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26 Words That Have A Totally Different Meaning In Manchester
[FONT="]1. “Dead.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] No longer alive.
What it means in Manchester: Extremely, e.g., “I was dead chuffed with my exam results.”[/FONT]
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[FONT="]2. “Hanging.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What is usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] To be suspended from something.
What it means in Manchester: Disgusting, e.g., “That chip butty looks ‘angin.”[/FONT]
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[FONT="]3. “Sound.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Vibrations that travel through the air, noise.
What it means in Manchester: Good/decent.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]4. “Cock.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Cockerel/rooster/male appendage.
What it means in Manchester: Term of affection.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]5. “Buzzing.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] A low, continuous humming sound; the noise a bee makes.
What it means in Manchester: Happy/excited.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]6. “Dinner.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] A meal you eat in the evening.
What it means in Manchester: Lunch.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]7. “Tea.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Hot drink brewed from tea leaves.
What it means in Manchester: Evening meal.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]8. “Supper.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Evening meal, if you went to private school or think you’re a bit posh.
What it means in Manchester: A piece of toast you eat before bed. Maybe some cheese and crackers if you’ve got some left over from Christmas.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]9. “Brew.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Beer, or the method you use to make it.
What it means in Manchester: A cup of tea.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]10. “Our kid.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Your child.
What it means in Manchester: A sibling or close friend.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]11. “Bobbins.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] A cylinder that holds thread or yarn, used in sewing machines.
What it means in Manchester: Rubbish.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]12. “Well.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Good or satisfactory, or a structure created by digging to access water.
What it means in Manchester: Extremely. Typically used with “bad”, e.g., “Those trainers are well bad.”[/FONT]
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[FONT="]13. “Proper.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Something that’s suitable or appropriate, e.g., “The proper tools for the job.”
What it means in Manchester: An intensifier, e.g., “It’s proper chucking it down out there.”[/FONT]
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[FONT="]14. “Rain.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.
What it means in Manchester: What falls on you every time you step outside.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]15. “Drizzle.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Light rain.
What it means in Manchester: If you put your umbrella up in this you’ll be laughed at.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]16. “Spitting.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Ejecting saliva or water forcibly from your mouth.
What it means in Manchester: That fine rain that soaks you through.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]17. “Monsoon.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] A seasonal reversing wind accompanied by heavy rain.
What it means in Manchester: The city is literally under 6 feet of water.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]18. “Clear skies.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] A blue, cloudless sky.
What it means in Manchester: A mythical state of weather that you’ve heard about but only ever seen abroad.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]19. “Pop.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Popular music.
What it means in Manchester: Fizzy drink.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]20. “Toffees.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Chewy sweets made my boiling sugar and butter together.
What it means in Manchester: Any kind of sweet.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]21. “Mint.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] An aromatic herb used to flavour food and drinks, or a peppermint flavoured sweet.
What it means in Manchester: Good, e.g., “That New Order gig at Jodrell Bank was proper mint.”[/FONT]
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[FONT="]22. “Pure.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Not mixed with any other substance, unadulterated.
What it means in Manchester: Lots or very, e.g., “There were pure people in 5th Ave on Friday.”[/FONT]
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[FONT="]23. “Us.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Used by a speaker to refer to themselves and one or more other people.
What it means in Manchester: Me, e.g., “Make us a brew will you?”[/FONT]
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[FONT="]24. “Lamp.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] A light-giving device.
What it means in Manchester: To hit someone.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]25. “United.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] Joined together for a common purpose.
What it means in Manchester: The football team that divides the city’s population.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]26. “City.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]What it usually means:[/FONT][FONT="] A large town.
What it means in Manchester: The other football team that divides the city’s population.[/FONT]
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes/alright-our-kid#.fjEEVm2n0
