'Eres one for Dave

[Sharribee]

A little while back Dave complained that he didn't understand what I meant cause I was Welsh so this is for you boyo.

Wenglish

Bach / Fach: Welsh for little. Term of endearment, as in dear little one or dear. “Hello, bach, how you keeping - I haven’t seen you for ages.” “Oh. - Dai bach - all right, butt – Yeh ! - tip top” (typical conversation in Trecco.)

Back, out the: In the toilet at the bottom of the garden, but increasingly just at the rear or in the back garden. “We used to go out the back, but now we got a lean to, and posh paper. We don’t know we’re born.” “He’s out the back, in the shed, having a pipe.”

Banjo: Loaf of bread. “ I’ll have a nice cob and a banjo, Idris wants me make sandwiches for his snap.”

Bard: Bad, ill. “I was bard in bed, under the doctor for ages. Then I had it taken away.”

Bit pushed: In a rush or short of time. “I’m a bit pushed now, but I’ll pop round later and we can have a good old chinwag.”

Bomper. Large, big, usually to describe young children or babies. “Poor bugger, the baby was a real bomper. She was in labour for 10 hours. I blame him.”

Butty : Friend or mate (adopted by the U.S as bud). “We’ve been butties since the pit, but the dust got him in the end.” Also part of a pair. “Mam, have you seen the butty to this sock. I only got one pair clean.”

Cack handed / coggy handed. Left handed or just plain awkward. “He really cack handed, can’t even hold his knife and fork proper.”

Cwtch: Hug or close embrace, which has extended to mean a small space or small room. Kennel or basket for a pet. “Dere i mamgu, come and a cwtch my beautiful boy. Oh I could eat him, honest.” “Cer i cwtch! Every time I come into the scullery that bloody dog wants a biscuit. What does he think I am a walking Bonio.”

Cythral: From the Welsh – the devil. “Ych y fi, he’s a real cythral. Talk about nasty, he’d sell his mother for a pint. I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him.”

Now, after: Soon, in a little while. ‘Now’ never actually means ‘At this minute’

On (h)is own: A bit of a character

Ach–a-Fi (or Ych-y-Fi): Horrible, Disgusting or dirty. An exclamation to indicate . “ He lived in a real tip. It was really honking, with black pats everywhere. Ach-y-Fi”


THere are loads more but these are the ones that gave me a chuckle (only because I say them). This is a serious website for those who want to speak welsh (well almost welsh anyway)

http://wenglish.org/fframent2.htm

[Man up North]

And the next post --- teech ya sel geordie

But hey, I'm not going to type out a list like Mable,
I'm a lazy *******, read the title.( it says teach your self ) watch Ant and Dec, Byker grove and that building program with them geordies in germany and then have a dorty weekend up the toon, gan t St. james and watch a decent footie match and for all ye biker fans , have a walk up the hill. -www.westgateroad.co.uk then doon t the quayside for a few beers ..

P.s let me naw when ya ganing and i'll tak ya roond...

[DaveS]

Thanks Mabel. They're really cool and I'm learning all the time.
Look you boyo...... see I'm leanring.

[raymo]

cant find it but there is a site that translates geordie to southern softy english and reverse..
I am in Aberdeenshire and Chucktas speek Doric..

You gat love tese islands

[McVicar]

Thanks Mabel. They're really cool and I'm learning all the time.
Look you boyo...... see I'm leanring.

"LEANRING" ? I think you'd better start with English Dave.

[Dee Duble Yuh]

Yes, that's exactly how we all speak. There's lovely, see? Isn't it?

Mabel, you forgot the special variation of "now" that is "now in a minute"!

What we need is a UK version of the Dialectizer. you'll find it over by 'ere:
http://rinkworks.com/dialect/

[Carport]

over by 'ere:

Surely you mean 'over by year'

[Sharribee]

I stand corrected.