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I was wondering, where everybody lives what is their regional word for Townies.

In Plymouth we have Swilly's because there is a rough area in Plymouth that was called Swilly - but then the council noticed that it was a negative thing so they changed the name to North Prospect.

What about where everyone else lives?
Can you write down the same used, and where you are from. Thanks.
 
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Scally and I'm from north Wales. It's because scally is what we call someone from Liverpool here and most scallies hail from there I suppose Confused
 
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im from glasgow and we call them ned's or bam's. hmmm im not even sure why???


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im from kent & we use chavs


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i call them kevs (surrey) but in nz i dont really know what we call them... i shall find that out!


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They were called Scallies in Liverpool before the phenomenon was popular. In the North-East they are charvers or chavs.
 
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i live in glasgow n we call dem neds (non educated deliquent i fink its supposed 2 stand 4) or bams but there is anotha word 4 if they r girls. can't memba wot it is tho...


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I'm in Lnodon and we call them chavs or townies. Chavs because of Chealtnam Average, dunno why the people i've met in Chealtnam are really posh
 
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They were called Scallies in Liverpool before the phenomenon was popular. In the North-East they are charvers or chavs.


LOL, too true!!


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I'm in Lnodon and we call them chavs or townies. Chavs because of Chealtnam Average, dunno why the people i've met in Chealtnam are really posh


sorry dont mean to be rude but are you saying cheltenham. Wink


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Charvers (not chavs, I hate that) or Charvs, and I live in Newcastle.
 
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Just glanced throught the titles and misread this thread as "What is your local word for Chav's or Hollyoaks?"

Heh. Um, yeah...


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heh heh hollyoaks are chavs Wink


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In Oxford they are townies or pikeys


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brad pitt makes a good pikey Wink

we call them bogins here or westies, although theyre slightly different to townies....


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In Oxford they are townies or pikeys


lol k123 in london where i come from a pikey is a gypsy and they have a bad reputation and not liked really as they come to our town wreck the fields and parks where they set up home then proceed to go on the rob from hard working people. Smile


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yes, brad pitt is a pikey in the gypsy sense of the word in Snatch. fab movie!


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yes, brad pitt is a pikey in the gypsy sense of the word in Snatch. fab movie!


i liked brad in fight club he was gorgeous in that and quite pikey looking too lol. Razz


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Yeah Pikeys are known as gypsies in Oxford too, but a lot of the townies are now associated with them so are called it too!
The towniest place ever has to be Bristol. In the centre it is litereally full of them, I've never seen so many!


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Seth: Yeah, well at least I don't shave my chest.
Luke: What did you just say?
Seth: I said you look good in a sweater vest. It was a compliment

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Yeah Pikeys are known as gypsies in Oxford too, but a lot of the townies are now associated with them so are called it too!
The towniest place ever has to be Bristol. In the centre it is litereally full of them, I've never seen so many!


I'm afraid that seems to be the case everywhere you go. You'll always find them anywhere that has a McDonalds Restaurant really.
Does anyone ever go in to McDonalds anymore? I don't think all of those healthy salads will appeal to your average chav/townie and as they seem to make up a large proportion of their market it is surely not cost effective? The same could be said for the breakfast menu...pointless really as chavs/townies don't get out of bed until at least lunchtime Wink
 
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I can't keep up with all this New Slang Smile

Whenever I go into town it's always full of girls wearing short skirts with those big furry boots. (Quite often hanging around outside Mc Donalds.)


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yeah i dont hang out in town i usually just go to the movies or starbucks LOL. ahh im sad...


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In Wigan (North West) we call them Townies or skags!
 
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I never go to town on Saturdays unless I have to. It's mad busy, gives me panic attacks!

The main places I go in town are Starbucks, Borders (which has a Starbucks inside!), Waterstones and the cinema. I'm sad too. Smile


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I go to Starbucks, Topshop, HnM, David and Golliath and HMV


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