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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 and asked people to go through and explain what each words means. Let’s see how they did.

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00:00 Rosemary, I'll give you a list of North East words and phrases. I want you to go from top
00:05 to bottom, say each word and what you think they mean and I'll tell you which ones you've
00:09 got right at the end. So whenever you're ready.
00:12 What you up to, the neat? What are you doing tonight?
00:15 I divvy now, I don't know. In a fettle, you don't feel good.
00:20 She has pet, good luck. Kets, I don't know. Kets.
00:25 And shuggy boat is a thing in a playground, like a swing.
00:31 Yeah so kets is sweets. What you up to, the neat? What you doing this
00:36 evening? I don't know. I divvy now. In a fettle.
00:43 That's wrong. We are thinking. It's either how good are you or how do you feel.
00:54 In a fettle that means you're in a temper. Right?
00:57 But in a fettle, nobody says in a fettle. Unless you're near Ashenden or somewhere like
01:04 that. She has pet, thanks very much.
01:07 Darling or whatever you want to call them. Nobody says that to you.
01:12 Kets. It's kecks, which is your trousers. Kets, I don't know what they are.
01:19 And shuggy boat is just a kids park play thing that goes backwards and forwards.
01:24 They still use them. Yeah, I know they still got them in...
01:26 What, I don't know what that is. Kets is like sweets.
01:30 Kets? Never ever heard of it. I'm only 17 though and I've never heard that name. Ever.
01:35 Give you that list there of North East words and phrases. I want you to go from top to
01:38 bottom, see each word or phrase, what you think they mean and I'll tell you if you're
01:43 right at the end, alright? So whenever you're ready, give it a go.
01:47 What you up to, the neat? Means what you doing tonight. Yeah. I divvy now. Because I don't
01:54 know. In a fettle. In a mood. Jazz pet. Means okay. Kets. No, I don't know what that is.
02:07 And shuggy boat. Well, it's a boat, isn't it? I think.
02:13 It's like one of those... Shuggy boat?
02:15 Yeah, that's what it's called. It's like a fairground ride where you pull the rope.
02:19 The only one you didn't get right is kets, which is sweets. What's that?
02:23 How is that? You say they're going to go to the shop for some kets.
02:26 I say dudes. So, Norman, I'll give you that list of North
02:29 East words and phrases. I want you to go from top to bottom, see each word or phrase, what
02:33 you think they mean and I'll tell you if you're right at the end. Whenever you're ready.
02:37 What you up to tonight, the neat? Is what you going to do tonight. I divvy. I'm not.
02:46 I'm in fetter. But you have your health and that. Cheers, pets, thank you. Kets is sweets
02:55 and shuggy boat we know. The little boat with the rope.
02:59 Yeah, exactly.

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