Country Dictionary

this means now, but just not now.

kim: when will you take out the trash George?? george:ill do it now-now baby.continues on Play Station

A phrase commonly used mainly in Yorkshire! The highest greeting of welcome you can receive in "God's Own Country"

Now Then Dave!

now-now means you intend to do something immediatly, whereas now tends to mean you will do it soon.

"I'll do that now" "Now-now?" "Yes, now-now"

a South African term we use that generally means 'soon', but can funnily enough also mean 'never', or actually just any period of time.

scenario 1: dad: "come downstairs, theres a rugby match between the Springboks and the Sharks on!" me: "I will be there now now!" scenario 2: jack: "Jill hurry up! when will you be ready?" Jill: "I'll be ready now now!"

A greeting commonly used in the North-East of England.

"Now then, mate, how's life?"

To do something as soon as possible, not literally now.

Mom: Can you please clean the dishes? Brenda: I'll do it now now! Mom: No, do it now!

A phrase commonly used in northern England, it derives from Old Yorkshire dialect. It is a phrase used for greeting, although it is laregely unknown as to why the terms "now" (meaning this instant) and "then" (meaning in the past) were put together to form another way of simply saying "hello". Usually pronounced "Nah-then".

Now then Jack, ya doylum. How ist? Whats tha bin doin with thisen?