Mancunian Dialect

[SkyBlueFlux]

Probably already been mentioned, but only seen the last couple of pages.

Not sure if it's a Manchester or Lancashire thing but my grandparents say the following quite a lot:

Ecky thump - exclamation like 'my god'/'oh dear'
Bloody Nora - see above
Barmpot - a crazy person
Rum'n - a 'rum one' where rum means 'peculiar'

And a couple picked up at high school:

Scret - Like a mix between a scrote and a sket.
Tax/Taxin'/Taxed - Steal/Stealing/Stolen
'Eads - When used to describe a group of people e.g. bare 'eads means lots of people.

Oh and of course, as I hear every time I go into Stockport:

"EEEEEER YAAAAAAR mate, ya got a ciggeh?"

 

[sir baconface]

Jiggered = buggered or knackered, but more polite
Ale can = piss head
Kenched = sprained, e.g. I've kenched me ankle (so my wife tells me)
Proper smart, ace or bazzing = cool
Bazzer or dobber = something really good
Alleys = marble
Pob = cuddle

 

[Deleted member 14625]

radio manchester seems to have a requirement that their presenters have to have an accent that conforms to a stereotype. Glottal stops, flat vowels etc, "it wur" instead of it was being very common, in fact they more often sound more borlton than manc. Coronayshun street has to take some flak as well.
Wyvinshor and salford definitely have a dialect, mis-used words mispronounced but understood by locals and you have a dialect. or dyelekt. Some towns have a very strong accent, or so i believed, but apparently it was Polish.

There are more Mancunians on Emmerdale than on Coro'.

 

[piffy on a rock bun]

I think Chuffed started round Manchester but is now used all over,
Bob on,
Kecks, (trousers)
My old uncle used to have a saying "he`s all there with his cough drops" which meant someone was not stupid.

 

[Chris in London]

Probably already been mentioned, but only seen the last couple of pages.

Not sure if it's a Manchester or Lancashire thing but my grandparents say the following quite a lot:

Ecky thump - exclamation like 'my god'/'oh dear'
Bloody Nora - see above
Barmpot - a crazy person
Rum'n - a 'rum one' where rum means 'peculiar'

And a couple picked up at high school:

Scret - Like a mix between a scrote and a sket.
Tax/Taxin'/Taxed - Steal/Stealing/Stolen
'Eads - When used to describe a group of people e.g. bare 'eads means lots of people.

Oh and of course, as I hear every time I go into Stockport:

"EEEEEER YAAAAAAR mate, ya got a ciggeh?"

Bollocks.


Ecky Thump is one of the deadliest martial arts there is. If you imagine Phil Jones on speed doing a blend of Blackbelt Karate and Tae Kwondo you have a blue belt in Ecky Thump.

Practised in the last century in the Manchester/Lancashire area.

There was a cracking documentary about it in the 70s narrated by that feller with the beard who does Bird Watch now.

 

[183sash]

kay-lied - pissed
"well i'll go to the foot of r stairs" - something thats surprising

 

[charliebigspuds]

the ultimate Manc word is MUFFIN, only Mancs call it a muffin

 

[skyblue1894]

jibbin - travelling or entering without paying

suchabody - someone who's name that can't be remembered

thingy - can't think of how to put this into context but my mum says it a lot when she can't think of the right word!

 

[salfordblues]

Naaaaaaa.......... - No

 

[waterloo blue]

Seen your arse,as in, what's up with you?,have you seen your arse?.
A phrase to convey your displeasure at someones bad mood.
I work in an office in Sydney and have used most of the above at some time,one woman was convinced I had English as a second language.<br /><br />-- Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:52 am --<br /><br />

the ultimate Manc word is MUFFIN, only Mancs call it a muffin

Amen,brother.