lolly ice - ice lolly
div/divvy - now popular in South London, this word for 'idiot' is obsolescent in its once native Liverpool; tool is also rarely heard these days.
the busies - the police
kecks - trousers
pants - trousers (also general northern English, Irish and American)
the Pool - Liverpool (used largely by expatriate Scousers)
arl fellah - old man (i.e. father)
arl girl - old lady (i.e. mother)
me fellah - my boyfriend
bifta - cigarette
Manchester also have a very unique accent. The dipthong in words like kite and ride is lengthened so that kite can become something like IPA ka:ɪt (it sounds a bit like “kaaaait")
They also use very different vocabulary such as 'mam' which means mum.
Geordie usually refers to both the people and dialect of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in Northeast England. The word may also refer to accents and dialects in Northeast England in general. I would classify this as a separate region from the rest of Northern England because it’s so radically different from the language spoken in nearby cities.
- Propa - very, really or significantly
- Owa - over
- Neet - night
- Us - me
- doon - down
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