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Old 28-11-2015, 08:35 PM #1
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Im a Geordie we speak a diff language
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we call chewing gum 'chewy' but I think everywhere does that idk
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California is mostly known for skater/surfer slang... "dude" "bro" "awesome" etc...
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Essentially this public health advert does the same as Mokkas for anyone in West Central Scotland. The young lady in the advert will be pretty much exactly as say how Josy will speak.


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Skag,isihhh and gizabitada are ones i use at least fifty times a day...Rup is becoming a big thing around here too.
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I live in the heart of the black country so there's a lot of colloquialisms associated with the area, if you weren't familiar with the dialect and you talked to some of the older people around here you'd think they were speaking another language.
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I live in the heart of the black country so there's a lot of colloquialisms associated with the area, if you weren't familiar with the dialect and you talked to some of the older people around here you'd think they were speaking another language.
Yeah, even I find it hard to understand the older people sometimes and I'm from that area too
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Loads, here's a few

Gawk - Puke
Gat - Drink(alcoholic)
Haunted - Lucky
Jag - Date (kind of)
Jointed - Very crowded
Bazzer - Hair Cut
Feen - A Male person
Beor - A Female Person
Flah - An attractive person or to have sex
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Katie Hopkins reveals epilepsy made her suicidal - and says she identifies as a MAN
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Just because she is a giant cock, doesn't make her a man.
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Loads, here's a few

Gawk - Puke
Gat - Drink(alcoholic)
Haunted - Lucky
Jag - Date (kind of)
Jointed - Very crowded
Bazzer - Hair Cut
Feen - A Male person
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Flah - An attractive person or to have sex
Gawking here means to stare at something 'what you gawking at!'

So you could say you'd be gawking at someone gawking
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Gawking here means to stare at something 'what you gawking at!'

So you could say you'd be gawking at someone gawking
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