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On the huh 09:11 - Jun 11 with 9847 viewsMerthyrblue

Recently I've been irritating my (non-Suffolk) partner by using the phrase "on the huh" at every appropriate opportunity. Really annoys her. Any other Suffolk phrases used that irritate their partners?
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On the huh on 09:39 - Jun 11 with 6147 viewsstringy

You need to double down buh

it's "sloightly on the huh" innit
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On the huh on 09:47 - Jun 11 with 6119 viewsKeno

You could start asking if she wants to go to the cinema to watch a 'Fill'em"

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On the huh on 10:36 - Jun 11 with 6053 viewsle2blue

‘I’m on the drag’ is a favourite of mine, especially in public places.
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On the huh on 11:08 - Jun 11 with 6025 viewsBlueBadger

Not irritating but actually quite delightful - a large number of overseas staff at [redacted] hospital have adopted the phrase 'on the huh' as part of their conversation with English speakers.

Hearing it said in a Portuguese, Indian or Polish accent is good but, for me, nothing tops it being said in a sing-song Filipino accent.
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On the huh on 11:37 - Jun 11 with 5954 viewsMerthyrblue

On the huh on 10:36 - Jun 11 by le2blue

‘I’m on the drag’ is a favourite of mine, especially in public places.


I'd forgotten that one. Going to bring that one back into use
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On the huh on 12:21 - Jun 11 with 5871 viewsmccarthy_is_god

Don’t butter the bread you been provided with!!!

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On the huh on 12:32 - Jun 11 with 5850 viewsTangledupin_Blue

My mum used to say 'ought' (rhymes with 'port') meaning none or nothing.

If i missed the start of the football and came in part-way through... "What's the score, Mum?"

"Oh... still ought ought"

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On the huh on 12:47 - Jun 11 with 5791 viewsNthQldITFC

I don't think it is Suffolk per se, but "kind words butter no parsnips".

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On the huh on 12:48 - Jun 11 with 5798 viewsThe_Romford_Blue

As someone who’s managed to integrate ‘Uppa Towen’ and ‘Buh’ into my Essex and previously High Wycombe friend groups, I’m intrigued as to what ‘on the huh’ means.

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On the huh on 13:02 - Jun 11 with 5746 viewsYou_Bloo_Right

On the huh on 12:48 - Jun 11 by The_Romford_Blue

As someone who’s managed to integrate ‘Uppa Towen’ and ‘Buh’ into my Essex and previously High Wycombe friend groups, I’m intrigued as to what ‘on the huh’ means.


Lopsided, wonky, crooked, that sort of thing.

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On the huh on 13:04 - Jun 11 with 5741 viewsBlueandTruesince82

Is that a Suffolk phrase? My mum as used that for years and she isn't Suffolk, Thought it a commonly known phrase

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On the huh on 13:11 - Jun 11 with 5724 viewsWhos_blue

I used to work with a fella who would say "I dussent do that" instead of "I daren't do that".
No really heard it since.
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On the huh on 13:33 - Jun 11 with 5671 viewsiamatractorboy

On the huh on 12:32 - Jun 11 by Tangledupin_Blue

My mum used to say 'ought' (rhymes with 'port') meaning none or nothing.

If i missed the start of the football and came in part-way through... "What's the score, Mum?"

"Oh... still ought ought"


Sounds like an Americanism to me. Don't they tend to use 'oughts' for the decade where Brits would say noughties?
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On the huh on 13:35 - Jun 11 with 5673 viewsiamatractorboy

On the huh on 10:36 - Jun 11 by le2blue

‘I’m on the drag’ is a favourite of mine, especially in public places.


Until I used that to my partner at the time a few years ago, who wasn't from these here parts, I had no idea it wasn't in common usage and was a Suffolkism.
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On the huh on 13:47 - Jun 11 with 5623 viewsbournemouthblue

There's a storm abbrewing, I believe is a Suffolk term

Klobber for clothes is also Suffolk, that's become fairly street over the years

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On the huh on 14:07 - Jun 11 with 5586 viewsyesjohn99

On the huh on 10:36 - Jun 11 by le2blue

‘I’m on the drag’ is a favourite of mine, especially in public places.


Can’t remember specifics but it’s a nautical term.

Something like in high winds or currents they drop something in the water called a drag, it’s slows the boat right down and make the journey last longer but keeps them on course…...hence the expression, sorry I’m late, was on the drag.
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On the huh on 14:24 - Jun 11 with 5545 viewsMookamoo

On the huh on 10:36 - Jun 11 by le2blue

‘I’m on the drag’ is a favourite of mine, especially in public places.


My eldest has been with his partner for ages and she now uses 'on the drag' as default

She is of Punjabi decent and gets the phish taken out of her every time she uses it in conversation with her wider family. It's marvellous.
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On the huh on 14:59 - Jun 11 with 5440 viewsTangledupin_Blue

On the huh on 13:02 - Jun 11 by You_Bloo_Right

Lopsided, wonky, crooked, that sort of thing.


As in, of a badly hung picture, " 'at own't do. Iss on the huh".

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On the huh on 15:47 - Jun 11 with 5364 viewsWeWereZombies

You could add 'gawl' afterwards to her.

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On the huh on 15:53 - Jun 11 with 5349 viewsNthsuffolkblue

Where is your partner from? I bet they have some real corkers of phrases to use back on you if they were petty enough and don't intend for you to simply become "ex" very soon! When I first got called "me duck" was quite a shock to me. I am sure "my lover" has been to some as well.

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On the huh on 17:07 - Jun 11 with 5272 viewsMerthyrblue

On the huh on 12:32 - Jun 11 by Tangledupin_Blue

My mum used to say 'ought' (rhymes with 'port') meaning none or nothing.

If i missed the start of the football and came in part-way through... "What's the score, Mum?"

"Oh... still ought ought"


My father always said ought rather than nil
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On the huh on 17:12 - Jun 11 with 5260 viewsMerthyrblue

On the huh on 15:53 - Jun 11 by Nthsuffolkblue

Where is your partner from? I bet they have some real corkers of phrases to use back on you if they were petty enough and don't intend for you to simply become "ex" very soon! When I first got called "me duck" was quite a shock to me. I am sure "my lover" has been to some as well.


Oh yes - too numerous to list. Merthyr Tydfil born and bred. My personal Valleys favourite is "I'll be there now, in a minute". Cue wait for anything up to an hour
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On the huh on 17:21 - Jun 11 with 5218 viewsKeno

On the huh on 17:12 - Jun 11 by Merthyrblue

Oh yes - too numerous to list. Merthyr Tydfil born and bred. My personal Valleys favourite is "I'll be there now, in a minute". Cue wait for anything up to an hour


Does she that that speech impediment that affects people from that area, there’s a special name for it …..


Oh yes Welch accent

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On the huh on 18:25 - Jun 11 with 5107 viewsCafe_Newman

My old man used to get hooly riled at times. He'd talk about the dag we'd loikly av tamaara. He'd cuss summit rotten if he ever got a bush or a slither in his finger and just about everyone he knew was a "rum 'ol" something or other.

RIP Old Buh
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On the huh on 18:32 - Jun 11 with 5087 viewsblueislander

On the huh on 18:25 - Jun 11 by Cafe_Newman

My old man used to get hooly riled at times. He'd talk about the dag we'd loikly av tamaara. He'd cuss summit rotten if he ever got a bush or a slither in his finger and just about everyone he knew was a "rum 'ol" something or other.

RIP Old Buh


The random use of the word “together” pronounced “tagither” as in WATCHOO DOIN TAGITHER” is very Suffolk.
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