I was brought up in Birmingham and then lived for 20 years in Australia, so my dialect has become somewhat mixed as has my memory of phrases used for many of the following.
1. Alley way 2. Jumper although I have heard the term woolly which is odd when referring to something not made of wool. 3. Playing hookey 4. Tick 5. I did use one but I can't remember it. 6. Bags. 7. Pumps, in Australia they are sneakers. 8. A roll or bap 9. I used to say pudding until I went to OZ and then changed to saying dessert when it was pointed out to me that you could hardly call ice cream pudding. 10. to rhyme with gone. 11. Is there one? 12. scotch pikelet, or just pikelet in OZ 13. Faggots if you can call them a delicacy. 14. Darling, my dad used to use the term duck or ducks. 15. I don't know about the first but I could answer 'me' for the latter 16. Holiday makers 17. Hedge 18. Look at those cows standing in that barn! 19. I haven't heard of this specific phrase, but a saying for hunger was, 'my stomach thinks my throat has been cut' and 'perishing' for cold 20. Scaredy cat. 21. Spiv 22. Thanks 23. Around here it's yawroyt 24. Strides, dacks 25. cak handed 26. I was brought up to say Shrowsbury (rhymes with throw) but having lived near there for some years, I have changed to shrew (as in small furry animal.) NewCARstle, GLAZgo 27. Sandwich in OZ sarnie 28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: 29. hands: donnies or mits. ears: lugoles or lugs. face: fizog (from physiognomy I guess) 30. Local: You've got a face as long as Livery street. You look as though you lost a pound and found a shilling. 31. spuds 32. I was brought up to call them pikelets but now call them crumpets.
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Date: 2008-04-04 01:33 pm (UTC)1. Alley way
2. Jumper although I have heard the term woolly which is odd when referring to something not made of wool.
3. Playing hookey
4. Tick
5. I did use one but I can't remember it.
6. Bags.
7. Pumps, in Australia they are sneakers.
8. A roll or bap
9. I used to say pudding until I went to OZ and then changed to saying dessert when it was pointed out to me that you could hardly call ice cream pudding.
10. to rhyme with gone.
11. Is there one?
12. scotch pikelet, or just pikelet in OZ
13. Faggots if you can call them a delicacy.
14. Darling, my dad used to use the term duck or ducks.
15. I don't know about the first but I could answer 'me' for the latter
16. Holiday makers
17. Hedge
18. Look at those cows standing in that barn!
19. I haven't heard of this specific phrase, but a saying for hunger was, 'my stomach thinks my throat has been cut' and 'perishing' for cold
20. Scaredy cat.
21. Spiv
22. Thanks
23. Around here it's yawroyt
24. Strides, dacks
25. cak handed
26. I was brought up to say Shrowsbury (rhymes with throw) but having lived near there for some years, I have changed to shrew (as in small furry animal.) NewCARstle, GLAZgo
27. Sandwich in OZ sarnie
28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order:
29. hands: donnies or mits. ears: lugoles or lugs. face: fizog (from physiognomy I guess)
30. Local: You've got a face as long as Livery street. You look as though you lost a pound and found a shilling.
31. spuds
32. I was brought up to call them pikelets but now call them crumpets.