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Can you lot help with local words for the following - they should be particularly East Midlands ?

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pregnant

tired

hot 

cold

ill

dirty

pleased/proud

financially cheated

drunk

mad

Broke (money)

sleep

throw away

play

hit

eat quickly

fight

work hard

Steal

run away

chat a lot

tell to be quiet

inform on someone 

ask to wait

thank

 

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24 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Can you lot help with local words for the following - they should be particularly East Midlands ?

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pregnant - up the duff

tired - nakard

hot - boiling

cold - freezing

ill - dying

dirty - scret

pleased/proud - over the moon

financially cheated - fleeced

drunk - pissed

mad - looney

Broke (money) - skint

sleep - kip

throw away - chuck 

play - play

hit - whack

eat quickly - scoff

fight -  ruck

work hard - graft

Steal - nick 

run away - leg it

chat a lot - verbsl diahorea

tell to be quiet - shush

inform on someone - grass

ask to wait - hold on 

thank - cheers

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Thefox81 said:

 

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I think a lot of these are common across the country rather than localised Leicester/east mids. I’m not sure that there are many of them that have a local word or phrase (which is probably why I needed to ask ) 

 

I didn’t know scret for dirty

 

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3 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

ta v much  

I think a lot of these are common across the country rather than localised Leicester/east mids. I’m not sure that there are many of them that have a local word or phrase (which is probably why I needed to ask ) 

 

I didn’t know scret for dirty

 

Cob

mardy

oakie man

Ay up

Cotty

Jity

croggy

Plaggy bag

Lugholes

 

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1 hour ago, st albans fox said:

Can you lot help with local words for the following - they should be particularly East Midlands ?

ta 

 

 

pregnant

tired

hot 

cold

ill

dirty

pleased/proud

financially cheated

drunk

mad

Broke (money)

sleep

throw away

play

hit

eat quickly

fight

work hard

Steal

run away

chat a lot

tell to be quiet

inform on someone 

ask to wait

thank

 

 

Why?

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2 hours ago, st albans fox said:

Can you lot help with local words for the following - they should be particularly East Midlands ?

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pregnant - Preggers

tired - knackered 

hot - sweateh  

cold - shivrin

ill - poorleh

dirty -  filtheh

pleased/proud - chuffed

financially cheated - premier league 

drunk - smashed 

mad - crazeh

Broke (money) - skint

sleep - kip

throw away - chuck

play - plaeh

hit - smack

eat quickly - munch

fight - scrap 

work hard - graft 

Steal - pinched

run away - legged it 

chat a lot - go on

tell to be quiet - shutit

inform on someone - grassed 

ask to wait - ang on

thank - cheers

 

 

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pregnant - preggeh

tired - bushed

hot - frazzled

cold - chilleh

ill - got the lurgi

dirty - cacked up, scuzzy

pleased/proud - 

financially cheated - swizzed

drunk - sozzled

mad - proper mental (works for angry or insane)

Broke (money) - skint

sleep - kip

throw away - 

play - live-action flick

hit - lamp

eat quickly - scoff

fight - dust up 

work hard - graft

Steal - filtched 

run away - leg it

chat a lot - gobby

tell to be quiet - sharrup

inform on someone - tell

ask to wait - hold your horses

thank - ta

 

1 hour ago, whoareyaaa said:

100% a Nottingham phrase 

I don't think there IS a Leics accent. It's an East Midlands accent and words we commonly use will be used in Notts, Derbys and Northants. Even as far as Lincs and South Yorks.

 

2 hours ago, Thefox81 said:

Teggies = teeth

Dannies - hands

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