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Postby Workingman » 28 Nov 2020, 14:46

Coming from the North it is a word that has been with me all my life. It is used (misused) in many ways such as 'he's proper thick', 'she's proper friendly', 'you should try ..... it's proper good' and so on.

Imagine my shock when I saw a picture for an article of a sign in a shop saying "Welcome back, we've proper missed you xxx" It looked so odd....

Another word is "cheers". It is used instead of 'hello', 'goodbye', 'thanks / thank you', 'see you later'.

It all got me wondering if other parts of the country had similar ubiquitous words or phrases.
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Re: Proper.

Postby cromwell » 28 Nov 2020, 19:57

"Bostin" the Brummies say.
Does it mean great?
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Re: Proper.

Postby JoM » 28 Nov 2020, 21:25

cromwell wrote:"Bostin" the Brummies say.
Does it mean great?


Yow con watch it if the Dudley lot ‘ear yow’m callin’ em Brummies :P
But yeah, it means something is really good. Although if something is bost then it’s broken.

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Re: Proper.

Postby TheOstrich » 29 Nov 2020, 00:29

Not sure if I read it on this forum or another one but apparently some independent Black Country toy shops market themselves as "Toys Am We" :lol:

Living for many years in Somerset, I picked up a lot of the dialect and still use it (it confuses the hell out of our Dorset neighbours :D )
The most obvious one, I guess, is "where's it to?" for "where is it"? And of course a "gurt big" apple cake ... ;)
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Re: Proper.

Postby cromwell » 29 Nov 2020, 10:44

I've just thought of another, peculiar to West Yorks as far as I know.
"Maunjy".
Meaning sort of self pitying and miserable. A fun sponge.
In Sheffield their variant is "mardy".
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Re: Proper.

Postby Kaz » 29 Nov 2020, 12:26

TheOstrich wrote:The most obvious one, I guess, is "where's it to?" for "where is it"?


Mick says that, so it's also a Gloucester saying ;)
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Re: Proper.

Postby miasmum » 29 Nov 2020, 14:31

Where to you going? The Welsh say that
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Re: Proper.

Postby Kaz » 29 Nov 2020, 15:33

Lots of Welsh blood in Gloucester, including Mick's, so I'm not surprised.
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