Coventry slang/dialect (1 Viewer)

I asked if they had a cheese and onion bap once in a sandwich shop in Derby and going by the look on the woman’s face I think she thought I’d accused her of having a smelly fanny.

martcov said:

faggot chips and peas = one all in

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All of a sudden I’m regretting my decision to turn vegetarian.

Otis said:

I always remember 'It's time for bathtime with uncle!'

Is that a Coventry thing, or more nationwide?

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Don’t think that’s a Coventry thing.
More like an Otis family get-together.

As for an entry....when I lived in Lancaster back in late 70s no one understood ‘entry’ but used term ‘ginnel’ or ‘jitty’ instead.

My mum and gran also used term ‘over Bill’s house’ if there was a chance of rain but not raining yet. Eg I might say it’s not raining yet but they would respond ‘but it’s raining over Bills house’. Don’t know if that just cov or elsewhere.


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lifeskyblue said:

Don’t think that’s a Coventry thing.
More like an Otis family get-together.

As for an entry....when I lived in Lancaster back in late 70s no one understood ‘entry’ but used term ‘ginnel’ or ‘jitty’ instead.

My mum and gran also used term ‘over Bill’s house’ if there was a chance of rain but not raining yet. Eg I might say it’s not raining yet but they would respond ‘but it’s raining over Bills house’. Don’t know if that just cov or elsewhere.


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We used to say "It's black over Bill's mother's". I think that was because Bill (Shakespear) was from Stratford which is South West of Coventry, the direction from which the prevailing wind came, bringing rain.

The last time I was in Coventry, I noticed all the 'entries' I used to use had been gated and padlocked. A security thing I suppose.

I knew a girl once who was from Nuneaton so I don't know if this is just a Nuneaton thing but instead of pronouncing 'buses', she would say 'buzzes'.
I'm not sure if the 'z' was only used in the plural or the singular as well.
Does anyone know if this is a Nuneaton only thing?

Gazolba said:

The last time I was in Coventry, I noticed all the 'entries' I used to use had been gated and padlocked. A security thing I suppose.

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Indeed, our entry is gated (both ends) too, very happy with it's detterent of chavs hanging around and would be burglars.

Gazolba said:

I knew a girl once who was from Nuneaton so I don't know if this is just a Nuneaton thing but instead of pronouncing 'buses', she would say 'buzzes'.
I'm not sure if the 'z' was only used in the plural or the singular as well.
Does anyone know if this is a Nuneaton only thing?

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Plus Bedworth, sorry...I mean Beduth.

vow said:

Plus Bedworth, sorry...I mean Beduth.

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And Brizzle!

skybluetony176 said:

I asked if they had a cheese and onion bap once in a sandwich shop in Derby and going by the look on the woman’s face I think she thought I’d accused her of having a smelly fanny.

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I think you'll find that in Derby, 'bap' means vagina.

Only kids in Coventry do Gamboles too. Nowhere else in Britain knows them as Gamboles.
We still go ‘down town’ now and again. I eat scallop batches and it does get black over bills mothers sometimes.

torchomatic said:

A lot of that stuff was used in Southam too when I grew up in the 70s. I don't think it is particularly a Coventry thing.

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Same in Rugby in 90s

Gazolba said:

I knew a girl once who was from Nuneaton so I don't know if this is just a Nuneaton thing but instead of pronouncing 'buses', she would say 'buzzes'.
I'm not sure if the 'z' was only used in the plural or the singular as well.
Does anyone know if this is a Nuneaton only thing?

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Did she wear white socks?

Nuneaton is proper "bab" country.

Wasn't Spuggy the lad off Geordie Racer? Whenever I mention that nobody has a clue what I'm on about.

I just googled, Geordie Racer was real.

Otis said:

I think you'll find that in Derby, 'bap' means vagina.

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You could be right. In rugby it’s a bread roll though.

Nick said:

Wasn't Spuggy the lad off Geordie Racer? Whenever I mention that nobody has a clue what I'm on about.

I just googled, Geordie Racer was real.

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Nah, bullshit, m8.
She was in Byker Grove, ginger sort.

All this talk of chip shops, can you still get scratchings?

Ranjit Bhurpa said:

All this talk of chip shops, can you still get scratchings?

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Yep Binley mega we’re giving them away brfore

Blahtin

Ba-bee

I Had a starter at a restaurant a while back with was bloody lovely scollop fried egg topped with black pudding

Otis said:

I always remember 'It's time for bathtime with uncle!'

Is that a Coventry thing, or more nationwide?

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Just spat my fucking tea out

Terry Gibson's perm said:

A batch is a batch I have no idea what this bread roll term is

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Its a tea cake up here in Yorkshire

Doesnt a tea cake have fruit in?

Off to Dublin next week Might go to the strand and have some rashers with scallions

Oh yeah, when I lived in Middlemarch Rd we use to play in the entry

What about snap? My old man always used to call his packed lunch it

We used to go 'up town' when I was a kid. Might have been a Wyken thing though :happy:

Whilst we are at it, we've all used slang and slang changes year by year. So why do people moan about the 'youth' and the slang being used now.
You bunch of saps.

Bumberclart said:

Its a tea cake up here in Yorkshire

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In Lancashire it's a barmcake or barm for short.
Over in Nottingham/Derby, I believe it's called a cob.

hill83 said:

Whilst we are at it, we've all used slang and slang changes year by year. So why do people moan about the 'youth' and the slang being used now.
You bunch of saps.

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That post is on point.

Nick said:

That post is on point.

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Stay woke.

Much rather be "to the max"