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Post by Gods on Mar 2, 2023 21:42:22 GMT
This has long troubled me...
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Post by lordb on Mar 2, 2023 21:50:37 GMT
Same as Goowwwaaaann Stoke
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Post by willieeetmiout on Mar 2, 2023 21:52:42 GMT
I think people from Sunderland, or Geordies as they are known like to drop their Ts.
So they are basically giving a direction
That way lads so they know which way to go
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Post by silsdenstokie on Mar 2, 2023 22:01:21 GMT
Makems say Haway the lads, Geordies say Howay the lads
Just means ‘Go on the lads’ I think
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 2, 2023 22:04:26 GMT
I think people from Sunderland, or Geordies as they are known like to drop their Ts. So they are basically giving a direction That way lads so they know which way to go People from Sunderland are not known as Geordies. Geordies are born on the banks of the river Tyne - eg Newcastle, Gateshead and South and North Shields. Sunderland people were originally known as Makems. That referred to their ship building traditions. "Ships - we Makem (make em)." |
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Post by willieeetmiout on Mar 2, 2023 22:08:09 GMT
I think people from Sunderland, or Geordies as they are known like to drop their Ts. So they are basically giving a direction That way lads so they know which way to go People from Sunderland are not known as Geordies. Geordies are born on the banks of the river Tyne - eg Newcastle, Gateshead and South and North Shields. Sunderland people were originally known as Makems. That referred to their ship building traditions. "Ships - we Makem (make em)."  |
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Post by Gary Hackett on Mar 2, 2023 22:12:37 GMT
It means they're halfway to getting a brain cell.
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Post by boweryboy on Mar 2, 2023 22:18:25 GMT
Ha'way means come on,got relatives up there.
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Post by haway on Mar 2, 2023 23:32:33 GMT
This has long troubled me... It means “come on lads” Newcastle have the exact same saying, except they spell it Howay. It’s a North East thing. Come to think of it, there’s a poster on here consistently saying ‘Gouranga’ at the end of their posts. What does that mean? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2023 0:47:57 GMT
This has long troubled me... It means “come on lads” Newcastle have the exact same saying, except they spell it Howay. It’s a North East thing. Come to think of it, there’s a poster on here consistently saying ‘Gouranga’ at the end of their posts. What does that mean? It means he's a bit of a tit  |
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Post by potterpaul on Mar 3, 2023 2:57:35 GMT
I always thought it was short for
'Away with thee', the nice way of saying fuck off
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Post by scfcwebby on Mar 3, 2023 4:17:50 GMT
This has long troubled me... It means “come on lads” Newcastle have the exact same saying, except they spell it Howay. It’s a North East thing. Come to think of it, there’s a poster on here consistently saying ‘Gouranga’ at the end of their posts. What does that mean? "Gouranga" is a Hare Krishna mantra meaning "be happy". I imagine it's Sanskrit. |
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Post by toonstokey on Mar 3, 2023 8:15:08 GMT
Means “let’s go” or “come on”. Research freely available on Google.
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Post by theonlooker on Mar 3, 2023 8:53:43 GMT
It's short hand for 'look at us we get massive crowds and win nowt because despite what we think we don't get extra points for it despite arrogantly belittling other clubs about their crowds'
Or so I heard...
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Post by Roger Everyone on Mar 3, 2023 9:48:11 GMT
Didn't ha'way have a hit song with..
"what is love"
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Post by haway on Mar 3, 2023 10:14:57 GMT
Didn't ha'way have a hit song with.. "what is love" No, I didn’t. |
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Post by boydcrowder on Mar 3, 2023 10:42:11 GMT
Nailed it
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Post by Marc01 on Mar 3, 2023 10:56:10 GMT
I’m pretty certain that, for whatever reason, this was on the Boothen End “playlist” around 89/90.
This was during a period of fevered vocal support, inspired by unswerving belief in Alan Ball; despite plunging to inevitable 24th place relegation.
Pre Bally, at the start of that season there were chants of: “We’re gonna win the league”. 🙂
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Post by lawrieleslie on Mar 3, 2023 11:12:06 GMT
"Gan" is also short for "go" according to the Geordie dictionary.  |
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Post by femark on Mar 3, 2023 11:31:23 GMT
The word probably came from the term 'have way', which was used by early settlers to express an urgency to 'move on'. They used this a lot and also the term 'have a care' to signify taking care. So the term most probably derived from 'have way' and has been shortened over the generations to ha'way.
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Post by somersetstokie on Mar 3, 2023 11:51:29 GMT
"They used this a lot and also the term 'have a care' to signify taking care".
"Have a care" is a traditional battlefield warning, especially as adopted by Military/historical re-enactment groups. and in particular the 17th century English Civil War re-enacters such as The Sealed Knot and the English Civil War Society.
A shout of "Have a Care!" on the battlefield usually means that you are either stood in front of a cannon that is primed to fire, or you are about to be ridden down by the Cavalry! Or mind that 22 stone Pikeman!
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Post by Robo10 on Mar 3, 2023 12:02:42 GMT
All my dearly missed dads family came down from Sunderland for pit work in the 60s (part of the huge Bentilee estate and its overflow eventually to Biddulph), I always marvelled at my dad, uncle and nan/grandads chatter that almost became its own language after a few beers!
Haway as above is universally used as 'come on' - from an almost derisory 'haway man' (come on youth) if unhappy about somebodys effort/attitude, 'haway the lads' (come on lads) as encouragement
Can be 'go on', 'come on', 'hurry up' and lots of other meanings - its a chivvy on!
Some of my dads legendary sayings of 'hadaway and shite man' (thats nonsense you fool), 'why aye man' (yes, certainly), 'thants canny' (its very good), 'bliddy helles belles man woman' (for Gods sake usually aimed at my nan lol) - I miss them all and the bonkers Sunday dinners.
Its no worse than him living here contending with conner, wunner, dunner, bosted etc :-)
(He was mortified that I became a Stokie, wrong red and white he would say, but my grandad on my mums side made me a season ticket holder aged 4 and I've been going through thin and thinner ever since)
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Mar 3, 2023 12:52:31 GMT
I think people from Sunderland, or Geordies as they are known like to drop their Ts. So they are basically giving a direction That way lads so they know which way to go People from Sunderland are not known as Geordies. Geordies are born on the banks of the river Tyne - eg Newcastle, Gateshead and South and North Shields. Sunderland people were originally known as Makems. That referred to their ship building traditions. "Ships - we Makem (make em)." Interesting. Up til now I always thought it was to do with Newcastle's support for King George (hence "Geordies") during the Jacobite Uprising, when "Sunderland welcomed the Scottish garrison whose soldiers subsequently besieged Newcastle"* - supporting the "Macs". * Lifted from englandsnortheast.co.uk/sunderland-mackems/ |
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Post by skip on Mar 3, 2023 13:05:54 GMT
I think people from Sunderland, or Geordies as they are known like to drop their Ts. So they are basically giving a direction That way lads so they know which way to go People from Sunderland are not known as Geordies. Geordies are born on the banks of the river Tyne - eg Newcastle, Gateshead and South and North Shields. Sunderland people were originally known as Makems. That referred to their ship building traditions. "Ships - we Makem (make em)." And people from Middlesbrough (Teesside more generally) were referred to as Takems by the Makems, for their propensity to test the principle that possession is nine tenths of the law. I lived nearby to a pub in Middlesbrough fondly referred to as The Microwave, because you could buy anything there, from a pint to a portable electrical oven. |
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Post by PotterLog on Mar 3, 2023 13:30:03 GMT
It means “come on lads” Newcastle have the exact same saying, except they spell it Howay. It’s a North East thing. Come to think of it, there’s a poster on here consistently saying ‘Gouranga’ at the end of their posts. What does that mean? "Gouranga" is a Hare Krishna mantra meaning "be happy". I imagine it's Sanskrit. Wasn’t it a graffiti fad about 15-20 years ago? Seem to remember seeing it scrawled across almost every motorway bridge |
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Post by somersetstokie on Mar 3, 2023 13:37:42 GMT
"Gouranga" is a Hare Krishna mantra meaning "be happy". I imagine it's Sanskrit. Wasn’t it a graffiti fad about 15-20 years ago? Seem to remember seeing it scrawled across almost every motorway bridge 😊😊😊 Are you suggesting that we might not have to look far for the culprit? Albert seems very keen to continue to display evidence of his "Tag"! |
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Post by dirtclod on Mar 3, 2023 13:44:22 GMT
Always just meant "Go on, the lads" to me.
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Post by Roger Everyone on Mar 3, 2023 13:48:16 GMT
Didn't ha'way have a hit song with.. "what is love" No, I didn’t. You sir, are an non apostrophe imposter.. |
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Post by stokeson on Mar 3, 2023 14:16:10 GMT
Thought it was a nautical term "hav'd away meaning hold way when pulling a rope. Giving their seafairing past makes sense.......
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Post by dirtclod on Mar 3, 2023 14:30:05 GMT
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