Ow bist

=

How are you?

In the black country we say:

Ow bist

This translates to:

How are you?

Example Sentence

Alright cocker, ow bist?

Description

A traditional and well-known greeting in the Black Country dialect, directly translating to 'How are you?'. 'Bist' is an archaic form of 'are'.

Random Black Country Slang!

Fun, Tocky-bonk, Bamboozle, Opple, Reasty, Loff, Chuky, Owern, Tranklements, Cork-aiver, Kay, Lughole, Ow, Gawp, Yed, Tay, Clomber, Ketch, cog-winder, Yoewer, Dowl, Flics, Wurse, Boster, Oss, Jed, Splod, Unkyoothe, Volve, Gob,