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Haway / Ha'Way / Howay / Ho'way The Lads - Origin?


Dodgy said:
Unless you're considerably older than me, I've heard both Haway and Hadaway used for upwards of 50 years. As for the Collins definition, that's just completely wrong. Hadaway has never been used to urge someone to refrain from delay, to my knowledge.
It's more akin to a southern "get away with you", meaning go away or occasionally "I don't believe you".
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Hmm

Hadaway and shite

Either get away with you and have a poo, or hurry up and have a poo

Second one useful when instructing small bairns I suppose
Still haven't a clue what was so wrong with this "advert"

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HABA87 said:
Nobody says howay.

Plenty type it, or daub it on their bedsheets, but nobody actually says it.
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This. Im not sure where this comes from, all Saudis say Haway like we do
de Ruyter said:
Hmm

Hadaway and shite

Either get away with you and have a poo, or hurry up and have a poo

Second one useful when instructing small bairns I suppose
Still haven't a clue what was so wrong with this "advert"

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Forgot about that, I thought it was class :lol:
 
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DonaldDownTheWing said:
I was always led to believe it meant from how deep the lift was going to take the miners down the pit. Haway coming from half way?
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Most etymologists think it's a corruption of a old coaching/carting phrase "have way", meaning get a move on. There's a similar word in Quebecois - pronounced the same but spelt "aweille", with a similar meaning. Hadaway probably comes from the same place.
 
I'm from SE Northumberland and would say ho-wear rather than ha-way but more like the hot ho rather than the Santa ho.

No-one and I mean no-one says ho-way. Durham Mag written all over and it's bizarre behaviour. No real Geordie likes that type. Must be awful to be so thick to realise no-one wants you.
 
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SR7 said:
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If you can get on twitter, there’s an interesting thread on it above.
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Fascinating. I'm from Sunderland and have also lived in Newcastle and always thought it was just a pronunciation of accent. I say Ha'way and it certainly sounds more Howay when Geordie's say the same word. Particularly as I presume most of us think we are in fact saying the same word.
 
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Ha'way is a shortened version of 'have way', meaning 'move on urgently' - bit like the modern "come on!". It's used by Sunderland fans to encourage their team.

Howay is short for "Howards' Way", the 1980s BBC yachting drama. Newcastle fans adopted it as they didn't get into football until 1992, so spent the 80s shouting incoherently at the television.
 
Hbk69 said:
Ha'way is a shortened version of 'have way', meaning 'move on urgently' - bit like the modern "come on!". It's used by Sunderland fans to encourage their team.

Howay is short for "Howards' Way", the 1980s BBC yachting drama. Newcastle fans adopted it as they didn't get into football until 1992, so spent the 80s shouting incoherently at the television.
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de Ruyter said:
Hmm

Hadaway and shite

Either get away with you and have a poo, or hurry up and have a poo

Second one useful when instructing small bairns I suppose
Still haven't a clue what was so wrong with this "advert"

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I always thought haway/howay was just a shortened form of hadaway

And that hadaway is/was used more as a strongish form of “get away”

It is also used as a form of “come on”if you are dawdling

Never was too clear about how it became a chant at football though - at both Roker and Sid James
 
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