Local language/Phrases

[dundoniandood]

As you could possibly tell from my name, I am from Dundee in Scotland. Scottish people have a reputation for their local language and accents, and the fact that it is impossible for foreigners to understand us. The most stereotypical scots language that people know is Glaswegian.

Here are my thoughts on glasgow, written in a broad Glesgae accent.

See they weegies, there pure mental nutters. There a' pure backstabbing rajjes and dealers, and there always on the pure waccy baccy ken what I mean?

Read that out high pitched and you've got it.

mental nutters, easy enough to pick apart. Rajjes, however is not as obvious.

A example of a rajj is "Hi, come in, have some tea, how was your mums operation", then theyd stab you. :blink:

Ahh Can Gie ye mair phrases if ya want, but di ye ken any weird phrases fae yer part or ar ye all not BULT :P

[simbalena]

Arrggh.... reminds me of when I tried to read Trainspotting! Took me so long to to ken what ken meant!

People here say things like "I reckon that's heaps good". And we have bogans, they're probably not as bad as weejies although a lot of them are dealers!

[innocenteyes]

Most of the time you can understand everyone down here. If you can't, mainly it is because they are talking extremely fast and mixed with a cajun accent it can be difficult to hear. They also mix Cajun French in with their sentences and say double negitives and positives. An example: "Come here sha! You cant eat that, no, its caca"
Sha means sweet or love. We say referencing to babies most. Caca is nasty. Often when someone says here, it sounds more or less like heya. Of course there are many different ways here is expressed down here. Some say der." Go right der!". Cajuns are also loud. They are very loud people. Well a sentence like that mixed with an accent and said real fast, it can be a little difficult. The cajun accent and language is a dying thing down here. You mostly here is from the older generations now.


Here is examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqfdn8_ftYQ

This is a good video how Cajun french is spoken:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRXcpBIteEM

The music he is playing on the accordian, is called Zydeco. I love listening to it.

[innocenteyes]

HAHA your right, I cant pronounce that. It sounded like I had a bee buzzing around me head with all the Z's.

I love different languages. I know when I moved down here it was a culture shock. I would litteraly not talk in a conversation and just listen. One they were to fast for me to input and two, I couldnt understand what they were saying. It took me a long time to figure it out. I remember the first time I heard myself use a double negitive and put some cajun french in a sentence. I shocked myself. My parents would have been very unhappy with my grammer. lol.

Found another link :) This women has a heavy cajun accent. I wish I could find a video of whena group of people are talking. Then you could see just how loud and fast they talk. Oh and they call cajun people coonasses down here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeogaOAN_YA

Oh I got another too. Herbert is pronounced a-bear down here. People picked at me for a while pronouncing it like Herbert. lol.

[Dooglers9]

Mostly everyone speaks English were I live in Arizona. But, it's common to hear some Spanish and Chinese around here, too.
I could barely understand what that Elderly couple in that video were saying, innocenteyes!

[Phoeberg]

I don't think there really are any local slang phrases where I live in south-east England. The only things people say are abbreviations of place names mostly, like Ammy and GX, which every area probably does. People at my school used to say "allow" meaning the opposite really, as in "I don't want to do that", but I think that was a country wide thing rather than a local. Imagine people speaking very proper English and that's what everyone sounds like in my area, so it's easy to understand people here.

However where my parents come from in Wales, all the families have got their own nicknames that everyone knows them by because so many surnames are the same. For instance one familiy is known as Napoleon because they're supposed to have been distantly related to Napoleon, so they'll be called things like 'Megan Napoleon' when people are talking about them.

[norrasims]

I know not many of you can speak german or have an ear for the german language, because it sounds very hard and awkward but I want to show you a video where a man speaks a dialect of "hessisch". I live in Hessen, thats in the middle of germany. (the brothers grimm came from there, too, just to give you a clue where it is ;D ) The woman speaks "Hochdeutsch" which means the normal german. She listens to the man and is wondering about the way he speaks.

whatever, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tlLJAXKE6I

edit: "babbeln" means to speak, btw :D

[cdanon]

Some rural North Carolina mountain slang.
Moonshine - the term first came into use cause people who made white lighting did so by moonlight to escape the revenuers.
polecat -Skunk
goosal pipe- throat
britches - pants
yall -you all
yonder -there (catch all phrase for a short or long distance)
Tator - Potato
mator -tomato
I'm going to tear you up (to a child) -I'm going to give you a spanking. (my mom used the expression beat you to a bloody pulp.)
whooping - spanking, beating, etc.
drawers -underpants
Poke - Bag such as Pig in a Poke (bag of pork)
snipe hunting - Old trick played on newcomers where the newcomer is left in woods holding a bag waiting on imaginary snipes to be herded by "friends." The newcomer after finding out he been played for a fool has to find his way out of the woods in the dark.
Close the barn door before the cow gets out - Zip up your pants.
Dont be ugly- not meaning in appearance but in attitude
Bless your heart--various meanings but I take it to mean it 'sucks to be you'
I myself use a mixture of the two following. Yes, I am a hick.
Two dialects of NC
Mountain>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iwAY4KlIU
Coastal>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgi9wYsR5fo

[Astrognash]

Whoa, another North Carolinian? I feel less lonely.

What Cdanon said, but far less pronounced, 'cause I'm from the Piedmont, in the Containment Area for Relocated Yankees.

Also, we have ain't, a strange contraction who most know as isn't.

[lovetadraw]

Joke is, "our town is so small, the town hooker is still a virgin". That's probably not true, we live about five miles from a nice downtown area. And several larger cities around. We use 'sup a lot.

[angel4rab]

As you could possibly tell from my name, I am from Dundee in Scotland. Scottish people have a reputation for their local language and accents, and the fact that it is impossible for foreigners to understand us. The most stereotypical scots language that people know is Glaswegian.

Here are my thoughts on glasgow, written in a broad Glesgae accent.

See they weegies, there pure mental nutters. There a' pure backstabbing rajjes and dealers, and there always on the pure waccy baccy ken what I mean?

Read that out high pitched and you've got it.

mental nutters, easy enough to pick apart. Rajjes, however is not as obvious.

A example of a rajj is "Hi, come in, have some tea, how was your mums operation", then theyd stab you. :blink:

Ahh Can Gie ye mair phrases if ya want, but di ye ken any weird phrases fae yer part or ar ye all not BULT :P

Im from glaesga, and I dont say KEN!!!! thats people from irvine and aberfoyle that say that and they sound like chukters. Sure enough ken started in glasgow but it aint used no more.

some slang that I say is gettin' mad wi' it, hee haw, bottle merchant, stoater, boudo, diddy,duds, hackit, hee haw, (heavy)scran, baltic, toon, dain', winching, bob note, mince. Theres hunners mair but canny hink a' any.

[dundoniandood]

Im from glaesga, and I dont say KEN!!!! thats people from irvine and aberfoyle that say that and they sound like chukters. Sure enough ken started in glasgow but it aint used no more.

some slang that I say is gettin' mad wi' it, hee haw, bottle merchant, stoater, boudo, diddy,duds, hackit, hee haw, (heavy)scran, baltic, toon, dain', winching, bob note, mince. Theres hunners mair but canny hink a' any.

eh didnae ken thir was anither scottish person on this site pure BULT