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Crickett Started conversation Feb 2, 2010
The only really strange slang expression I heard was "Nesh". It means soft and pansy like. You are considered nesh if you need a scarf when indoors to stay warm.
I went to University in Hull, and in the students union they sold a postcard with Hull local phrases. Things like
"Gernin on rerd" - I am going to the high street
"fern curl" - phone call
"perp" - the Leader of the Catholic Church
"Lerkel" - local
"Bray yer hed in" - I am going to assault you with physical violence.
There were others, which I have forgotten in the passage of time. It caused much hilarity with my parents. This is of course, more phrases than slang.
What really threw me was when I moved to England after being raised in Canada. There was considerable confusion when people called me "Duck". Why are they calling me after some feathered fowl? Am I supposed to like this or be offended?!
Nottinghamshire
The H2G2 Editors Posted Feb 2, 2010
>>>There was considerable confusion when people called me "Duck". Why are they calling me after some feathered fowl? Am I supposed to like this or be offended?!
It's quite common in Lanarkshire and Glasgow in Scotland to refer to a young girl as 'hen'.
Nottinghamshire
Biocorp Posted Feb 3, 2010
Come to sunny Yorkshire. You might get duck, chicken or cock as a term of endearment. You'll get pig, cow or gannet as an insult. You could have a gander at a goose as you took a butcher's at your local food store to find something to bring home to your bird (since it's her turn to cook tonight).
Oh dear. I think I just came over all patriotic.
Nottinghamshire
Bluebottle Posted Feb 3, 2010
My wife is originally from Nottingham (although we met on the Isle of Wight and her family all live in Leeds) and she never says "brew" with regards to 
, but "mash" instead.
Oh, and her family always call roundabouts "islands". An island in a car context I'd say is the thing either side of a "keep left" sign to help pedestrians cross roads (not to be confused with the Island, which is, of course, the Isle of Wight) 
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Mar 16, 2010
I (and everyone I know around here) call them islands too. I'm in Derbyshire - it's never occured to me that isn't normal usage...
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