Bang a uey

[QSis]

Do you know what this means?

A common term in the Boston area; I wondered if it was in other parts of the county as well.

Lee

 

[Doc]

LOL I thought it was a typo. Never heard of it before.

 

[lilbopeep]

Make a U-Turn?

 

[QSis]

Make a U-Turn?

Yes, that's it. Are you familiar with the term?

Lee

 

[Sass Muffin]

Sounds like a Yorkshire phrase too, or something similar lol

 

[lilbopeep]

Yes, that's it. Are you familiar with the term?

Lee

We usually say hang a uey here.

 

[Ironman]

For cripes sake, why can’t you people just speak English out east.

 

[QSis]

For cripes sake, why can’t you people just speak English out east.

I've asked that question about my fellow Bostonians many times!

Lee

 

[TexasGem]

I've asked that question about my fellow Bostonians many times!

Lee

Y'all come on down to Texas... it's a whole different language

 

[lilbopeep]

Y'all come on down to Texas... it's a whole different language

TexMex?

 

[lilbopeep]

Do you know what jug handles and roundabouts are?

 

[Johnny West]

We usually say hang a uey here.

Us, too.

 

[QSis]

Do you know what jug handles and roundabouts are?

Yes to both, although we don't call the latter "roundabouts".

Lee

 

[lilbopeep]

Yes to both, although we don't call the latter "roundabouts".

Lee

Traffic Circles?

 

[Sass Muffin]

Yes to both, although we don't call the latter "roundabouts".

Lee

I used to call them a pain in the a$$ in England.
Especially Tingley and Spaghetti Junction Birmingham lol
They've installed two now here, they're easy to navigate but people were freaking out at first.

Here's the one out by Campbell's soup.

Henry County's first roundabout completed

The roundabout is part of a multi-million dollar project to extend Industrial Drive across the Maumee River and connect with OH-110.

www.wtol.com

 

[Johnny West]

I used to call them a pain in the a$$ in England.
Especially Tingley and Spaghetti Junction Birmingham lol
They've installed two now here, they're easy to navigate but people were freaking out at first.

Here's the one out by Campbell's soup.

Henry County's first roundabout completed

The roundabout is part of a multi-million dollar project to extend Industrial Drive across the Maumee River and connect with OH-110.

www.wtol.com

The first one I navigated was in France with my big Buick and was scared less.

 

[QSis]

The first one I navigated was in France with my big Buick and was scared less.

We have tons of rotaries here and I grew up driving them. As long as everyone follows the rules (and there's the rub), there's nothing to them.

Lee

 

[Johnny West]

We have tons of rotaries here and I grew up driving them. As long as everyone follows the rules (and there's the rub), there's nothing to them.

Lee

Yes, they are all over here now.

 

[The Ghan]

Hang a Uey is common back in Oz or Chuck a Uey, either iether

As for speaking English out East - think you'd have to go to Oz, New Zealand or the UK to hear "real English"