Sheffield slang - Page 7

Lostrider · 24-01-2005, 16:56

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Originally posted by Nick Cotton
Spice - meaning sweets (cola bottles, mini eggs, those big red gob-stoppers that tasted nasty, etc).

Chuddy or Chud - meaning chewing gum.

Denk - meaning pence (don't ask me why).

Any more for any more?

Denk thats a new one on me!!!

What about Prattle as in "What are you prattlin on about?".

prate
c.1420, from M.Du. praten "to prate" (c.1400), from a W.Gmc. imitative root (cf. M.L.G. praten, M.H.G. braten, Swed. prata "to talk, chatter").

A good source for the meanings of words and there date of origin can be found here: http://www.etymonline.com/ [I]

CAZZ99 · 28-01-2005, 16:28

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Originally posted by wibbles
I'll not even go into the whole fishcake, rissole arguement

a fish cake has 2 potatoe slices with fish in the middle a rissole is mashed fish potatoe

Nick Cotton · 28-01-2005, 16:32

On the subject of food and regional lingo, a mate of mine from Bolton always orders 'chips and pea-wet' from the chippy. This, apparently, is chips (no suprise there), and the water from the mushy pea bowl.....sicko!

smile · 30-01-2005, 07:51

hi, i am new on here, but i am from yorkshire, near sheffield and well i thought of a word that my friends at uni dont understand, so it must be a yorkshire thing. Acky, eg. the floor is lookin very acky. if i think of any others i will post um, xx smile

xx

chillicat · 30-01-2005, 16:01

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Originally quoted by Plain Talker:
my sister uses a couple of phrases to describe someone who is mucky or who is disgusting.. she calls them a "trolley-mog" or a "lop-dog".

In Chapeltown, someone who was "loppy" or a "lopper" was dirty. We also used to say "lakin'" for "playing" - a Barnsley dialect word, I'm told. Something that was "chinny" was worthless or useless. The annual funfair that used to take place at Chapeltown was know as the Fear-st (Feast).

muddycoffee · 30-01-2005, 20:12

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Originally posted by Nick Cotton
On the subject of food and regional lingo, a mate of mine from Bolton always orders 'chips and pea-wet' from the chippy. This, apparently, is chips (no suprise there), and the water from the mushy pea bowl.....sicko!

That my friend, is the most horrible thing I have ever heard. Just the thought of it makes me get a cold ominous feeling in my throat, just as if I'm going to vom!

stevie1957 · 30-01-2005, 22:08

When I worked in the steel works we used to have "snap time". Which was time to eat what ever was in your snap tin. Yep snap = food.

The Sheffield use of the word "while" really confusers people new to Sheffield eg students. They are actually given advice on the Sheffield dialect .

al si thi later- Steve

lolly · 12-02-2005, 19:32

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Originally posted by Plain Talker
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I was 'thrown' a year or two back, on visiting Nottingham, for the football with the blades. We went into a Chippie, near the footy ground, and asked for "a Chip Buttie, please". the chippie staff 'gormed' (looked askance) at us, and we finally got past the language barrier, and realised that what we were asking for was, in their dialect, a "chip-bap" . a chip bap, for goodness sake.

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in reply to this i have lived in Nottingham all my life and moved here 6 months ago! the word would have been "chip Cob". we never ever use bap! i say cob all the time here and people dont understand it. i have even been given chips and cod!

muddycoffee · 12-02-2005, 19:39

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Originally posted by lolly
in reply to this i have lived in Nottingham all my life and moved here 6 months ago! the word would have been "chip Cob". we never ever use bap! i say cob all the time here and people dont understand it. i have even been given chips and cod!

Lolly Cob is the word in Chesterfield too, I think you'll find lots of us sheffielders at the south end of the city are familiar with it, there's even a shop called Cob and Crumb on woodseats road

leddi · 12-02-2005, 20:43

Don't know if this one is local but the other day my friend said he hair had a lot of knots in it (she isn't from sheffield) and i replied "oh is it all luggy" she had no idea what i was on about. does anyone else call a knot in their hair a 'lug'.

algy · 12-02-2005, 21:23

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Originally posted by leddi
Don't know if this one is local but the other day my friend said he hair had a lot of knots in it (she isn't from sheffield) and i replied "oh is it all luggy" she had no idea what i was on about. does anyone else call a knot in their hair a 'lug'.

yes, when I was a kid my mum used to comb my hair and talked about " getting the lugs out"

muddycoffee · 12-02-2005, 22:37

Me too,
I'm from Hillsborough originally and lugs in hair is familiar. Having extremely curly hair, this was a regular problem for me.
People who have straight or just wavy hait wouldn't have this problem

t020 · 12-02-2005, 23:57

I thought lugs were ears, e.g. Paul Sturrock's nickname is 'Luggy'?

algy · 13-02-2005, 09:29

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Originally posted by t020
I thought lugs were ears, e.g. Paul Sturrock's nickname is 'Luggy'?

Slight difference , lugs = knots in hair, lugs=ears is short for lugholes (or lugoiles), as in "Oppen thi lugoiles, ar tha de-af?"

muddycoffee · 13-02-2005, 12:31

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Originally posted by algy
Slight difference , lugs = knots in hair, lugs=ears is short for lugholes (or lugoiles), as in "Oppen thi lugoiles, ar tha de-af?"

Exactly correct in every detail Algy

Nick Cotton · 13-02-2005, 18:46

I have straight hair, however, have experienced lugs in it previously!

Also, 'sprout', according to my Grandad is Sheffieldish for addressing small children...as in 'now then sprout' = hello child!!

x_LoUiSe_x · 23-02-2005, 17:32

well i moved to sheffield two and a half years ago from up north in middlesbrough.

when i 1st moved here i couldnt understand half of the things my partner (who is from here) was saying to me.

He never used "the" in a sentence and cakes were buns and buns were bread cakes. An alley was a genel (or however its spelt). A bush was a privit. there was mardy insteady of grumpy, erm......... there was dugies instead of feet and danies in stead of hands, saying while instead of until, denk for money, pack up for lunch box, mashin for makin a cup of tea and cha for a cup of tea, and the list goes on and on and on!

but 2 and a half years down the line ive picked up the lingo n now when i go back 2 visit my family in middlesbrough they have no idea what im talkin about and make fun of me coz i dont say "the" anymore! lol

so i guess ive got the lingo sorted now!

LisaO · 24-02-2005, 12:34

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Originally posted by x_LoUiSe_x

but 2 and a half years down the line ive picked up the lingo n now when i go back 2 visit my family in middlesbrough they have no idea what im talkin about and make fun of me coz i dont say "the" anymore! lol

so i guess ive got the lingo sorted now!

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Haha, I know what you mean! Moved to Sheffield about 2 months ago (2 months to the day actually...freaky) and have already picked up the habit of completely omitting the word 'the' from all my sentences. My boyf (been in Sheffield nearly 2 years) loves to have a go at me because I always used to complain when he did it!

Am from Sydney but worked in Sussex before coming to Sheff. When I would come up and visit on weekends I had no idea what people were saying, was almost like a foreign accent to my 'used to broad Australian accent' ears

The biggest thing I had trouble with: 'owt' and 'nowt'. What the? Haven't started using it myself but I'm sure that day's not far away! Had an Aussie friend come to visit and he was amazed at my 'Pommy' accent...meanwhile the people I work with are having trouble understanding my Aus accent!

Caught between two worlds

probedb · 24-02-2005, 19:21

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Originally posted by muddycoffee
Lolly Cob is the word in Chesterfield too, I think you'll find lots of us sheffielders at the south end of the city are familiar with it, there's even a shop called Cob and Crumb on woodseats road

And the Crusty Cob on Burton Road

Cob is the one thing no-one could ever understand at Uni.....sausage cob, mmm.

Litotes · 01-04-2005, 07:47

Been tasked with find out the origin and meaning of the following phrases - can anyone help?

"Black Dag" - I know it is Black Pudding, but what is the origin? (Black Dog pehaps)

"I'll make your clogs spark tonight" - meaning?

Much obliged if anyone can help