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Originally Posted by Mexi
You might need to study this before hand:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/fe...ents/a_b.shtml
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For all BCDC to learn before thurs
GREETINGS
'Ah do' - Hello
'Ay up Duck' - Hello there
'Ow at?' - How are you?
'At Owe rate/orate?' - Are you alright?
'Me owd' - My friend
'Mar mate' - My mate
Now try this conversation with your study partner
'Ah do, ow at, at owe rate?'
'Ar, arm orate me owd, at thay?'
QUESTIONS
'Ast thee got thee Oatckes?' - Have you got any Oatcakes? The reply could either be, 'Way anner,' or 'Way've got 'em!'
'Whut dust want?' - What do you want?
'Dust want a paynt?' - Would you like a drink?
'Whay're at gooin'?' - Where are you going?
A question often asked on the streets of Stoke is, 'At gooin' dine Stoke termirrer?' To which the reply of late has been, 'Ar onner. Stoke dunner come say may when arm bad
VARIOUS WORDS AND PHRASES
'Dunner' - Don't
'Wunner' - Won't
'Conner' - Can't
'Summat' - Something
'Wom' - Home
'Woss' - Not good
'Dunner werrit' - Stop moaning
'Blart' - To cry
'Rate' - Opposite to wrong
'Snappin' - What you put in your lunchbox
'Mate' - What you put in your snappin'
'Clemmed' - In need of summat eat
'Bost' or 'Brock' - Not working
'Foe bits' - For something to break
'Issle,' / 'Whattle' - As in, 'Get me some vests issle/whattle fit me' Choice depends on you education.
Skoo' - Where you get your education
'Ommer' - For knocking nails in with
'Gyp' - Pain, as in, 'Me back is givin' me gyp'
'Chonnuck' - Turnip
'I'll be jiggered' - Astonishment
'Rates Pies' - A local delicacy
'Late' - Not dark
'PMT' - The bus service for The Potteries
'Mar lady' - The wife
'Youth' - Any male in Stoke
'Young youth' - Male child
bloody hell, it's like a whole new language!! I thought us stokies was bad 
