'HOW TO...' Slang Phrases

To communicate the solution to our problem 'How to understand the UK regional accents of people in our year on our Graphic Design we course' we chose you use flashcards because they are a simplistic way to inform and educate the audience. To help students understand various UK accents, each flashcard will include several slang words or phrases from each region.

SCOUSE

Are-Eh. "R A"
- A complaint of misfortune or unfairness. e.g. "are-eh, that's proper arlarse that!"

Bill.
- On ones own. e.g. "I'm on me bill"

Bizzies.
- The Police.

Cob on.
- Sulking/angry. e.g. "He's got a cob on"

Divvy.
-Stupid Person. e.g. "She is a right divvy"

Geg.
-To interupt or be nosey. e.g. "Do you mind if I geg in?"

Jarg.
- Fake

Kecks.
- Trousers

Scran.
- Food. e.g. "I'm starving, going to get myself a scran"

http://y2u.co.uk/liverpool_uk/Liverpool_Scouse_Accent.htm

GORDIE

Alreet.
- How are you?. e.g. "Not seen you for ages mate! Alreet?!"

Lass.
- Sweetheart or Wife.

Lug.
- Ear. e.g. "Use your lug and you'll hear what I'm saying!"

Mint.
- Fantastic or Cool. e.g. "That new song out is mint! I can't stop listening to it."

Pet.
-Term of endearment. e.g. "Are you alright pet?"

Taity. "Tay-ty".
- A baked potato. e.g."I'm going to have a taity with cheese for lunch today."

Whey-Aye.
- Definatly. e.g."Are you going to the pub tonight? Whey- aye."

https://wads.le.ac.uk/ee/Slangsearch/Home.aspx?WebSite=geordieslang

YORKSHIRE

Aboon.
- Above or Over.

Barmpot.
- Idiot or fool.

Brew.
- Tea. e.g. "Lets sit down and have a brew"

Ey-up.
- Look out.

Gawp.
- Stare. e.g. "What are you gawping at?"

Gob.
- Mouth. e.g. "Shut your gob"

Mardy.
- Whining or bad tempered.

Tosspot.
- Generic Insult.

http://www.britishslang.co.uk/community/yorkshire-slang

ESSEX

Amazeballs.
- Something that delights or amazes.

Innit.
- Contraction of isn't it.

Jel.
- Jealous. e.g. "you're well jel"

Lush.
- attractive.

Reem.
- attractive man/woman

Totes.
-Totally

True dat.
- Most definatly or indeed.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/894532-cockney-rhyming-slang-is-brown-bread-thanks-to-reem-towie

Research for 'HOW TO...'

'How to understand the UK regional accents of people in our year on our Graphic Design course'

After identifying a problem specific to Students in Leeds, studying Graphic Design at Leeds College of Art, we were required - in groups - to solve the problem in an engaging and interesting way.
To do this we were considered the intended audience, what they needed to know and how we were going to tell them and the tone of voice.

As part of the research process, we used web articles and polls to identify the most popular and the most difficult to understand accents. From this information we where then able to select which accents we would include in our final designs.

- An MSN poll, identifying the UK's most popular accents

We also brainstormed within our group the common stereotypes of people from each of these regions e.g. Scousers, Geordies which we would then include within our illustrations. We felt this would be effective as it would appeal to the target audience and help them identify with the illustrations. This concept is also appropriate for the 'tongue and cheek' tone of voice we chose.