Know any good regional/national expressions?

[classic33]

Boggle-a ghost or spirit
Boggart-a mythical beast,part badger,part fox,native to the wild wastes" back o" Skidder"
Carlisle United-allegedly a football team,native to the ancient realm of Brunton Park,not known in modern times.

Boggarts Grave/Hell Hole at Ogden Water!

 

[Gravity Aided]

" Up one's alley" indicates expertise or knowledge of a subject.

 

[PK99]

[QUOTE 3533438, member: 259"]It's a jitty or a twitchel in the East Midlands.[/QUOTE]

Ginnel in Preston, or more precisely a ginnel is the passage way (often bridged by the upper floors) through terraces of houses linking the street to the back passage

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Jigger, Liverpool expression for back alley way.

I've heard jiggered used to mean tired, exhausted or worn out.

 

[Maverick Goose]

''She should be boxing kippers in Mallaig'' [Glesga/Westside]- grumpy

 

[Profpointy]

Stupid: "He doesn't know his arse from his elbow".

not "authentic" but I liked a variation on that - "he doesn't know his arse from his breakfast"

Also like the sorry I havn't a clue variant " a fool and his money are welcome in Aberdeen".

But back on topic I like the Scottish-English word "outwith" which has no complete equivalent in English-English

 

[Fnaar]

not "authentic" but I liked a variation on that - "he doesn't know his arse from his breakfast"

Also like the sorry I havn't a clue variant " a fool and his money are welcome in Aberdeen".

But back on topic I like the Scottish-English word "outwith" which has no complete equivalent in English-English

'Outwith' is a great example. Apparently yer Scotch don't use 'shall' very much, either.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

There's a charming one I often hear when I venture up north - 'f*ck off you southern ponce'.

 

[Kestevan]

Chuckin cobs - Throwing stones.
Spice - Sweets, especially boiled sweets.
Put wood in't oyl - close the door.
It's a bit parky - bloody freezing.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It was dry a few minutes ago but now it's seiling down. That was common in Sheffield and it would set people chuntering.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

It's hard to know what's normal use, and what's regional slang.

The youth here have 'naink' which is basically 'nothing' as in the exchange my wife heard between one of the teachers she worked with and a couple of primary kids
"what are you doing?"
"naink"
"well, could you try doing saink then please?"

We always had leery and sketchy (or just sketch) as something that was probably unwise to try (buy likely to be done anyway)
"Paul's decided to climb up the outside of the multi-story"
"that's a bit sketch"

Undercrackers to mean pants, no idea how the idea to lengthen the word for slang came about, but there you go.
"me undercrackers have ridden right up me jacksie"

 

[Hyslop]

Boggarts Grave/Hell Hole at Ogden Water!

I like Ogden Water as it is,sounds like the Society Correspondent of the Teetotallers Times !

 

[pplpilot]

not sure if its regional, only ever herd it in and around brum and rarely but it is one of my faves -

on forgetting something -

'I'd forget my balls if they wasn't in a bag'

 

[Hyslop]

"Cowie"-difficult to define,but broadly,substitute "thingummyjig","wotsit" or your nearest equivalent and you have the gist of the thing.So,"Oi,hoy us me cowie pal".Commonly used in Carlisle,as is "mot" for a female,not always approvingly!One I remember from South Shields,often used to me, was "you ll get wrong"Like that one!

 

[neil_merseyside]

Bow-legged - couldn't stop a pig in an alley/jigger/ginall