A aintgotnocoatotowt - I seem to have forgotten my coat

antenyonyergoranyonyer? - Doesn't anyone have any?

are kid/mi chip - brother

ark at it! -listen to it. ie raining.

arr aint yorn - that doesn't belong to you

at's wad I rek'on - that's my summary of the situation

av gorra gerrit straight the way – I have got to get it straight away

av notruckweim - don't have anything to do with him

aya guwin uptaarn? - are you going to town?

ay up me duck - good day madam/sir

ayupmush - hello my friend

am on me larry- I'm on my own

aintit - is it not?

aya avinaguon the osses - are you placing a bet on the horse racing

amgooinlavvy - I need to visit the toilet

arseovatit - he fell over

a ya bag - I hurt myself

are yeh not stoppin? - would you like to take your coat off?

ayah - ouch!

ahshehgorramonkon - is she in a bad mood?

av gorra gerroffear - this is my stop

avugorrit - have you got it?

'ave yer emtid the poh mother? - have you emptied the chamber pot dear?

argate - our gate, usually the answer to "where yuh goin fuh yuroliday?" and

meaning "we are not going away this year"

am reet frit - I am very frightened

aight? - hello, are you alright?

angonamo - wait for me

attcha - salutations, my good friend

aAy?...Pardon?

azzegorrasustificut has he got a certificate?

arse-ova-backuds - I fell over (quite badly)

aye enna gorra cloo - I don't know

ainttavvinanyonit - I will stand no nonsense B bildo - building society

black pad - path alongside a railway line.

bungole - cheese

bood - bad mood

brauny park - Braunstone Park

buzz - bus

bins - glasses

blooaaahmeh - blue army of Leiceser City fame

bearard - very difficult

bareottinnit - it is very hot isn't it

baltic - cold

bye - safe, ciafe, in a bit, in a bizzel, peace, peace out

bob - a poo

bredwin - friends

braggy park - bradgate park

Birmingham - brum

boggy fleece - Beaumont Leys

uff-up-bow-eh - I am off to Beaumont Leys

The Bird - used to be slang for the Leicester Mercury as in the old man next door used to ask me to "Run up the shop and get us the Bird"

Braunite - someone who resides in Braunstone

bob - excrement

bare - a lot of something e.g. I got bare cash

bag on - in a mood. Ees gorra bag on

brew – tea. Urry up, brew ull be mashed -get a move on your tea is stewing.

Bazza or Baz – Barry

Backy – Neil Back

bockle - bottle

Booyah - an exclamatory statement, excellent!

Baleev - Yes, I believe you!

Bomb ya one time - Will deliver a swift kick to the chops C Charlie's dead - excuse me, I think your underskirt is showing

chilax - chill and relax

chip ole - chip shop

cob - roll/bap

coddie - foreman

coggie - swimming costume

corseppen - a special apron worn on wash days

cotty - tangled hair

crash the ash! - I think it's your turn to give me a cigarette

croaker - doctor

croggy - a ride hitched on a bicycle

the cut - canal

chuck it - stop it!

corsie - pavement

corrie - Coronation Street

chip butty - chip cob

chippy - chip shop

cool - sikk, heavy, draw, bullet

current bun - sun

chizit - how much is it?

cat got yuh tong? - what have you got to say for yourself?/you're quiet

council pop - water

chuck it - throw it

croggih - to give someone a ride on your bike's cross bar "yogonnagimmiagroggih?"

curnt - can't

Cozza – Martin Corry

criggy - 1. Cricket 2. Christmas

coodya - could you

cuntya - couldn't you

choddeh - chewing gum

chipoff the ole block - someone who is like somebody else

Clagnut - A small piece of irremovable bob

Comin darn Brauno? - Are You Coming To Braunstone Gate? D dazzers - swimming costume

dobber - condom

duwonote? - would you like anything?

duck's necks - bottle of pop

du ya na wat a meen? - Do you know what I mean?

doanit - doesn't it

dobbin meh - hitting me

Dodge = Braunstone Dodgite = Resident of Braunstone

do you understand? - naw mean?, u get me, nawm sayin

dontbisogobby - don't have such a big mouth

dunno - I don't know

djgerowt? - did you get anything? (heard asked to someone who had gone to collect from a house when carol singing)

me duck - my friend: "alrigh' m'duck" - "alright my friend"

didya - did you

dintya - didn't you

duyyar - do you

dontya - don't you

Deano – Dean Richards

diggers - knife/fork/spoon

Dallas - The new bit of Dodge

Dollies - Attractive young lady

Daniel - Superstar E e were in a bob'ole - he was in a den/hiding place

e's gorra chin on - he's being grumpy

Ear oo worry wi' - Excuse me who was he with if you don't mind my asking?

'ees gorra cobbon - he seems to be upset

ence - pence

eyer gorrany rocks? - have you any sweets?

eyu gorrit? - Do you perchance have it?

eza drip - he is a little slow

eeyaahmate - excuse me, over here please

egg - I think someone may have passed wind

E road - Evington Road

evo - evington

'Ewayerdoublehewa' meaning 'He looked just like you'

ewereyerdoubleewor (ee-wer-yer-dubble-e-wor) - He was your double, he was. I love lestoh F five and twenty to/past - twenty-five to/past the hour

frowawobbler - get mad

fippin' hell- you are shocked!

fizzogg - face

frit - frightened

flexing - seeing someone that's not your boyfriend/girlfriend

friend - blad, bredrin, breh

flicks - pictures/cinema

fieldz - Highfields

Fanny - FanClub

Fanwah - FanClub G gaff - home

gaffa - an elderly man

ganzi - jumper

ginnel - alleyway or side-path

ger off onit - are you serious?

gerrout o' me road - allow me to pass

gerr ouwt on it - don't exaggerate

gezanamaneggcobmush - could you please get me a ham and egg roll my friend

gis a bit - could I have a piece of that?

gis a gleg - give me a look at it

gis a croggy - give me a ride on back of your bike

gisasuckoyercore - could I have the rest of your apple if you don't want it?

gawpin - staring

gizs a croggy in ya grid - give me a ride on your bike.

gisit 'ere - please pass that to me

giz a rock - give me a sweet

giz that - ah gen it ya! - give me that... I gave it to you!

goin bed - I'm going up to bed

gorra bag on - in a mood

gun gerruz a punnit for the guzgogs - Please fetch me a punnet for the gooseberries

go gerrus anoakey wisumrazzon - get me an ice cream with raspberry sauce

goindownnarb - are you going down Narborough Road?

gorragoo - got to go

goin' forra taz on mi grid - I'm going for a ride on my bicycle

gorra gerrah Garry one o' them - that's nice, I'd like one of those

gorra cobbon - being upset

guffo - Guthlaxton College

gingernutt - a person with orange hair

googy - East Goscote Thrum

gowinupmonsell - I am going to the Eyers Monsell

giz a gander - give me a look

gorraguloo - I must go to the toilet straight away

gyalzdem/manzdem - those girls/boys

gun oot – gone out

guntekkitupome - I'm going to take it home

ya grass - grasser - someone who tells tales

giv over - you are joking

goo away wiv ya - you are joking

gooin up citai - going to watch Leicester City play football

Guz Gogs - gooseberrys

gerra life - go and do something with your life/self

giyusaliftintataarn - give me a lift into town

Gorrogoungerrabirradinna - I have to go and get my dinner

ge ouwa me road - get out of my way H hands aya sinota Fred? - have you seen Fred lately?

how much chissit? - how much is it?

hoosit - who is it

he berranorradun - he hadn't better have done that

Highfields - fieldz

Hinckleymardy

hectors - teeth

hot-ache - when the fingers were so cold they burned

Homez - Good Mate I I ain't gorrote - I haven't got any money

I inner gorrit - I don't have it

n't it ot? - isn't it warm today?

I ain't purrin up wi it - I won't allow this

I ain't up Co'ville - don't speak so loudly

I innagunnagu - I am not going

it's a bit parky - it's cold

it's black over Bill's mother's - it's about to rain

innit - isnt it

I seedyalastneet uruworrawee? - oh yes who was I with?

int-there-oat-elson - is there anything else on?

I wuz bornin thrummy - I was born in Thurmaston

I'll give yoo a right pasting - I shall smack your bottom hard

it ain't noat todowidit - it is not anything to do with it

izthatannammunuhracheezun? - would that cob be one containing ham or cheese?

ifyasaso - if you say that, I believe you

I ain got oat/note - I haven't got anything J jewonna - would you like?

jitty - allyway

jollop - medicine

Krilyon - Loughborough Carillon Tower

karzi – toilet/outhouse

jonny - Sir Jonathon North Community College

jim skinner - dinner

jasper - a wasp

joey in the Christmas pud - silver thrupny bit (3d coin) in the pudding

Johnno – Martin Johnson K kalaye - sherbet in a bag

Keep yer airon - calm down

keep yer eye out - watch out

kinell- a term of shock or surprise

Kibuth - Kibworth L laggy bands - elastic bands

laropped - drunk

Larry - A person on there own. On ma larry = On my own.

Lairey = A bit crazy; all ove the place, as in "this dog is a bit lairey".

ler 'er gerron wi' it - I suggest we let her do it

leery - cheeky person

Lester right - a person residing in Leicester

lugholes - ears

leff it - leave it

Lino - Assistant Referee

Lucy Lastic - a promiscuous woman

let's av a goosey - can I have a look

loot - money

lankey boys - Lancaster Boys School

I'll leather ya - I'll hit you

looked at me gone ou' - looked at me as if I was nuts

Lozza - Lawrence

lavai - toilet

left handed - caggy handed

Lanky Boyz - Lancaster boys school M mashin - brewing the tea

Mardy Arse - a person who is very upset.

medadzgorrajag - my dad has got a jaguar mekitgobakkuds - put it in reverse

me tabs ar fruz - my ears are frozen

mi mam - my mother

mi marrer - my mate old yer osses

m'ungry - I'm hungry

mozzie - mosquito

makeace - make haste/hurry up

Cant forget 'Mozzy' as in Mossdale Meadows in Brauny!! Or 'mozzy' means mosqutio

Mad Mile - The dual carriage way bit of the Narb N necky Becky - nosey

nesh - cold

noseoowereewiv - who was he with?

nowt - nothing

ngooinuvverasdasdywonote - I'm going to Asda, would you like anything?

nippin up Wiggy - going into Wigston

no me neeva - I can't either

note tu du wi me - nothing to do with me

nun non num - not any of them O old cock - friend

oakey - an ice-cream

oat - anything

am on me larry - I'm on my own

oooooh ya - ouch!

ooooyawh beggaw - well goodness me!

oohyerbeggaryafritmetadeth - goodness me you gave me a scare

ooo ya bewteh - amazing

ooya date - expression of surprise

ooyah kinkah - oh my goodness

ow a ya?- how are you?

owmachisit?- what is the cost?

oooo ya bod - an expression of surprise or amazement

oooo Ya Ladza - as above

ooowa - o dear cloth ears - are you deaf?

ospikul - hospital

ooyah fighter - I have the distinct impression somebody passed wind

ooh missus mannering - you snob

oosfluffed - who may I ask has blown wind?

outdoors - off licence

owned! - you have just been had/proved wrong/humiliated etc

"ooyah date or ooyah bug{ga}" - that was quite painful!

Ooyah ! = surprise. Like "wow !" Also: Ooyah devil; ooyah dogga; ooyah barnies.

os - horse "am gunna wesh me os in sum watter - I'm going to wash my horse in some water"

oowar - oh yes. oowar me duck - Oh yes fine woman

ow-wee-yah? - hello

ooworreway - who was he with?

Oweya? - How are you?

on yer bike - would you mind vacating my personal space please

Ooh yuh byuteh! - Surprise P

pack it in - stop it

pack puggin! - stop picking your nose!

pak-up = packed lunch

padge-owl - a woman out alone at night

peg- railway signal

plaggy bags - plastic bags

puthering down with rain - bucketing it down

punchin' walls - I am angry

put wood in the hole - shut the door

pigginaida - oh my!

palaver - a disturbance, to-do

Pork Pie Libray & the Pork Pie Island = Southfields Library & the traffic island at the Saffron Lane/Glenhills Bully (Boulevard)!

pound - dollar

push grid - bike

"proper pawley" - really ill

pad - for a footpath (e.g. the Black Pad in Narborough)

pug - bogey (nose)

proper dog ruf - a person looks a little rough/ugly

Pie-eyed - Drunk Q quiddit - could you please stop that

quit stickin yuh beakin - don't be nosey R radgy - irritable

reccy - playing fields

Redundo - redundancy package

rekon yuruptuit? - do you think you can handle it?

rally - railway line

roughting - fighting

roaring - to sob or cry loudly

rocks - sweets

rare un – rare one/nutter

rare as rocking horse sh*t – a right nutter or something unobtainable

r mam - my mother

r dad - my father

r Gary = Gary Lineker

rainin cats n dogs - raining a lot S s'ard init? - it's hard, isn't it?

scratchings - left over bits of batter sprinkled on chips

seizure - see you

sen - alternative to self

shlatternipumfrit - I'll have to return home for it

she looked at me gone out - she looked at me in an odd way

shurrup - be quiet

shut your cakehole/gob - please be quiet

silly slobber - rubbish talk

skank/skanked - to leave someone

skants - pants/underwear

skelington - the bones of your body

Sik - Really Good, Wicked

smoochin along - going for a stroll

snaps - lunch

snitch - tale teller

sonia bed - it is on your bed

Spendo - Spare cash

squoze - squeezed

stop mithering me - don't bother me

summit - something

topomehed - top of my head

sunbins - sunglasses

stoner - person from Stonesbury Avenue

safemateyergetmeh - very good my friend, do you understand?

shintin - she is not at home

s'anging in eyah - this room could do with a clean

satdy - Saturday

seen - ok

sod that! - forget that

spendoes or spends - pocket money

the saff - the Saffron Lane estate

saffite - resident of the Saffron Lane

safto - this afternoon

steamin' - intoxicated

supwi'it? - why will it not work?

scutter - a down-and-out

snobs - fivestones

fly-dobs - one of the moves in snobs

scroed" instead of scribbled

Swede – head. Ere ont me swede - I have an opportunity for a header

scran - food

shove ova - move across (so I can sit down)

soash - social security

stop lolling sbout - stop leaning or mooching around

Smashed - Drunk

Snakey B - Snakebite and Black

Steamboat mahooda - Drunk T the offy - off licence

thatsa biggun - that's a big one

the don - big sandwich

the woggy - the brook running through Lancaster Boys School

toggly - buttered toast

tegs - teeth

taarn - Leicester city centre

that's all mi eye and Peggy Martin - you're talking rubbish

trolleys, undercrackers, bracks - undergarments, pants

The Dodge: i.e The Braunstone estate

The Narb - Narborough Road Head out

there's no ownin'im - he looks exactly like his Dad (or Mum).

they're givin'out rain - the forecasters say it's going to rain

toffeenosed - stuck up, posh, upper-class

tiss up - do a handstand against the wall

tisinit - it is isn't it

trolley - a kind of go-kart made of old pram wheels, bits of wood and string

tisot init - it is hot isn't it

Thrummy - Thurmaston

he's as tight as a duck's arse - he's not very generous

taintintintisit - it isn't in the tin

twenny - twenty

twerly- am I too early?

on your tod - on your own

tuttoos - sweeties

taters – potatoes

tommy opposite - Left handed

tent code - the weather is mild

tuws-up - can I have half of your cigarette please

tee shot - t-shirt. As in two men on the golf course, one saying to the other "Nice tee shot mate", to which the other answers "Yeah thuh missis gorrit from NEXT!"

Twallop - if I did something silly my Grandad would call me a "Twallop" U u donit - you have done this

uncool - wakk, neng, marga, bob

ungreh - hungry

up the jit - through the passageway

uz our mackle - make out of spare parts donnies

Uz – our. Time for uz snap. Tea time V vennie - adventure playground

Vicky Park - Victoria Park W wait a minute seejabit - see you later tinhat

wak - rubbish/boring/pointless

well, worreediz - well, what it is/I mean to say/this is my opinion

waranooter - please take note of that / look at the nose on that!

wassup? - what is going on?

well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs what a surprise

we gorrem up the chip ole - we are going to the chip shop

what's poppin? - what's happening?

what's going off? - what's going on?

wotsay? - I beg your pardon, could you repeat that?

who's mashing - who's making the tea?

whereworrenoowoorewi - where was he and who was he with?

wob oer - tumble over

woreewivu - was he with you?

worro - hello

wuk - work

worrit - was it

wagwaan - what's going on?

whatcha doing oat or noat? - What are you doing anything or nothing?

wobbie - wasp

wazzermarrer - what's the matter

weggy - western park

wully pully - pullover/sweater/jumper

wiggy - wigston

weergooinskeggyferusolls - we're holidaying in Skegness

we've gorra gerrazimbux - we have to get our hymn books

wha' - what

wuntya - would you. Wuntya like a bugger - Would you care for a burger

wuntya - wouldn't you

woodya - would you

wiggy – Graham Rowntree

wazzed – drunk

waz – urinate

whippersnapper - small child

worra loadu ol cobblus - what a lot of rubbish (you are talking)

wabby - wasp, as in the things that sting yer bum! X xboody - ex-boyfriend/husband Y y'ain't frit are ye? - I hope you are not afraid

yavinowt teet? - are you having anything to eat?

ya carnt mek me do it - you can't make me do it

Ye goin up rally? - are you going to the railway line?

y'ungry? - are you hungry?

yakit - throw it

yavinalaff???--- Are you having a laugh/ Are you being serious?

you cat Anna - stop being naughty

you throw your money about like a man with no arms - you're a miser

yukkan shuvit - I'm not interested

yehcanstopwi'us - you may stay at our house

yeahsafematesafe - I agree, very good

y'arright gel? - are you all right madam/sister/wife?

yu dont gerote for note - you don't get something for nothing

yergorroat to do - have you anything you'd like me to do?

yesdy - yesterday

you're yitney - you are afraid

yuvgargoothawayanywayintyoh? - you've got to go that way anyway, haven't you?

ya lairey bugga - you daft bugger

you know what I mean - na

yougorragoowtomorra? - do you have to go out tomorrow?

youz chattin bob mate - you are talking rubbish my friend

yoonoworrahmean?- do you know what I mean?

Yorping – shouting. Yorping int market

yaar - you are. twinkul twinkul little stor oway wunder what yaar

urrarummun yaar - you're a right one you are

yule see the backuv me hand - I will hit you

Ye-get-meh? - Do you understand?

Yard - House

Yer evin mi on - Disbelief

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