Focus on Berwick: 50 words and phrases used by locals

These are slang words and phrases used in the county with roots in both Geordie and Scottish.

Now we have been alerted by Canon Alan Hughes to a list that has been produced to help visitors to Berwick specifically. It includes the following.

A’reetma’ Haga: A greeting between Berwick males when names have yet to be exchanged

Bar: £Pounds

Bari: Very nice

Buckie: Stone

Cantle: Head

Clemies: Testicles

Cope: Good

Coosty: Very good

Coupon: Face

Covied: Dead

Cowie: Anything

Cowped: Overturned

Deek: Look

Doses: Lots

Doobies: Money

Doylem: Idiot

Felled: Outfought

Fettle: Mood

Gurie: Man

Hornies: Police

Humming: Smelly

Joogle: Dog

Keekers: Eyes

Keer: House

Ladged: Embarrassed

Loup: Jump over

Lowsed: Done for

Mangin: Speaking

Mank: Dirt

Mortal: Drunk

Moy: Mouth

Muckle: Massive

Nash: Run away

Pad: Walk

Panny: Rain

Peeve: Alcohol

Peever: Pub

Plaff: Feet

Reek: Smoke

Rory: Mad

Scran: Foodstuff

Screeve: Car

Shan: Bad/Poor

Skids: Underpants

Slash: Urinate

Spragged: Informed

Teek: Bed

Wing: Pence

Yag: Fire

Yak: Face