Aye up duck | : | Hello dear | |
Ark at Im | : | Will you listen to that fellow | |
Bout a zevvy | : | Equal in weight | |
Chisit | : | How much does that cost? | |
D’year youth? | : | Can you hear me young man? | |
Ee looked at me gone out | : | I don’t think he believed me | |
Ee’s gorra cob on | : | He’s upset | |
Ee’s right nesh | : | He feels the cold | |
Frit | : | Scared | |
Gerronwirrit | : | Please continue | |
Gisit | : | Could you pass that please? | |
Giz a birra yer snap | : | May I share your food please? | |
Guwin down the offeh | : | I'm going out to buy some alcohol | |
I ain’t gorrany | : | I have no food to spare | |
Larreh | : | Cheeky | |
Or’light me ode | : | Hello | |
Shay’s gerrin mardy | : | That woman seems upset | |
Treat ya sen | : | Treat Yourself | |
Yak us a cob* | : | Could you throw me one of those bread rolls please? | |
*A well-know point of contention in the Midlands versus the rest of the UK, but a cob is undisputedly the correct term for small individually baked bread - also known as a roll, bap, batch, breadcake or some other nonsense elsewhere. |
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