British dialect meme, picked up from jojomojo who got it from marnanel who got it from dyddgu

[taimatsu]

32 questions of 'what do you call this where you live?' Mine is kind of confused because my mother, the main influence on my way of speaking, used almost no slang at all; also we lived down south but both my parents came from Lancashire. nd of course now I stil live down south but spend a lot of my time in Manchester.

If you have done this quiz, please tell me in comments where you posted it as I'd love to have a look.


1. The space between two buildings containing a footpath: 'Alley' if it were down south; I'd try to use 'ginnel' up north.
2. A knitted item of clothing worn over a shirt, without buttons: a jumper.
3. The act of not going to something that you're supposed to go to: Bunking off.
4. Playground game in which someone is "it" and has to touch someone else who then becomes "it.": Unoriginally, 'It'.
5. Playground truce term when you want a break from the above games: No idea.
6. Playground term you say when you want to claim something: Bagsy.
7. Slip-on shoes worn for school sports in the days before trainers: Plimsolls, or specifically Green Flash.
8. Small round bread: a roll, or sometimes a bap.
9. Sweet course that follows the main course: pudding.
10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "gone" or with "moan": Gone.
11. Generic term for a bird: No idea!
12. Round food stuff made with batter on a griddle, which is brown on the outside: Pancake.
13. A delicacy that you feel is particularly local to you: London doesn't do local like that.
14. Term of endearment: Sweetie.
15. Someone who's soft and easily feels the cold: Softie.
16. Tourists: tourists.
17. A field boundary: hedge.
18. You see a group of animals standing in a farm building. They have udders and go moo. Complete the following sentence: "Look at those ____ standing in that ____!" : cows, barn.
19. You haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and your stomach is letting you know about it. You would also like to be warmer. You say: I'm cold and hungry!
20. Your friends invite you to enter a haunted house: you demur. What do they call you, by way of a derisive taunt?: scaredy-cat.
21. A man who dresses flashily with lots of expensive jewellery is a ____: Medallion man? :)
22. What do you say in a shop when you are handed your change?: Thank you.
23. Generic friendly greeting: Hi!
24. Slang term for a pair of trousers: None.
25. Slang term for left-handed: None!
26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow?: sh-ROSE-bree, NEW-car-ss'l, gl-AZ-go.
27. Two pieces of bread with a filling: Sandwich.
28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: I can't remember any other than the primary-school one of putting one finger on the lips and saying 'UMMmmmmmm!' in a low-to-rising-falling over-the-top sort of tone.
29. Dialect terms for hands, ears, face – and, indeed, for any other body parts you care to name: None.
30. Terms for someone who looks miserable: miseryguts.
31. Potatoes: Spuds, but not in general use in immediate family. Northern grandparents used this.
32. Pale round food stuff with a brown base, lots of holes in it, which you serve hot with butter: crumpet!

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[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

1. The space between two buildings containing a footpath: Alley
2. A knitted item of clothing worn over a shirt, without buttons: Jumper.
3. The act of not going to something that you're supposed to go to: Skiving.
4. Playground game in which someone is "it" and has to touch someone else who then becomes "it.": Chasey. Though in conversation with anyone else, I call it tig.
5. Playground truce term when you want a break from the above games: Truce? It was a dog eat dog world out there when I was a child!
6. Playground term you say when you want to claim something: Bagsy.
7. Slip-on shoes worn for school sports in the days before trainers: Plimsolls.
8. Small round bread: Roll.
9. Sweet course that follows the main course: Afters. Although these days I'll call it either 'dessert' or 'pudding'.
10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "gone" or with "moan": Gone.
11. Generic term for a bird: Err, bird...
12. Round food stuff made with batter on a griddle, which is brown on the outside: Um... the very flat pancakey kind, or the slightly spongy thing-that-is-also-called-a-scone-despite-being-entirely-different-from-proper-scones?
13. A delicacy that you feel is particularly local to you: Tablet!
14. Term of endearment: I make up my own.
15. Someone who's soft and easily feels the cold: Southern wuss :)
16. Tourists: Tourists.
17. A field boundary: Hedge.
18. You see a group of animals standing in a farm building. They have udders and go moo. Complete the following sentence: "Look at those ____ standing in that ____!" : Cows, Barn.
19. You haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and your stomach is letting you know about it. You would also like to be warmer. You say: I'm starving and freezing!
20. Your friends invite you to enter a haunted house: you demur. What do they call you, by way of a derisive taunt?: Wuss.
21. A man who dresses flashily with lots of expensive jewellery is a ____: There isn't a word for 'stuck in the 70s' :)
22. What do you say in a shop when you are handed your change?: Thanks.
23. Generic friendly greeting: Hi!
24. Slang term for a pair of trousers: None.
25. Slang term for left-handed: None.
26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow?: sh-ROSE-bree, NEW-cass'l, gl-AZ-go.
27. Two pieces of bread with a filling: Sandwich.
28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: Err... remember that dog-eat-dog world I talked about earlier?
29. Dialect terms for hands, ears, face – and, indeed, for any other body parts you care to name: None.
30. Terms for someone who looks miserable: None.
31. Potatoes: Tatties.
32. Pale round food stuff with a brown base, lots of holes in it, which you serve hot with butter: Crumpet.

And adding my own...

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

33. Word for a small water flow: Burn. (I'll say 'stream', but that's only because people would look at me funny otherwise)
34. Name for the third meal of the day, normally taken at around 6 o'clock: Dinner. (Though I'll often say 'tea' because that's less ambiguous)

Re: And adding my own...

[ifimust.livejournal.com]

Small waterflow - creek, pronounced that way unless I'm calling down good fortune on something, in which case it's, "Lord willin' and the crick don' rise!".

;)

[ifimust.livejournal.com]

Just done it :)

Re: And adding my own...

[cosmolinguist]

It's pronounced 'crick' where I'm from, all the time. :)

[ewx.livejournal.com]

16. Tourists: grockles.

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

Umm, snicket, beck, sarnies, I tried to do this but most of it doesn't reflect those words which I would have used differently from fairly standard English.

[djonma.livejournal.com]

1. The space between two buildings containing a footpath: Alley. Never heard of a ginnel.

2. A knitted item of clothing worn over a shirt, without buttons: Jumper.

3. The act of not going to something that you're supposed to go to: Skiving.

4. Playground game in which someone is "it" and has to touch someone else who then becomes "it.": Tag.

5. Playground truce term when you want a break from the above games: Isn't that just where you stopped playing?

6. Playground term you say when you want to claim something: Bagsy.

7. Slip-on shoes worn for school sports in the days before trainers: Pumps.

8. Small round bread: Roll.

9. Sweet course that follows the main course: Afters (unless I'm with other people, in which I call it dessert, because no one knows what afters is!!)

10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "gone" or with "moan": Moan!!!

11. Generic term for a bird: Bird?

12. Round food stuff made with batter on a griddle, which is brown on the outside: uh?

13. A delicacy that you feel is particularly local to you: No idea. Can't thnk of anything from when I was growing up either.

14. Term of endearment: Dear / Darling.

15. Someone who's soft and easily feels the cold: Wuss (or me!).

16. Tourists: Tourist.

17. A field boundary: Hedge or wall.

18. You see a group of animals standing in a farm building. They have udders and go moo. Complete the following sentence: "Look at those ____ standing in that ____!" : Cows, Barn.

19. You haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and your stomach is letting you know about it. You would also like to be warmer. You say: It's freezing and I'm starving!

20. Your friends invite you to enter a haunted house: you demur. What do they call you, by way of a derisive taunt?: Scaredy cat! Or Wuss.

21. A man who dresses flashily with lots of expensive jewellery is a ___: Bling!

22. What do you say in a shop when you are handed your change?: Thank you.

23. Generic friendly greeting: Hiya!

24. Slang term for a pair of trousers: None.

25. Slang term for left-handed: Uh?

26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow?: SHROOS-bury, NEW-castle, GLAS-go.

27. Two pieces of bread with a filling: Sandwich.

28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: You're out of order!

29. Dialect terms for hands, ears, face – and, indeed, for any other body parts you care to name: None.

30. Terms for someone who looks miserable: Miseryguts I guess.

31. Potatoes: Spuds.

32. Pale round food stuff with a brown base, lots of holes in it, which you serve hot with butter: Crumpet! And you put MARMITE on it, damnit!

[huggyrei.livejournal.com]

1. Snicket
2. Jumper
3. skiving
4. Tig or tiggy
6. Bagsy.
7. Plimsolls. We wore them for indoor PE.
8. Roll or Butty
9. Pudding, or Afters.
10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "moan"
12. Pancake.
15. Wuss
16. Tourists: tourists.
17. A field boundary: hedge.
18. cows, barn.
19. I'm freezing / starving
20. Wuss
21. Townie
22. Thank you / Thanks / Ta
23. Hi
26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow?: sh-Roos-bree, New-cassul, gl-AZ-go (sorry, don't know actual phonetic writing)
27. Sandwich / Sarnie
31. Spuds. Often used

The rest: Not sure. Couple to add: Beeling (not sure of spelling) - derogatory term for someone who's crying, usually a boy. Greebo: The sort of goth type who wear lose chains on their faded jeans and generally rumpled clothing. knackered: Really tired. Beck: A stream (one near us was called Bottesford Beck). References to mealtimes: Comlicated - I'll call whichever ios the main meal 'dinner'. if we then have sandwiches in the evening, I'll call it tea. If me have sandwiches around noon, I'll call it lunch.

[huggyrei.livejournal.com]

It may help to know that I grew up in Scunthorpe, which was in both South Humberside and North Lincolnshire depending on how far back you go.

[huggyrei.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on snicket, beck, and sarnies. I was surprised when I came southwards and nobody knew what a snicket was.

[jojomojo.livejournal.com]

For 13, surely jellied eels count ;)

[elethiomel.livejournal.com]

1. The space between two buildings containing a footpath: Alley. Sometimes snicket, although that's an adopted Northernism rather than a natural one.

2. A knitted item of clothing worn over a shirt, without buttons: Jumper.

3. The act of not going to something that you're supposed to go to: skipping, ditching, skiving or bunking off

4. Playground game in which someone is "it" and has to touch someone else who then becomes "it.": It.

5. Playground truce term when you want a break from the above games: We had one, but I can't quite remember what it was. Quitsies... squitsies... something like that.

6. Playground term you say when you want to claim something: Mine! Although nowadays I'd use "Bags I" (defnitely not 'bagsy')

7. Slip-on shoes worn for school sports in the days before trainers: Plimsolls. Usually pronounced 'plimpsoles'

8. Small round bread: Roll.

9. Sweet course that follows the main course: Afters as a child. Dessert nowadays.

10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "gone" or with "moan": Gone.

11. Generic term for a bird: Surely 'bird' is a generic term for, y'know, a bird?

12. Round food stuff made with batter on a griddle, which is brown on the outside: Well I want to say pancake, but you cook that in a frying pan, not on a griddle. On a griddle I guess it would be a waffle?

13. A delicacy that you feel is particularly local to you: Technically, I suppose pie and mash / jellied eels, although it rather depends on your definition of delicacy.

14. Term of endearment: Darling, sweetie / sweetheart, love, babe, honey.

15. Someone who's soft and easily feels the cold: Pussy.

16. Tourists: F*cking tourists (at least that's how I've come to thinking of them, working 100 yards away from one of London's biggest tourist draws)

17. A field boundary: Hedge, fence or wall depending on whether said boundary is a hedge, fence or wall.

18. You see a group of animals standing in a farm building. They have udders and go moo. Complete the following sentence: "Look at those ____ standing in that ____!" : Cows, Barn.

19. You haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and your stomach is letting you know about it. You would also like to be warmer. You say: I'm ravenous and it's bloody cold!

20. Your friends invite you to enter a haunted house: you demur. What do they call you, by way of a derisive taunt?: Pussy!

21. A man who dresses flashily with lots of expensive jewellery is a ___: Can't think of a specific term.

22. What do you say in a shop when you are handed your change?: Thanks / Thank you / Ta / Cheers

23. Generic friendly greeting: Habitually I tend to greet people with $Name, are you well? But that's a personal affectation not a regional thing.

24. Slang term for a pair of trousers: None, specifically, although occasional troos or kecks.

25. Slang term for left-handed: None really. Occasionally southpaw, I guess.

26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow?: SHROOS-bury, New-cass'l, Gles-ga (mimicking the native pronunciation)

27. Two pieces of bread with a filling: Sandwich.

28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: Oooooooh, I'm TELLING!, said with a rising intonation on the ooooooh.

29. Dialect terms for hands, ears, face – and, indeed, for any other body parts you care to name: None, although I might occasionally use Barnet / Boat / Hampsteads / Gregory because I enjoy confusing people who don't have any grasp of Cockney Rhyming Slang.

30. Terms for someone who looks miserable: "Looking like the boy who shot his father", "looks like someone shit in his teapot"

31. Potatoes: Potatoes.

32. Pale round food stuff with a brown base, lots of holes in it, which you serve hot with butter: Crumpet. And an earlier correspondent is absolutely right about the marmite, too.

[curious-reader.livejournal.com]

Generic word for bird: I would have guessed fowl but I am not sure if it nowadays just used for domestic bird that are eaten like chicken, turkey, geese and ducks. In older literature it seemed to be more a generic word for all birds.

This will be so skewed.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

1. The space between two buildings containing a footpath: 'Close' if it's in Edinburgh; 'alley' anywhere else.

2. A knitted item of clothing worn over a shirt, without buttons: Sweater

3. The act of not going to something that you're supposed to go to: Skiving off. Or playing hooky.

4. Playground game in which someone is "it" and has to touch someone else who then becomes "it.": Tag. (I've only just learned that it's "tig" up here; weird)

5. Playground truce term when you want a break from the above games: Time out.

6. Playground term you say when you want to claim something: Claimed!

7. Slip-on shoes worn for school sports in the days before trainers: There were days before sneakers?

8. Small round bread: roll

9. Sweet course that follows the main course: dessert

10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "gone" or with "moan": moan, but only because I've had it beaten into me. ;)

11. Generic term for a bird: Bird.

12. Round food stuff made with batter on a griddle, which is brown on the outside: Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaancake! Or occassionaly a flapjack.

13. A delicacy that you feel is particularly local to you: *snorts*

14. Term of endearment: Darlin'.

15. Someone who's soft and easily feels the cold: The derogatory one would be wimp. I don't think I have a word for it myself.

16. Tourists: tourists.

17. A field boundary: fence? hedge?

18. You see a group of animals standing in a farm building. They have udders and go moo. Complete the following sentence: "Look at those ____ standing in that ____!" : cows, barn

19. You haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and your stomach is letting you know about it. You would also like to be warmer. You say: I'm ravenous and freezing! And prone to exagerration!

20. Your friends invite you to enter a haunted house: you demur. What do they call you, by way of a derisive taunt?: Scaredy-cat

21. A man who dresses flashily with lots of expensive jewellery is a ____: Made of bling. ;) Pimp.

22. What do you say in a shop when you are handed your change?: Ta.

23. Generic friendly greeting: Hi

24. Slang term for a pair of trousers: Pants

25. Slang term for left-handed: None

26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow?: SHROWS-bur-ee (?), NEW-cassle (?), GLAS-go...

27. Two pieces of bread with a filling: Sandwich.

28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: Um... "Hey!"

29. Dialect terms for hands, ears, face – and, indeed, for any other body parts you care to name: None

30. Terms for someone who looks miserable: Don't think I have one.

31. Potatoes: Potatoes. I do have family members who say taters, though. And to my husband they're tatties.

32. Pale round food stuff with a brown base, lots of holes in it, which you serve hot with butter: I know this as either an english muffin or a crumpet (NOT the same thing)

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

Answering as my friends and family in Barnsley would:

1. The space between two buildings containing a footpath: ginnel
2. A knitted item of clothing worn over a shirt, without buttons: a jumper.
3. The act of not going to something that you're supposed to go to: Skiving
4. Playground game in which someone is "it" and has to touch someone else who then becomes "it.": tigs
5. Playground truce term when you want a break from the above games: ?
6. Playground term you say when you want to claim something: Bagsies
7. Slip-on shoes worn for school sports in the days before trainers: pumps
8. Small round bread: teacake
9. Sweet course that follows the main course: pudding.
10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "gone" or with "moan": moan
11. Generic term for a bird: bird. Possibly spuggy, but I think that's sparrows, and I haven't heard that for many years.
12. Round food stuff made with batter on a griddle, which is brown on the outside: Pancake.
13. A delicacy that you feel is particularly local to you: yorkshire pud.
14. Term of endearment: Love
15. Someone who's soft and easily feels the cold: Nesh, or someone with blood like chip-hole vinegar (pronounced chip-oil vinegar - means watered down!)
16. Tourists: tourists.
17. A field boundary: hedge.
18. You see a group of animals standing in a farm building. They have udders and go moo. Complete the following sentence: "Look at those ____ standing in that ____!" : cows, shed
19. You haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and your stomach is letting you know about it. You would also like to be warmer. You say: I'm starving. There probably is a phrase but I don't know it.
20. Your friends invite you to enter a haunted house: you demur. What do they call you, by way of a derisive taunt?: ?
21. A man who dresses flashily with lots of expensive jewellery is a ____: ?
22. What do you say in a shop when you are handed your change?: Thanks, or ta/
23. Generic friendly greeting: Nah then, or ey up.
24. Slang term for a pair of trousers: None.
25. Slang term for left-handed: None!
26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow?: Shroosbry, ?, Glazgoh (can't really say for Newcastle as my pronunciation of it has changed)
27. Two pieces of bread with a filling: Sandwich.
28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: ?
29. Dialect terms for hands, ears, face – and, indeed, for any other body parts you care to name: face=clock (rare), ears=lugs or lug-oils (lug-holes)
30. Terms for someone who looks miserable: miserable old git :)
31. Potatoes: taties
32. Pale round food stuff with a brown base, lots of holes in it, which you serve hot with butter: pikelet

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

Ah yes:
20: wuss

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

and I've been reminded of the word sarnies, which of course would be the word for sandwich.

Never one to resist a meme...

[(Anonymous)]

1. The space between two buildings containing a footpath: 'alleyway'
2. A knitted item of clothing worn over a shirt, without buttons: 'Jumper'
3. The act of not going to something that you're supposed to go to: 'Skiving (off)'
4. Playground game in which someone is "it" and has to touch someone else who then becomes "it.": 'It', 'Tag' or 'Stick-in-the-mud'
5. Playground truce term when you want a break from the above games: 'Home'
6. Playground term you say when you want to claim something: 'Dibs'
7. Slip-on shoes worn for school sports in the days before trainers: 'Plimsoles'
8. Small round bread: 'Roll'. 'baps' are bigger
9. Sweet course that follows the main course: 'Dessert' or 'Pudding'
10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "gone" or with "moan": 'S'Gone' ('Fastest cake in the world!' LOL, my sides!)
11. Generic term for a bird: um.... bird? 'Dickiebird', although that has connotations nowadays... plus do you mean flying creature or female human?
12. Round food stuff made with batter on a griddle, which is brown on the outside: Pancake? (What is this 'Griddle' you speak of...? I make mine in a pan)
13. A delicacy that you feel is particularly local to you: The only thing I can think of is perhaps local ales?
14. Term of endearment: 'Sweetheart', 'dear', 'dearie'
15. Someone who's soft and easily feels the cold: 'Weed'
16. Tourists: Tourists
17. A field boundary: Hedgerow
18. You see a group of animals standing in a farm building. They have udders and go moo. Complete the following sentence: "Look at those ____ standing in that ____!" : Cows, barn
19. You haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and your stomach is letting you know about it. You would also like to be warmer. You say: Hmmm... nothing in particular, except maybe 'I'm hungry. And I'm cold too, why are we standing around outside? Let's go to Tootsie's and get a burger!'
20. Your friends invite you to enter a haunted house: you demur. What do they call you, by way of a derisive taunt?: 'Wuss' or 'scaredycat'
21. A man who dresses flashily with lots of expensive jewellery is a ____: 'Dandy' or 'fop'
22. What do you say in a shop when you are handed your change?: 'Cheers', 'Thanks' or 'Ta' - sometimes 'cheers, thanks'
23. Generic friendly greeting: 'Heya' 'Hey, you!' or 'Will Hilloo thire!!' in an apalling Irish accent...
24. Slang term for a pair of trousers: 'Trews', although I generally just say 'jeans' cos that's what I wear.
25. Slang term for left-handed: leftie?
26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow?: shrew's b'rry, new castle, glaz go.
27. Two pieces of bread with a filling: sandwich, except if it's got chips in it, then it's a chip buttie.
28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: I dunno, t'was so very very long ago.... ;)
29. Dialect terms for hands, ears, face – and, indeed, for any other body parts you care to name: Noggin for head I guess, really just used their real names...
30. Terms for someone who looks miserable: 'Unfortunate!'
31. Potatoes: Potatoes
32. Pale round food stuff with a brown base, lots of holes in it, which you serve hot with butter: crumpets (Mmmmm... crumpets.....)

Re: Never one to resist a meme...

[ooohshiny.livejournal.com]

sorry, that was me