit, there are some words and concepts you're muchg less likely to encounter or need to know. Knowing how to ask for a bread roll might be useful, but how often is the average person likely to need to ask for a croggy?

And yes, I knew croggy (Leicester).

I once saw 4 boys on one BMX here in York. One sitting on handlebars, one standing on pedals pedalling, one sitting on saddle and one standing on the rear stunt pegs. Crossing a junction on the inner ring road...
 
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