Give me your local words.

[hadespussercats]

bubbler - drinking fountain

the packie's - the package store, or liquor store

grinder - local name for a sandwich elsewhere called a hoagie or sub

[hadespussercats]

Oh, and we use that word "stoop," too.

[FBM]

I remember the confusion I had as a teenager when a cousin visited from way up north somewhere like Michigan or somewhere. She said she wanted a "pop." I thought she wanted me to hit her.


Turns out she didn't.

but did you hit on her?

She was hawt, and a 2nd or 3rd cousin, so "available" where I come from.

But nothing ever happened.

[Geoff]

If I tell you my local words you'll be able to triangulate to my exact location. Or maybe that's just me mithering.

I say "it's a bit parky" and "Gordon Bennett!" and "ayup."

Most of those got edited out...

I asked what kind of sodas they had in a restaurant in London. I got a blank look. Surely "soda" is a pretty well-known term, even if not used locally?

They probably thought you were referring to soda water.

Yep, that's what I'd understand as soda, as in whisky & soda...though I'd expect a London restaurant to be able to cope with strange tourist languages...

[Bella Fortuna]

Next time I shall say "Bring me a cold refreshing carbonated beverage, if you please, sir, and make it snappy!"

[devogue]

the packie's - the package store, or liquor store

But not the people who own it?

[hadespussercats]

the packie's - the package store, or liquor store

But not the people who own it?

Nope. But I got in trouble once for using the word with a classmate from England-- I didn't know it sounded like an ethnic slur!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

If I give you my local words how would I speak to the locals?

[floppit]

Snap - a packed lunch, from the snap shut tins once used to carry it!

Mardy - sulky, petulant behaviour.

Agin - against

mind's gone blank, will return...

[floppit]

bubbler - drinking fountain

the packie's - the package store, or liquor store

grinder - local name for a sandwich elsewhere called a hoagie or sub

Uhmmmm.... 'The Packie Shop' is used round these parts (not by me!) but has nothing to do with an abbreviation of package.

[floppit]

Cob - a bread roll the shape of an old cobble stone.
Cob on - to get angry.

[floppit]

Owt - something/anything

Nowt - nothing

[floppit]

Int/Tint - isn't.

[floppit]

Sen - self, not sure that's Nottingham but you hear it a lot.

[Feck]

'Weegie' it sort of means thieving junkie scum...

Normally spotted around here because of their socks over the top of their track suits . When not found actually thieving they are often trying to sell you random pills they took out of the pensioner's sheltered housing they robbed last night or stolen Gillette razors . They tend to spit a lot (it's a nervous condition, linked to fear ) and if surprised will often drop to one knee ,this should never be taken as a genuflection they are trying to grab the sharpened terminal screwdriver in their sock .


Oh and I think it's great that Hades doesn't know Pakki is a racist term