We tested the people of Newcastle on North East words and phrases

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Up here in the North East we have a lot of unique words and phrases but do the public know what the words mean? Well we took to the streets again with another list full of north east words and phrases to test the people of Newcastle.

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00:00 So Julie I've given that list of North East words and phrases I want you to go from top

00:05 to bottom see each word and what you think they mean and I'll tell you if you're right

00:09 at the end. Alright then, well canny bear I believe means a nice little baby, beck no

00:16 idea, dafty like daft lads what do you do that for, getting something I think, a pound

00:25 I think for a pound, slather not too sure and waller not too sure. Well the ones you

00:32 did get were right so well done, so beck is actually a body of water, like a small body

00:37 of water, slather is kind of like spit or dribble sort of thing and waller is a way

00:44 just to be like it's big, it's something very big. Canny bear means like a nice child, a

00:49 little lad, a little lass. Beck, that might be a little stream, dafty that's just an idiot,

00:57 get in means get in, you know what I mean like get in with a score or whatever, a pound

01:02 is a pound, slather just means something like a pot of merchandise, I would probably explain

01:10 slather really, it's just slathery, over the top maybe, and waller, I don't know if I've

01:17 heard that one, waller before, nah I don't know that one. So the ones you did get, you

01:23 got all right so well done, slather obviously just means like to dribble as well, waller

01:28 actually means like really large so if you say like it's waller it's quite big. Really

01:33 I've never heard that. Canny bear, that's a lovely baby, Beck I've no idea, dafty, how

01:43 would I describe that, silly, get in, nice one, a pound that's a pound coin, slather,

01:54 carry on, such a carry on and waller I've no idea. So all the ones that you did say

02:00 you got right, slather can also mean like dribble, you know if you slather on something,

02:05 so Beck is like a little body of water, it's a bit like a lot smaller than a river. So

02:11 canny bear means good child, Beck, don't know Beck, dafty, you're daft you're an idiot,

02:23 getting, I'm getting this, I'm going to assume, a pound, who says this, a pound, slather,

02:34 I don't know, I don't know, waller, I don't know. So the ones you got, you got right,

02:42 so Beck means like a small body of water, oh right, yeah, I've never heard of that before,

02:49 slather is like when you dribble, so you can like slather, oh right, oh yes, right that

02:54 makes sense now, and waller just means like it's really really big.

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