A
Ach-a-fi
An
expression of disgust as in "You should 'ave seen the state 'e was in,
ach-a-fi!"
(Welsh)
According
Depending,
as in "It's all according to the weather innit?"
After
Later on:
this causes 'foreigners' most problems when they hear "Don't give it to
me now, give it to me again/agen". It never means
'once more'
c.f.
'now
jest'
Against
A
translation of the Welsh 'yn erbyn', meaning 'by the time' as in
"Against I'd washed the dishes, there was no time to clean the house".
Ages:
Frages/'issages
'Frages' is
Wenglish for 'for ages' and 'issages' is the Wenglish equivalent of
'this ages': "I haven't seen you frages.", or "I haven't been to the
pictures 'issages.".
Aggravate
To annoy,
as in "Will you stop aggravating people with all your questions?".
Agony
Extreme
pain: "I had toothache chronic - in agony for days, I was
Aim
To throw,
as in "Stop aiming stones will you?".
All jaw
Idle, empty
speech: "Pay no attantion - he's all jaw, that one."
All taken
away
Refers
to what is called "women's trouble's"; "She've been let out of hospital
now, but poor dab, she've had it all taken away...!"
Alley/Alley
Bomper
A child's marble (game). The Alley Bomper is a
small metal marble.
All right
Pronounced
'awright'; one of the local greetings;
c.f.
shw
mae, hi-ya
All over
you
Making a great
fuss; "'e's all over you one minute, then pretends 'e don' know you
from Adam the next... "
All
show/All swank
All 'fron-window
dressing' with little or nothing to back up the image.
Alter;
will he?
Change his ways, as
in "There's times I do wonder will 'e ever alter"
All there
An expression to
describe someones ability as in (a) "He's all there, that one - he
knows his way about" and (b) "What did you do such a stupid thing like
that for? You're not all there!".
Always
the same
Constant unvarying;
"She's always the same, comes on to talk every time she sees you..."
'Ambarg
Wenglish for
'handbag'
Apartments
Pronounced
'partmunts'; to live in 'partmunts' is to have separate rooms sharing
someone elses house; not to be confused with 'living through and
through'
c.f.
living
through and through
Anch/Ansh
A bite, or taste,
as in, "Give us an anch of your apple will you?"
Apron
A pig's caul, used
in making faggots
Article
Person, as in
"Funny article he is - never know what he'll be up to next"
As good
as look at you
Without a qualm or
second thought; "A real rogue that one - he'll rob you right, left and
centre as good as look at you."
Ashman
(the... )
Wenglish for refuse
collector
Away
Not from these
parts, as in "I'm not from round 'ere - I'm from away like."
Aye-aye
(a) The single 'aye'
is Wenglish for 'yes'. The double form is often used as a greeting or
as a reply to 'shw mai?', 'awright?', or 'hi-ya?' (b) Affirmative or
most positive confirmation, as in "Well aye-aye mun, he's right enough
there you know!"
c.f. all
right, shw mai, hi-ya