• Bike related regional dialect difference.

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:23 pm**

AlasdairMc wrote:Backie in Edinburgh.

As in "gaun gies us a backie" (Gies pronounced geeze)

Same ear

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:00 pm**

A bunk or a back around Cambridge growing up.

Posted: **Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:52 am**

A backie or occasionally a seatie in Ayrshire.

Trail-rat wrote:From what i remember 2 up on a bike was a Hudgie where i grew up - east coast scotland.

A hudgie here was hanging on to the back of a bus/motor/whatever and getting a tow

Bike related regional dialect difference.