Old Sheffield dialect

[depoix 11]

always thought crosseld meant burnt, as in," ows tha like thi bacon"? "crosseld or aif dun?"

[munky 10]

Ge-ore wit de. . (give over with you. . )

 

I've said that to some non-sheffs and their response was as though I'd said summat in a different language. .

 

cant fault sheffieldish!!!

[LBoogie 10]

I love looking at dialect..we did loads of it as part of my English A Level course.

 

I was just looking around the net about meanings of certain words and found some good sites

 

English varieties of the British Isles - lots about Yorkshire

 

Yorkshire Dialect Phrases

 

The British Libary - Online Collection of Regional Accents - From the 50's to the present. There are a few Sheffield ones, and lots of Yorkshire ones. It's interesting to see how the way people talk has changed.

[chillicat 10]

Originally posted by screamingwitch

mardy being miserable

 

Sulking is an essential part of being mardy, surely?

[Tazz070299 10]

Yitten - was a word used to mean scared.

 

Ganzy - a jumper or pullover

 

eightfoot - a ginnel or footpath

 

 

Regards

 

Tazz

[LBoogie 10]

I love 'yitten', my dad always says it to us.

[pitsmoorlad 10]

If single words fool the Southerners then a whole sentence will really leave em gobsmacked. Like " Gioer roorin mardy arse and get thissen off ooem" ..............next suggestion please.

[t020 11]

Originally posted by pitsmoorlad

If single words fool the Southerners then a whole sentence will really leave em gobsmacked. Like " Gioer roorin mardy arse and get thissen off ooem" ..............next suggestion please.

 

Which, translated, means? (And I'm not a Southerner).

[jan2002 10]

give over crying, and get off home:clap:

[leddi 10]

oh i love stuff like this, again sorry if im repeating an earlier post i just dont have time to read them before i reply

 

i once said to my friend from London "im dead cold" and she didnt understand why i said dead?

 

another one is when i would say the hours i was working i said "9 while 5"

 

my friend from further north said "why the 'while' and not until"

is it just my bad english lol??

[t020 11]

Originally posted by leddi

is it just my bad english lol??

 

Yes.

[Snook 10]

Originally posted by t020

Yes.

 

The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. -- James D. Nicoll