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rob, Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
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regional wordsfollowing on from the nintendo ds not recognising dopey northerners....
i married a dopey northerner - she calls an alleyway a "ten-foot" or a snicket; calls an off licence (or offie) a "beer-off"; a woodlouse a pig (WTF?) and i had never heard the word mardy til i met her.... it certainly increased my enjoyment of those cheeky arctic's and their "mardy bum" song
i listen to the arctic monkeys you know - i'm dead cool!
what other regional terms do people use??
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sir loafalot ended an eon of lurking on, Wed 6 Feb 2008, 17:46,
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In Edinburghthey were
alleyway = vennel
off licence = Haddows (they had no competition)
woodlouse = slater
mardy? no idea what that means
(, Mon 11 Feb 2008, 15:04, Reply)
VennelsInteresting, TWW. The only other places I've seen with vennels are Perth and Dumfries. In Dundee they're called pends and in many other parts of Scotland, closes.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 12 Feb 2008, 13:47,
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K2k6..we Scots could probably do this one on our own, there are so many regional variations. In West Lothian they call a drain a "stank" but where I live its a "siver" (to rhyme with sigh) and we're only a few miles apart.
(, Tue 12 Feb 2008, 18:28, Reply)
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