# Sotonians teach each other new words, phrases, languages or dialects **URL:** \ **Category:** Monkey Tennis\ **Created:** [2 August 2015 10:09 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780 "2015-08-02T10:09:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2015 10:09 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/1 "2015-08-02T10:09:43Z")
## This thread is reserved for Sotonians that dearly wish to stretch the mouths of other Sotonians. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2015 10:13 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/2 "2015-08-02T10:13:05Z")
Inspired by Toke’s clear love of the Japanese language and his attempts to teach us all Japanese in the _other place_… [![]( "YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWXToArXcuk) I’ve decided to learn Glaswegian. Parliamo Glasgow! [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Lk7qivXbw) ---
**Author:** ![Halo-Stickman](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/halo-stickman/32/23_2.png) [@Halo-Stickman](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Halo-Stickman)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2015 11:32 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/3 "2015-08-02T11:32:14Z")
When Bear Discovered Lou In His Bed - narrated by Fowllyd [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NSg8r8FSNs) ---
**Author:** ![Coxford\_lou](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/coxford_lou/32/11_2.png) [@Coxford\_lou](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Coxford_lou)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2015 12:16 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/4 "2015-08-02T12:16:10Z")
> Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman > > When Bear Discovered Lou In His Bed It’s not how it looks, I promise! ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2015 12:18 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/5 "2015-08-02T12:18:26Z")
That isn’t Lou, Halo. She doesn’t sleep around like that trollop. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2015 21:16 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/6 "2015-08-02T21:16:34Z")
Some scouse submissions. **Pyar** (pronouced. pee-yaaar) _Pure, as when used to mean “absolute”. e.g. Your shoes are pure shit, mate. Translates to scouse as: “Your trabs are pyar shit, la”._ \*\*Pyab \*\* (pronouced pee-yab) _Pube. e.g. Hey girl, have you just noshed him off in the gents? You’ve got a pyab on your lippy, love._ **Gary** An ecstasy pill. Inspired by cockney rhyming slang and the late Evertonian footballer. Gary Ablett = Tablet. “Got any garies?” is often heard in late night clubs at 3am. **Sticking an -y on everything** This isn’t uniquely scouse, but they do it more than anyone else I’ve ever met. I remember getting back from my inaugural shopping and being greeted with “been down the Kwikky, lad?”. **Meff** A homeless alcoholic. Derives from methylated spirits,. **Smackhead** A heroin addict. **On the ale** On the piss, not necessarily drinking ale. **On the beak** You’re one of those super-confident people with a coke problem,. and an urge to kill everyone at 5am in the morning when it all runs out. **Over the water** Wirral. **Lolly ice** Ice lolly (yes, fucking really!) ---
**Author:** ![TedMaul](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TedMaul](https://www.sotonians.com/u/TedMaul)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2015 21:21 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/7 "2015-08-02T21:21:29Z")
[![]( "YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOZlJiOvXsU) Welsh, for all you English ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2015 21:27 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/8 "2015-08-02T21:27:08Z")
Some NI observations. \*\*Wee \*\* Nominally “little”, but it’s a filler for a lot of sentences. Why not try having a wee go yourself. **Tube** An arsehole. **Bollix** An arsehole **Did ye hear tell of?** Have you heard about? **Bandit Country** South Armagh **Things that end with -lough.** Usually pronounced “lock” **No bother** No problems. **One hundred percent** Excellent job. (I love the fact they respect the 100 percent limit. Nice and humble) **Dead on** One hundred percent. Used a lot. **Do ye see that…?** Are you aware of? **Shift** Have sexual intercourse with. **Try for** Attempt to pull someone with a shift in mind. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2015 21:35 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/9 "2015-08-02T21:35:07Z")
I love The Wales. Isn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2015 21:47 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/10 "2015-08-02T21:47:41Z")
Juvenile Unit #1 and I have conferred to provide more scouse terms. **Me head’s kettled.** I am confused. **Bizzies** The Police. **Scally** The scouse, and better version of “chav” **Getting wellied** Getting drunk. Originates from Cains Brewery workers. After losing the perk of being able to drink on the job, the workers would fill their watertight Wellington boots with ale and drink anyway. **Jarg** Fake. “There’s some jarg sunnies right there”. “That’s jarg Chanel”. **Devoed** Devastated. “I’m fucking devoed, la” **Aba** About. “I’ll be there aba two o clock”. **Go 'ead, lad** Go on lad. Usually used as encouragement. **Come 'ead , lad** The officially recognised three words you need to start fisticuffs. **Alarse** Out of order. “Taking a shit on his doorstep was alarse, lad” **Our kid** Typically a family relation, but can also refer to anyone someone knows personally. **Not pronouncing h’s in some words.** If you ask a Liverpudlian to say “house”, there is a fair chance that they’ll just say “ouse”, with the beginning of the word spoken actively, like in “ouch”. That’s bad enough. They say a Liverpudlian can incapacitate 78% of all known grammar pedants if they say “a house” using this style. \_A \_is pronounced in the phonetic way we teach the letter to kids. Both words are pronounced forcefully and quickly. I can just about live with it now, but I felt like someone had sent a couple of rounds my way first time I heard it. ---
**Author:** ![Llwybr-Cyhoeddus](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/llwybr-cyhoeddus/32/1105_2.png) [@Llwybr-Cyhoeddus](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Llwybr-Cyhoeddus)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2015 06:43 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/11 "2015-08-03T06:43:34Z")
Especially for Ted & Bletch **Dim gwerth rhech dafad** Not worth a sheep’s fart **Dos i chwarae efo dy nain** Go play with your granny = f… off ---
**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2015 06:43 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/12 "2015-08-03T06:43:50Z")
All I have noticed in Carlisle after a week is that a lot of people say ‘pal’ instead of mate and say ‘wee’ a lot instead of little, which comes from just over the boarder. I am sure there will be plenty more. I have tried slipping into the local accent, but I think it makes me stand out even more. The weird thing is, I am very conscious of my accent in Carlisle. ---
**Author:** ![Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/furball/32/64_2.png) [@Furball](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Furball)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2015 08:57 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/13 "2015-08-03T08:57:20Z")
I’d offer a lexicon for north Yorkshire, but the stuff they talk up here has yet to evolve into a written language. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2015 09:56 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/14 "2015-08-03T09:56:49Z")
You’ve alluded to it, and even used it in context, but not mentioned it specifically. **La’** Lad …as in The La’s …as in… [![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/1/41c11a8408e25b5315eb41537a68415a0161e1b1.jpeg "YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cveh8ycOgA) Also is **Divvy** still actively used in Scouse? ---
**Author:** ![KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/krg/32/1061_2.png) [@KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/u/KRG)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2015 10:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/15 "2015-08-03T10:02:24Z")
Brings back memories of my flatmate in halls. The most scouse person you could ever hope to meet. Also, in his own words (within 30 secs of meeting him) “the biggest fairy you’ll ever meet”. I’m a fan of scousers, and the scouse accent, add in some heavily camp affectations and it’s non-stop entertainment. I miss that bloke. ---
**Author:** ![KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/krg/32/1061_2.png) [@KRG](https://www.sotonians.com/u/KRG)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2015 10:09 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/16 "2015-08-03T10:09:50Z")
I do miss livin t’up North sometimes. They’re a good sort up in Yrkshire, most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2015 10:16 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/17 "2015-08-03T10:16:56Z")
Thas t’coppowt, Furball. ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2015 11:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/18 "2015-08-03T11:02:08Z")
Ear all, see all, say nowt; Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt; And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt – Allus do it fer thissen ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2015 12:37 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/19 "2015-08-03T12:37:41Z")
> Originally posted by @saintbletch > You’ve alluded to it, and even used it in context, but not mentioned it specifically. > > **La’** > > Lad > > …as in The La’s > > …as in… > > [https://youtu.be/1Cveh8ycOgA](https://youtu.be/1Cveh8ycOgA) > > Also is **Divvy** still actively used in Scouse? The answer to both your questions is yes. ---
**Author:** ![Coxford\_lou](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/coxford_lou/32/11_2.png) [@Coxford\_lou](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Coxford_lou)\ **Post date:** [4 August 2015 11:35 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780/20 "2015-08-04T11:35:13Z")
For Bletch: > **[The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows](https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/#_=_)** > > The Book - Coming Soon from Simon & Schuster! We don't have a release date yet, but I'll update this... [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/sotonians-teach-each-other-new-words-phrases-languages-or-dialects/2780.md?page=2)