He called him/her/me

I'm in Edinburgh, and have never heard the 'call' thing - I guess people who say "you better know yourself" would say it?

And 'let on' to me means give away a secret - in our family we used to have a tradition, upon getting whiff of someone having farted, of saying "Who let off and never let on?"

[shame]

Have heard the call thing, but among younger people, not older.
Let on also, in context like 'I've bought her X but don't let on'.

Don't let on as in don't tell has been around for as long as I can remember.

I haven't the head the 'she called me' thing (yet). However, some friends teach at primary schools in the East Mids, and the biggest insult at the moment is 'yer mum'. Just that. They've dragged kids apart over it. Sounds like the same sort of abbreviation thing really? Awful - disrespectful AND unimaginative! Although also quite clever, because your foe will have to interpret it as the worst word ever - which means you get all the effect with none of the effort!

A lot of my family in the NW say this but they are all oldies, not a down with da kidz thing.

When I lived in Durham, I was surprised that people there would say "he treat me badly" and the 'treat' was pronounced 'tret'. I found they also wrote it this way too.