Black Country Slang & Black Country Dialect.
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Waggin
-truant
A Black Country slang term for an truant.
Cutherin’
-to huddle together
Black Country word for huddling together.
Clarnet
-Idiot or fool
Black Country insult meaning idiot or fool.
Goo
-go
Black Country pronunciation of 'go'.
Ow bist
-How are you?
Classic Black Country greeting meaning 'How are you?'.
Yow
-You
Black Country pronunciation of 'you'.
Ooer
-Over
Black Country pronunciation of 'over'.
Day
-Did not
Bist
-how are you
A Black Country way of asking how someone is.
Ockerd
-Awkward
Black Country pronunciation of 'awkward'.