local dialects?

[unrulyjulie]

who here knows what a "croggy" is???? what words are purely local to you?

[raysparx1]

I know what a croggy is, lol somebody told me, but they made it up, its really a seater.

[dot.hawkes]

I had never heard of 'ginnell' til i moved here 20 years ago, still don't know how to spell it either, and actually the locals call it 'the backses' anyway

[enotrapfodne]

I am not a dalek so pleaese uscusse me when I dont extermite myselp all over the planet

[Goodsoulette]

grockel, dimpsey and akker apparently.

[curiosity]

Yeh we call it a croggy, I lost my tooth getting one years ago.

[stokemaveric]

you cant beat a good back entry dot lol

[pinkkitty]

where i live in the "black country" region of the midlands, people say the word "bostin" quite a lot, which seems to be a black country-ism. (Bostin means "great" btw)

the black country dialect is peppered with lots of words that are only spoken round here. Not being a natural born native of this region i do find it quite annoying.

[taichiperson]

Lonning in Cumbria, though it could just be another name for lane.
A grockle in cornwall and the Channel Islands is a tourist.

[taichiperson]

Has anyone heard the word 'blart' - having a good blart is to cry. I'd like to know if it's from the Midlands or around Dorset way, my Mum used to use it.

[Count_Emmup]

My mother also employed 'blart' = weep, also scriking for crying. That was in South Cheshire.

'Croggy' is a diminutive of crossbar i.e. a ride on a bicycle crossbar!

A cry oft times heard on the long rainsoaked trek home from school!
"Go on, gis a croggy!"

[Count_Emmup]

Where are you from, Dot.h? "Backses" is widely employed here in Crewe, too.

[Count_Emmup]

Raysparx1 # 1

Your answer is not strictly correct - with a 'croggy' the passenger sits on the crossbar and the rider pedals; with a 'seatie' the passenger sits on the saddle while the rider stands forward upon the pedals.

It is so important to get these essential details correct, isn't it?

[jamesisgod]

Scouse, Barm, La, Bifta, Scref, Kecks, Bills, Beefy... I could go on... Im from Argentina by the way :)

[curiosity]

Count_Emmup is right in my view I was on the cross bar of a racing bike, the rider on the saddle when my monkey booted foot got tired of staying out of the wheels way, and next thing on the road, rider on back, bike in bits further along, and front tooth through lip. Sitting on the seat while the rider stood and pedelled we called a Tan.

[inksplotter]

A croggy would be someone who's croggy, wouldn't it? Someone who's irritable, grumpy, or tired.