Bunny Marsh   18 #97 Posted August 29, 2013 My Nannan used to say 'posher' on wash day. Another saying was 'gooen mash tea' and also 'siling it down' (raining). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GoGo_dancer   10 #98 Posted August 29, 2013 My step-brothers and sister live in South Wales and when they come up to visit, my Grandad takes great delight in confusing them with his Yorkshire accent.  He told my brother to 'put t' wood in t' oyl'...my brother just stood there looking totally confused, so I translated...'he means shut the door!' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bunny Marsh   18 #99 Posted August 29, 2013 Set me off now thinking about my Nannan. Badly (ill) gaffer (boss) sloppy peas (mushy peas) oilcloth (lino) kaili (sherbert) narky (mardy) mither (bother) cack-handed (clumsy) tarra (goodbye) pikelet (crumpet) sup 'o' tea (drink) waggin it (bunking off school) leg it (runaway) manky (dirty) gormey (stupid) faff (mess about) flitting (moving house) fair t'middlin (feeling not so bad) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GoGo_dancer   10 #100 Posted August 29, 2013 I love the word 'gormey'  nah then yer gormey chuff, stop faffin abaht an get summat done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bunny Marsh   18 #101 Posted August 29, 2013 pantry was called 'cellar'ead' and mantlepiece was called 'cornish'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
davebrmm   10 #102 Posted August 29, 2013 nesh and mardy i know that this has never been heard of down south, not sure about nesh aunty x wat dah dooin dayn deea Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
sedith   19 #103 Posted August 29, 2013 My mother used to describe chewy meat as 'toff' I used to think she had got it wrong but I've heard other people use the term. Anybody else heard of it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cgksheff   44 #104 Posted August 29, 2013 My Nannan used to say 'posher' on wash day. Another saying was 'gooen mash tea' and also 'siling it down' (raining).  Like FarEast mentioned (a couple of years ago), a 'posser' was a laundry implement. Not really dialect;  http://www.oldandinteresting.com/washing-dollies.aspx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
halestorm   10 #105 Posted August 29, 2013 My Grandad always used to call people "barm-pot" when they did something daft Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
natjack   10 #106 Posted August 29, 2013 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.Certainly is interesting to hear how the way people talk has changed I went to find this and it's all moved, dodged about from one link to another, found the Sheffield section eventually. The first link I clicked on in Sheffield area was Asians, who seemed to be talking about pronouncing the Yemeni words they use. Still looking for the actual Sheffield dialect ones. Sign of the times! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
H_Hounds   10 #107 Posted August 29, 2013 My father in law says snicket to what I refer as a gity, me not being from sheffield. When I was at uni in Birmingham, I was driving and had a friend in the car and we past some flatmates and I said "ooh let's pip at them" and she didn't have a clue what 'pip' meant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cgksheff   44 #108 Posted August 29, 2013 My Grandad always used to call people "barm-pot" when they did something daft  He may well have done but the expression is not peculiar to Sheffield.  Nor is it resigned to the past.  ---------- Post added 29-08-2013 at 22:44 ----------  My father in law says snicket to what I refer as a gity, me not being from sheffield. When I was at uni in Birmingham, I was driving and had a friend in the car and we past some flatmates and I said "ooh let's pip at them" and she didn't have a clue what 'pip' meant.  Heavens to Betsy!  That just means that you have some friends with sheltered lives. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...