Sotonians teach each other new words, phrases, languages or dialects

I’ve grown to really like the Glasgow accent (to be distingished from a ned accent which is a bit like Glaswegian spoken entirely through the nose)

Awae an beai yer heid; literally ‘go and boil your head’; to be used when you’re talking to someone you are fed up with and wish to go away (similar to f*ck off).

Scunnered; completely fed up/shattered/p*ssed off; ‘ah canny be bothered wi goan tae the pub the night mate, ahm scunnered’

Bealin; literally ‘boiling’; means really bloody angry

Hod tha bus; literally ‘hold the bus’; means ‘wait a minute’

Hingin a mince; very ugly

Cooncil juice; literally ‘council juice’; means water

My favourite:

Awae an sh*te; used when someone says something that’s utter nonsense in an attempt to win a argument; ‘da said ah could huv tha last slice’ ‘awae an shite, he dudnae say anyhin aboot ut’

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I am repatriating Hod tha bus , Kingdom Come.

I like it.

In the process, I will restore it to its former glory of Hold the bus.

[Said in an accent akin to that of the fat butler from Downtown(sic) Abbey]

Tahitian is all vowels and eyebrows.

Unlike the goat who is all bowels and no eyebrows

A couple of scouse updates:-

Causing murder

Someone creating a fuss, almost certainly not involving killing anyone.

have murder with, to

When someone knows they’re going to have a barney with someone else, and announces it up front. “I’m going to have murder with that bastard when I see him”

Ok, smartarse Sotonian linguists (fowllyd this means you) - how do we pronounce ‘Midtjylland’?

It isn’t really ‘midget-land’ is it?

(I feel like I’ve lived in midget land all my life - but that’s another story…)

Mit shae lant is how I read it from the phonetics

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Can we add dances to the list?

I think I will try and learn this one for an upcoming matchday drinks session:

Lou, here is your homework :wink::

Daniwah - Means finish your pint in one go.