Focus on Berwick: 50 words and phrases used by locals
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These are slang words and phrases used in the county with roots in both Geordie and Scottish.
Now we have been alerted by Canon Alan Hughes to a list that has been produced to help visitors to Berwick specifically. It includes the following.
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Hide AdA’reetma’ Haga: A greeting between Berwick males when names have yet to be exchanged
Bar: £Pounds
Bari: Very nice
Buckie: Stone
Cantle: Head
Clemies: Testicles
Cope: Good
Coosty: Very good
Coupon: Face
Covied: Dead
Cowie: Anything
Cowped: Overturned
Deek: Look
Doses: Lots
Doobies: Money
Doylem: Idiot
Felled: Outfought
Fettle: Mood
Gurie: Man
Hornies: Police
Humming: Smelly
Joogle: Dog
Keekers: Eyes
Keer: House
Ladged: Embarrassed
Loup: Jump over
Lowsed: Done for
Mangin: Speaking
Mank: Dirt
Mortal: Drunk
Moy: Mouth
Muckle: Massive
Nash: Run away
Pad: Walk
Panny: Rain
Peeve: Alcohol
Peever: Pub
Plaff: Feet
Reek: Smoke
Rory: Mad
Scran: Foodstuff
Screeve: Car
Shan: Bad/Poor
Skids: Underpants
Slash: Urinate
Spragged: Informed
Teek: Bed
Wing: Pence
Yag: Fire
Yak: Face