Phrases / Sayings only Teessiders Know

[Juninho10]

Eyeaz - when you've hurt yourself

Our mam / our dad - is obviously a major one

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

Most people know them, dafcun.

 

[rkangel]

"I'm gonna nash."
I'm about to depart.

 

[A]

"I'm gonna nash."
I'm about to depart.

i always say "do a nash"

I have a friend from Hastings and when we were first at college together, i'd say "now then" as a greeting which she could never get her head around, always asking "now then what?" met her quite by chance in Lanzarote (almost a year ago to the day as it happens) which is 30 years after we first met - how did she greet me? yep, "now then"

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Tarzy

 

[Manhead]

Tarzy

Shurrupyerdafcun

 

[Transitarmy]

Film
Plarster

 

[Transitarmy]

Filum

 

[BobUpnDown]

I've always thought, filum - is more mackem thing...

Now Then, as a greeting is a good shout..

 

[Michael_Vronsky]

Or right...

 

[davidmills]

Yer joking arn yea

 

[Tommy_Dickfingers]

Chor - As in 'What a chor that gadgie is'

 

[Michael_Vronsky]

I'll bray ya...

 

[parnabyscrosses]

Pretty sure ‘now then’ is used all over Yorkshire.

 

[London_Boro]

Can't believe nobody has said 'Doyle' yet?

 

[BoroGold]

Chor - As in 'What a chor that gadgie is'

Are you sure chor ?

 

[tonybiriyani]

Going back a few years, but at school 'reet der dee' was commonplace, don't if it was just our school.
For anyone thinking WTF, it roughly meant ' aw righto yer d*ckhead'

'That Alan Ramage looks a decent player.'

' Ha ha, reet der dee '

 

[Ayresome]

Up over and down over. So if you are turning a valve handle or even a car steering wheel then people often say "Turn it up over" or "Turn it down over". What is that all about?

 

[Randy]

Are you sure chor ?

Alrite Chor!

 

[Borobuddah]

Chew