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Old 20 Feb 21, 10:01 AM  
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Following on from another thread, it’s fascinating how we call things by different names depending on where we live. When I moved to the south coast I had no idea what a twitten was, turns out it’s an alleyway! And in Manchester they call them ginnels?
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Originally Posted by babbymint View Post
Following on from another thread, it’s fascinating how we call things by different names depending on where we live. When I moved to the south coast I had no idea what a twitten was, turns out it’s an alleyway! And in Manchester they call them ginnels?
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Twittern is a Sussex term! Very regional!
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Twitten is a Sussex thing. They call them Alleyways in Kent
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Haha yes I’m in Sussex!
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I’m in the West Midlands (Black Country) and call it a gully.
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Passages or shuts in Shropshire.
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Snickleways in York Here's a book that I recommended recently to someone who was about to visit.



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Old 20 Feb 21, 10:14 AM  
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Ally.

As opposed to alley or alleyway.
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Old 20 Feb 21, 10:19 AM  
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Snickleways in York Here's a book that I recommended recently to someone who was about to visit.



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That was me! I bought the book too. There were one way directions as it was August last year so are planning a return visit to explore more thoroghly when we can 😁
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I’m in South Yorkshire we call them gennels, the one at end off our street though I refer to as 🐶💩alley
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