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?

a y up me duck - good day madam/sir



bungole - cheese charlie's dead - excuse me, I think your underskirt is showing beneath your dress We gorrem up the chip ole chip ole - chip shop

cob - roll/bap

coddie - foreman

coggie - swimming costume

corseppen - a special apron worn on wash days

cotty - tangled hair

c rash 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 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? E were in a bob'ole - He was in a den/hiding place

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

'ees gorra cobbon - he seems to be upset

eyer gorrany rocks? - have you any sweets?

Eyu gorrit? - Do you perchance have it?

eza drip - he is a little slow Aya got yur ganzi? five and twenty to/past - Twenty-five to/past the hour

frowawobbler - get mad

gaff - home

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

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

gis a gleg - give me a look at it 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 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 Gorragehmehbathothisafto - I have to get my bathing costume this afternoon

ha sit goin? - how is it going?

how much chissit? - how much is it? 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

it's a bit parky - it's cold

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



jewonna - would you like?

jitty - allyway

jollop - medicine

Krilyon - Loughborough Carillon Tower

karzi  toilet/outhouse It ain't a roll it's a cob laggy bands - elastic bands

laropped - drunk

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

leery - cheeky person

Lester right - a person residing in Leicester

lugholes - ears mardy - grumpy

mashin - brewing the tea

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

me tabs ar fruz - my ears are frozen

mi mam - my mother

m'ungry - I'm hungry

Necky Becky - nosey

nesh - cold

nose oowereewiv - who was he with? nowt - nothing

oakey - an ice-cream

oat - anything old cock - friend

on-ya-todd - alone

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? pack it in - stop it

pack puggin! - stop picking your nose!

padge-owl - a woman out alone at night

peg- railway signal

plaggy bags - plastic bags

puthering down with rain - bucketing it down



reccy - playing fields

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

skank/skanked - to leave someone

skants - pants/underwear

skelington - the bones of your body

smoochin along - going for a stroll

snaps - lunch

snitch - tale teller

sonia bed - it is on your bed

Squoze - squeezed

stop mithering me - don't bother me

summit - something

topomehed - top of my head the offy - off licence Ye goin up rally? the rally - railway line

up the jit - through the passageway

waranooter - please take note of that woreewivu - was he with you? who's mashing - who's making the tea

w assup? - What is going on?

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

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

whereworrenoowoorewi - where was he and who was he with?

wob oer - tumble over

worro - hello Got yer coggeh for swimin? 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

y'ungry? - are you hungry?

yakit - throw it

you cat Anna - stop being naughty

you throw your money about like a man with no arms - you're a miser Thanks to Bob Thacker of Taupo North Island, New Zealand, Fergus, Liz Blackshaw, Tony Jarram from Loughborough, Emma Faulkner, Chris Steiner, Karen Bernstein, Tabby and Wendy Taylor, Chris Edwards, Ewan Kirk formerly of Thurmaston, now in Birmingham, R Barnet, Gayle Anderson, Mick Pickering, Phil in Perth, West Oz, Corrine Clarke, Jim Mitchinson, John Rymer of Syston , David Sudale , Phil Croft , Sharon Hall , Walter Fowler, Wendy, John Keats, Australian ex-pat John Sutton, Arthur Bausor of Thurnby Lodge, John's old grannie and former City Boy Mike Pinckard. Have you got any words to add to our dictionary? Email them here.