hallicks Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 "Duck" and "shug" are very popular in Stoke, where everyone also fears the word "to." Â I wonder how they'd cope in the westcountry. Â "When's that to?" "Where's that to?" "What's that to?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I wonder how they'd cope in the westcountry. Â "When's that to?" "Where's that to?" "What's that to?" Â "Where be that to, me babber? Asdals? Gert lush, mucker." Â West Country, or rather Bristolian, see Terry, give lessons on how to speak the lingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Wretch Posted November 29, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 29, 2013 "Me duck" is a very Nottingham thing. Â Yeah, I got called this a few times by the girls in work when I first moved to Nottingham. Hadn't a fucking clue what they were on about. Chuck is another one. Again, in one of my first few weeks here, I was asked "y'alright Chuck"? Thinking she'd mixed up my name I replied "Err, it's Bryan actually". Â Idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 "Me duck" is a very Nottingham thing. Â Yeah, I got called this a few times by the girls in work when I first moved to Nottingham. Hadn't a fucking clue what they were on about. Chuck is another one. Again, in one of my first few weeks here, I was asked "y'alright Chuck"? Thinking she'd mixed up my name I replied "Err, it's Bryan actually". Â Idiot. I have a great aunt who uses the word "cock" in the same way.. Â "Alright, cock" - that sort of thing, with seemingly no idea that calling someone a "cock" on it's own is rather rude. She was born in London and lives in Essex so I have no bloody idea where the term comes from. There's a fair change she's just a bit mental, but this is something she said for decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladiesman345 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I was thinking about this a few days ago for some reason. Do Midlanders identify themselves more with the North or South of England? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted November 29, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 29, 2013 I was thinking about this a few days ago for some reason. Do Midlanders identify themselves more with the North or South of England? Â I personally think of myself as more northern. Chips and gravy, pigeon racing, and whippets. That's me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaky Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I was thinking about this a few days ago for some reason. Do Midlanders identify themselves more with the North or South of England? Most of the time, people from the Midlands like to be their own subsection rather than being either North or South, but if pushed, it would be more of a Northern thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted November 29, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 29, 2013 One of the 3 things I mention I have not actually done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jaffa Posted November 30, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2013 You really should try chips and gravy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maestro Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Someone I work with that went to uni in Nottingham recommended me cheesy chips with gravy. I don't think I'll be trying that anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted November 30, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2013 I have a great aunt who uses the word "cock" in the same way.. "Alright, cock" - that sort of thing, with seemingly no idea that calling someone a "cock" on it's own is rather rude. She was born in London and lives in Essex so I have no bloody idea where the term comes from. There's a fair change she's just a bit mental, but this is something she said for decades.  It's cockney rhyming slang - a shortened version of "alright, me old cock sparrer", which means "Hello, friend."  My assumption is "cock sparrer" is itself a rhyme with another piece of slang, the much more northern "marra" for mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted November 30, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2013 (edited) Indeed NEWM, Magnum and MOM are often heard calling each other "marra" and are known for eating cheesy chips and drinking blue panda pop. Edited November 30, 2013 by Maverick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanoTheGame Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Us Midlanders arn't Northern or Southern and we keep out of that childish nonsense safe in the knowledge we're superior to both. Â I've heard chuck, cock, duck and all those slang names at one point or another. 'Me old mukka' is another one I regularly hear around here. 'Alright me old mukka?' mostly said by old blokes. Black Country dialect probably qualifies as a foreign language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladiesman345 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 arbin ya. Â Â Â What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Duke Posted November 30, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2013 Someone I work with that went to uni in Nottingham recommended me cheesy chips with gravy. I don't think I'll be trying that anytime soon. When I was at uni in Notts I tried that. It was surprisingly good. Like amazingly so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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