I have always been fascinated with Hampshire’s history – here are some Hampshire dialect words and phrases that you may not have heard of before, and could try and work into your conversation today!
Ackled – not working properly, as in ‘it doesn’t ackle’
Cackleberries – eggs
Feeling lear – feeling hungry
Foisty – damp or musty
Gallibagger – scarecrow
Lairy or Lair – cheeky, rude or aggressive
Not too dusty – when something is okay, acceptable
Puggled – confused or daft, as when someone does something silly
Sherricking – a good telling off
Shrammed – cold, shivery, frozen through
Skait or Skate – sailor
Squinny – complain, used as a verb as in ‘don’t squinny’
Winty – weather that is a bit windy or wintery