Warwickshire Words & Phrases

[Lex]

I still say 'Were you born in a barn?': https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/warwickshire-words-and-sayings

[rebbonk]

I usually say, 'Put wood in t'ole!'

Are you sure you've posted the right link, lex?

[margaret]

A Warwickshire word of phrase I came across was the word, Tazzing, as in the phrase, I saw him tazing down the road, meaning going fast.

[margaret]

Another one was ( this nowze) , meaning do it now.

[Lex]

I usually say, 'Put wood in t'ole!'

Are you sure you've posted the right link, lex?

Link corrected! 'Put the wood in the hole' is one I've come across a lot too.

[rebbonk]

Having just read them, I wouldn't dare use the reference to the chicken in polite company. It means something very different where I come from.

"It's a bit black over Bill's mothers" is a local expression that I hadn't heard until I was quite old.

[Lex]

Now I've reread the chicken one, I get the alternative meaning Rebbonk! 'It's black over Bill's mother's' is one I've only come across in the last few years as well.

[rebbonk]

Apparently, it refers to rain clouds coming in from Stratford direction, hence reference to Bill.

[Lex]

A few more local words & phrases. One or 2 are a bit more widespread (eg pikeltes) though: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/batch-mardy-42-sayings-made-19775893

[rebbonk]

I thought, 'me bab' came from Birmingham way? My mum came from Nuneaton and I never heard her use it.

I suspect that this article has been compiled from a F/B page, so maybe we ought to treat a few of them with a little suspicion?

[Lex]

I did think 1 or 2 were more Brummie - I'd never come across 'blartin' until I made a few friends who haled from Britain's 2nd city.

[Lex]

I suspect that this article has been compiled from a F/B page, so maybe we ought to treat a few of them with a little suspicion?

I often wonder if contributors to the Telegraph have actually visited Coventry.

[rebbonk]

The Telegraph is (I believe) all written in Birmingham these days with a lot of syndicated material coming from Liverpool.

Oddly enough, blartin' was a fairly common phrase when I was growing up in Wyken.

[margaret]

I've been greeted with Hello Bab, or hello Duck, on chatting on the buses or at the bus stop.

That word blartin', made me s n i g g e r , as it is a rude word in Scotland, at least it was when I was growing up.


ps.
The word s n i g g e r , would not show up if I typed the letters together. I wonder why? Hence me separating the letters.