Hartlepool Dialect

Hartlepudlian are generally refered to as jordies, but we are not jordies and we do not accept this term as a complement but a serious insult - no offence jordies!!!  It is generally southeners who don't know the difference. I am going to try and learn you some Hartlepool phases and words which you might not know, if you don't know any of them and study hard enough, one day you might pass off as a great Hartlepudlian in the great town of Hartlepool.  Good Luck !!!!
 

Bewer:

A tarty looking member of the female variety. e.g Cor look a' tha legs on tha' Bewer

Palatik:

A mispronunciation of the word paralytic. Used to describe the last stages of pure hard core drinking. Other phases include rat arsed, shit faced and wazzed.

Elish

A well weird word that has been around since ancient times.  Normally you only hear small childern using this word to describe something that is rather good. For example "Oway, thats elish that like". It actual came from the word 'Helish' - I know that it means the total opposite of elish, but it's just another example of how clever Hartlepudlians are.

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