The local lingo

[Rachel]

One of the things I’ve learned since leaving Amble is the number of words that are unique to Northumberland. Just the other day, I was out walking our dog with a friend and her dog, and she asked if we would take the short-cut across the field. Oh no, I said , it's too clarty. Clarty? Yes clarty. What’s clarty? Muddy! This got me thinking of other words unique to Northumberland.

There’s probably quite a number but here is a little list, you don’t hear these words anywhere else on the planet unless they’re from the mouth of someone from Northumberland.

Hacky
Muckle
Canny
Clarty
Hadaway
Hawehman
Dunch
Guffy
Bagey (Turnip) If you ask for a turnip here , you get a little white thing:- a sweede. I’m sure when I was little turnips were big purple things:- we used to hollow them out for Halloween :- Turnip Lanterns- they were massive!

If you can think of any other unique to Northumberland words add em to the list...

[Coquet]

clemmy.

chebble - that's one from the old folks, I've not heard it said in decades.

[Rachel]

Originally Posted by Coquet

clemmy.

chebble - that's one from the old folks, I've not heard it said in decades.

Ah yes, stone and table, my mum still says chebble now and again.

Clemmy remindeds me of my brothers playing skimmers on the little shore. Sometimes I would go plodging up to my honkers.

[carle]

gann doown

[janwhin]

I love the word ket and for us country folk, of course, there's always the need to avoid the cuddy plat, not forgetting rabbit's dottles The avoidance of plats and dottles is particularly critical when cowping your creels you daft gowks.

[Coquet]

Moont the cuddy.


http://www.fusilier.co.uk/amble_nort..._glossary.html

by one of our forum members. Sterling effort.

[Placidmaster]

Originally Posted by Rachel

One of the things I’ve learned since leaving Amble is the number of words that are unique to Northumberland. Just the other day, I was out walking our dog with a friend and her dog, and she asked if we would take the short-cut across the field. Oh no, I said , it's too clarty. Clarty? Yes clarty. What’s clarty? Muddy! This got me thinking of other words unique to Northumberland.

There’s probably quite a number but here is a little list, you don’t hear these words anywhere else on the planet unless they’re from the mouth of someone from Northumberland.

Hacky
Muckle
Canny
Clarty
Hadaway
Hawehman
Dunch
Guffy
Bagey (Turnip) If you ask for a turnip here , you get a little white thing:- a sweede. I’m sure when I was little turnips were big purple things:- we used to hollow them out for Halloween :- Turnip Lanterns- they were massive!

If you can think of any other unique to Northumberland words add em to the list...

divent howk ya shneck (don't pick your nose)
kets (sweets)
chud ( chewing gum )
kna (know)

[Derilda]

I love having a good spoach on the site, but nowt since last month. Hev yer al gone blank?

[Coquet]

It's that het wiv awl passed oot.

[Derilda]

Hev a gud doosh in the sea man.

[Geordie]

Had on! Aal these posts and nae mention of a proggy mat??