Something @Hefty fullback has just wrote. Something most of us just take for granted. Our words, our accent etc. Sometimes people don't know them. So lets try and help him. Firstly he didnt understand, Class and Gash. Class....Good. very good. Gash.....Not good...useless...crap. etc But has also been known to be used as slang for. Fanny. Blurt. Rat. Etc Lets help the folks out.. Out. Not to be confused with Owt. Which means Anything.
Can ah borra yer wheelbarra, marra. Is that what you lot talk like? Ey Billy, are ye still a para marra?
Everybody says nowt and owt, who I know it's defo not a NE thing. You lot pick up some of the Scottish lingo I've noticed, Billy in particular, maybe it's cos of his time from Glasgow.
We explaining to our colonial cousins over there in Americaland. You will have to explain to him what Toppa means.