Know any good regional/national expressions?

[spen666]

"Haad away and sh*te" a good old totally inoffensive North East saying.

 

[jefmcg]

Also heard that in the USA.

yup, I think that is original USAsian speak http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail39.html

Full as a catholic school; full as a goog (egg); roo loose in the top paddock; bangs like a dunny door in the wind; beyond the black stump; buckley's chance

oh, and "root" as in "to have sex with". Eg a mechanic might say "you're going to need a new engine, it's rooted" Also leads to a certain type of man being known as a wombat. Eats, roots and leaves.

 

[roadrash]

a few from wigin ere...

http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/dialect2.php?opt=dialect2

 

[pplpilot]

'She will be round the back of Rackhams' being said about someone being promiscuous .

The back of Rackhams department store in Birmingham was once the red light area of Brum,

Or 'ill end up round the back of Rackhams at this rate' if one finds then self on ones 'uppers'

 

[Dave 123]

English-

I am
You are
They are
We are


Devon-

I'm
Youm
Theym
Weem

 

[Dave 123]

And more Devonian...

My father in law once asked my mum (from Liverpool) this question..... she had to ponder, then translate in her head before replying
"Where Dave be to?"

 

[donnydave]

my (southern) wife refuses to believe the following have ever been used by human beings in a sentence but these are all fairly common to me and she thinks I'm making them up

Skerrick - meaning a small amount (he ate every skerrick
skeg - to have a look at (I'm off to have a skeg at....)
went for a burton - to fall over

There's some strange ones in Brazilian Portuguese, I don't know if my teacher was just joshing me but apparently "at night all cats are brown", and my favourite: "a dog bitten by a snake is afraid of sausages"

 

[ianrauk]

Skerrick - meaning a small amount (he ate every skerrick
skeg - to have a look at (I'm off to have a skeg at....)
went for a burton - to fall over

Being a right honourable southerner myself.
I haven't heard of the first 2.
And down 'ere, we say 'Goin' for a burton'

 

[jefmcg]

Skerrick - meaning a small amount (he ate every skerrick

That must be a word that has disappeared in the last two hundred years and become a regional word. It's common in Australia (and NZ, apparently)

The US "fall" is an Elizabethan word that has vanished in the UK but is still used in America. I bet this is similar.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Going 'round Robin Hood ' s barn. A term for the long way around

 

[ufkacbln]

POrtsmouth has the Noun and Verb "Squinny"


SOmeone who makes a fuss about nothing is a Squinny, and the process is called "Squinnying"

 

[classic33]

Sithi. Not to be confused with Sithi

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I heard this one a while back 'flying a face like a farthing kite' which apparently means grumpy. Dunno where it's from.

 

[Oldbloke]

Heard in Berkshire-oim all behoind, loik a cow's tail...when running late.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I was reminded, as I was making a bacon sandwich this morning, that my grandmother used to complain you were leaving 'holidays' if you didn't spread the butter evenly all over.

Also used in America for places missed in painting or coating something. Seems limited in usage to such fields.