Blade73 Posted May 8, 2009 Posted May 8, 2009 My Mum used to say 'He/She is bragging and braunging again'. By this she meant that the person was boasting of what they were going to do/had done/what they owned etc. Philly, this man is right! Not heard anyone else apart from my family use this word. Noticed Nigel Womersley you're from Ecclesfield, my mother is from near there originally wonder if its a north Sheffield word?
Nigel Womersle Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 Hello Blade73. You are probably right as my Mother was born, lived and died in Ecclesfield. My Dad was from Chapeltown and he sometimes said it. I haven't heard it for years. I have friends in Barnsley who have never heard of 'braunging'. When I was a kid, people also said 'Fauce' and 'Brussen'. Both meaning 'clever bug---'. Strange words but they were used.
happyhippy Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 "Siling down" is something of a Yorkshire phrase, but one which I tend to use is "It's hacking down". There are a few Sheffield/Yorkshire dialect threads knocking about.
happyhippy Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 Hello Blade73. You are probably right as my Mother was born, lived and died in Ecclesfield. My Dad was from Chapeltown and he sometimes said it. I haven't heard it for years. I have friends in Barnsley who have never heard of 'braunging'. When I was a kid, people also said 'Fauce' and 'Brussen'. Both meaning 'clever bug---'. Strange words but they were used. Never heard of either of them, and they say it's a small world!
Treatment Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 Never heard of either of them, and they say it's a small world! What about '' scrorming '' then, and no, it's not rude.
happyhippy Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 What about '' scrorming '' then, and no, it's not rude. Oh ar, babbies scrawm abaht evryweer!
Treatment Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 Oh ar, babbies scrawm abaht evryweer! No, not that scrorming HH. Scrorming is where you had to hold a two bob piece with one outstretched arm (middle finger) against the corner of the wall, and stretch out your other arm as far along the wall as it could go, without dropping the coin. In this way it effectively measured your '' wingspan '' and was marked with a pencil mark on the wall, very much like one does with kids, measuring their height. (difficult to describe in words only, but tell me if I have not explained it correctly).
happyhippy Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 That's a new one on me as well! Mind you, you measure your height, and then measure your 'wingspan' (middle fingertip to middle fingertip outstretched), and see how close they are
Phil Anthrop Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 My grandad used to say " I do not know if I am on this earth or fullers" to describe a very confused state of mind. I never did know its origin!
foxydebs Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 My grandad used to say " I do not know if I am on this earth or fullers" to describe a very confused state of mind. I never did know its origin! My grandma still says that.
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