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Local dialect: are there any words or phrases unique to your local area?

Asked by downtide (23815points) July 9th, 2010

I think language is fascinating, especially the comparison of local dialects from different areas. I moved to Manchester (in northwest England) around 25 years ago and there are some great local words here, that are rare or unheard of elsewhere in the country.

We have ginnel, which is a passageway or alley between houses. A bread roll is a barmcake, to skrike is to cry and to have a decko is to look at something. Gobsmacked is surprised, minging is ugly, mint is good and mithered is harassed or bothered.

What words are unique to your locality and what part of the world is that?

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