Introduction
In this section I shall attempt to
define some of the more interesting features of the local dialect which
at present have eluded the attention of the authors of the Oxford English
dictionary.
Renaissance
To most a period in art history, to
Hartlepool an excuse to spend millions of pounds of European money to transform
a run down dockland area into half populated industrial estate with a motorway
running through the middle of it.
Bewer
Tarty looking member of the female
variety. e.g Cor look a' tha fucking legs on tha' Bewer
Palatik
A mispronunciation of the word paralytic.
Used to describe the advanced stages of inebriation. Other synonyms include
rat arsed, shit faced and wazzed.
Gem
A byword for the fastest, loudest cattle
market in town. Originally called the Gemini,
it
comes as no surprise that the name was shortened to something more pronounceable
when pissed. The name has stuck despite a number of name changes that taken
place. After a spell as "Heavens Above" which had decor that transcended
all boundaries of taste, after its most recent transformation, it is now
called "Buzz and Zoom". We call it Doom and Gloom and for
good reason. Click here for more
details of the wildest place after midnight.
Gob Shite
A useful phrase used to describe those
that are loud of mouth. This in fact can be used to describe just about
anybody who goes out on the town on a Friday and Saturday night and will
probably explain why you hear it so much. For example, "Ow,
gob shite, shut yer fucking face or a'll shut it me fucking self".
Elish
A well weird word that has been around
since I was kid and I can't work out what it is the derivative of. Normally
you only hear small childern using this word to describe something that
is rather good. For example "Oway, thats fucking elish that like".
Monkey Hanger
A myth devised by ancient comedians
so TV comedians and southerners can take the piss out of the fine members
of the town of Hartlepool. It is alledged that some time in the Napoleonic
wars, a monkey got washed ashore on the beach in Hartlepool and was promptly
hanged.
This is complete bollocks as any
resident of Hartlepool knows that
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There are no beaches left in Hartlepool
because of the bloody sand dredging that constantly goes.
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The monkey could not have survived
for any period of time due to high radation levels from the power station,
raw sewage from the Seaton outlet and chemical poisoning from ICI.
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