To bubble up or not to bubble up?

[elleha]

I am familar with the expression "To bubble someone up" which translates to "To grass someone up". I work with some northern folk ( in Kent) and they have never heard of this expression. Can I ask if you have heard of it and your location? I want to know if it has travelled!

[spudqueen]

I'm in Lancashire and have never heard of it. Never heard of it when I was living in London or Devon either though!

[stoo_pid]

I'm from Suffolk, lived in London for 10 years and have lived in the north east for several years and have never heard of that expression. Mrs Pid, a northerner who lived in London for several years has never heard of the expression either.

[Narolines]

Never heard of it here in the Midlands, either.......

[lodekka]

I've known of that one since the early 1980s - I grew up in Norwich.

[Azimov]

Might I suggest that if you never heard of the phrase, you keep quiet and let those who have reply?

I'm sure there are thousands of us who never heard of the phrase, (myself included)scattered all over the country, if not the world!
Should we all post stating that we never heard the phrase in our tiny insignificant region?
Of course not. Show some sense and post only if you have something useful to add!
Otherwise this thread will fill up with variations of "Nope, never heard of it here either!"

[maxi29]

I was at uni with a scouser and he and his mates used it a lot (I also heard it on Brookside). Might be just a Liverpool expression that's slowly working its way south.

I like it - I use it myself now.

[noxlumos]

I've heard it in Liverpool and Manchester when I was there, but not commonly, more usually grassed.

[Sally]

I'm from Yorkshire and the only thing like it that I know is " I'm bubbling up" which means oh no! I think I may be going to cry!!!!!

[waimarie]

I'm from West London originally and it was a well known phrase round our way circa 1950's/70's. Used in several ways - 'put the bubble in' - you've been bubbled' - 'i've been bubbled', and so on. Another way of putting it would be - 'you've been grassed up'. At my advanced age, I still use it !!!

[jacko50]

I am from birmingham but joined the Army in 1969 where we used this phrase a lot .

[Philtaz]

I live in North Wales and had never heard it until I joined the Army. It's certainly not a phrase used around these parts.

[Narolines]

Azimov, the question was, "Can I ask if you have heard it and your location?" Those of us who have not heard and who have replied have furnished precisely the information that was requested.

[Narolines]

Sorry - "have not heard it"