local sayings/different lingo

[Aidan]

Correction :
Red Diesel = ale.

[scotia]

Glasgow again:
swatch (pronounced sw-hatch) - to look

[MommaMystique]

Oooh not a good thread for a Lanky lass to start in on....
Wazzums= worms
Ginnel= alleyway between two houses
hotch up= make room/move up
barm cake= fool
moidering= annoying
cupboard love=flartching = buttering someone up
corporation pop= water
moggybats= daddy long leg insects
jinny green teeth= spooky monster supposed to haunt any watery area.
Slutch= really watery mud
moldywarp= mole
riffing = scratching head/ got head lice
glory 'ole = cupboard under the stairs
guzunder = the chamber pot
chunnering/ grizzling = continual muttering/whinging
Coal 'ole Cavalry = shift of miners going to/from t'pit.... the sound of clogs on't cobbles allus meks sound of osses 'ooves.
Dropping t'sneck! = dropping the knob on a lock on the inside of the door that prevents it being unlocked .

[SG1973]

Manchester sayings (not exclusive to Manchester but widely used)

Spawny or Jowcy - lucky
Do One - go away
Billy No - friendless (as in Billy-No-Mates)
Minger - ugly person
Shedded - tired or drunk
Spannered - drunk
W*nkered - tired or drunk
Numpty - stupid person
Yonner - countryside folk
Owt - anything
Nowt - nothing
Ee'ar - here you go/excuse me/come here
Aye - yes
Sh*te Hawk - devious/scheming person