A BBC radio 4 quiz on Northern words, especially for Marky mark

[Pro Tour Punditry]

It's not Northern. You southern nobbers

 

[hopless500]

10/12
(Living in the NE helped )

 

[nickyboy]

6/12 despite living in N Lancs, S Cumbria, Manchester and now N Derbyshire

I'd never even heard of five of them; ket, ratch, geg, gatchie, bleg

Where was the classic "mither"? (a word I never heard until I moved to Manchester from further North)

 

[gavgav]

6/12

 

[subaqua]

some of them words have other meanings in different dialects. Bobbins is one . as is bletch.


loved the first one. Nesh - nobody down here has a clue when i call em nesh in the winter

 

[Julia9054]

I got 9/12 but many were guesses despite being thoroughly northern.
Dialects are very localised and the idea that everyone in the north speaks the same is a bit daft.
Try this app for a bit of fun. It asks you how you pronounce different words and then tries to guess where you are from. Quite accurate in my case despite the fact that I don't think I have an accent at all!

 

[JtB]

I grew up in Stockport (south of the Mersey) and I didn't recognise a single word.

 

[SWSteve]

8/12

 

[Oldbloke]

5/12, 4 correct guesses. Not bad for an Essex boy...