Another saying that drove me mad when I arrived in Sheffield?

What is a Dee Dah? where do they come from? Sheffield folk say Barnsley and Barnsley folk say Sheffield

Chesterfield folk use it to describe Sheffielders too.

When I was a kid in north Nottinghamshire 'dee dahs' were police cars, ambulances or anything with a siren. Also called 'der-ders'.

I suppose if referring to people, could it be a contraction of 'La di dah' = posh?

Joe

Its what Barnsley folk call us.. its to do with the way we supposedly pronounce Thee and Thar

o' daa a dee dah? what daa doin' o'er deer?
i'd like to think it's Barnsley folk, but i've heard too often that it is Sheffielders that are Dee Dahs.
Maybe we should do to the Yorkshire language what the Welsh do to theirs - promote it at every opportunity!

Originally posted by richynomates
o' daa a dee dah? what daa doin' o'er deer?
i'd like to think it's Barnsley folk, but i've heard too often that it is Sheffielders that are Dee Dahs.
Maybe we should do to the Yorkshire language what the Welsh do to theirs - promote it at every opportunity!

But it sounds so daft, I'm from the mighty Hull and when I hear South Yorkshire people talk I want to wind them up (in the wind up a clock sense) as they sound soooooo sssllllllooooowwwwww.

You don't happen to post on a hull city forum with the a nic that has the initials H_B_R do you?

If you think people in South Yorks talk slowly, you obviously haven't been to Derby - real Derby folk talk VERY slowly indeed

People from Hull have possibly the worst accent in Yorkshire.
How many other areas pronounce home owner as:

HERMERNER!

hull people dont pronounce T's properly either........ as in words like cant, its quite funny actually....

as for talking slowly...... i cant see why u wud think that bout sheffielders...... from what i know were not that slow, if u want slow go to dudley LOL

whats it matter if people talk slower , their brain works quick enough doesn't it.

my dad speaks in broad yorkshire but doesn't use dee dah's just thee tha's.
i supose the dee dah brigade is similar to certain londoners who say fink and fought.

Originally posted by Robbie_Lovin
hull people dont pronounce T's properly either........ as in words like cant, its quite funny actually....

as for talking slowly...... i cant see why u wud think that bout sheffielders...... from what i know were not that slow, if u want slow go to dudley LOL

What like going t'pub or t'tarn :-)

If you want people with silly accents, go to Lancashire, they have something rather in common with Canadians and Scots, in that they can't pronounce the word "about" correctly, instead they say "aboot" :lol:

I worked in barnsley for a while received the usual dee daa insults daily - they never liked being called dingles though, or when I told them any town with an S postcode would be soon be in Greater Sheffield - good wind up ;-)

Barnsley - it wo fitty or fotty yard up rooed near pogmooer on me way inter't tarn.

I love hull Accents - that hermerner quote is bang on - hilarious as well :-)