Fareast   10 #73 Posted September 7, 2005 Nanrobbo  Thanks for your further reply . You must have a fantastic memory !. When I read the full version , it all came back to me . Sorry for my delayed reply . Been a bit busy and didn't check all the threads . Thanks , too , Hazel ! What a real tragedy it must have been for Derek Dooley . I bet his dreams for the future were almost unlimited and then , a ,' simple ' accident that so suddenly dashed his hopes. People like him are the real heroes of society , I reckon . He fought back and still made something of his life . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
biggsy   10 #74 Posted September 8, 2005 snorroften ahm reit-burram rong agen  :D  john. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
LoopyLou   10 #75 Posted September 28, 2005 Check out this link for lots of yorkshire words. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Joanl   12 #76 Posted September 28, 2005 I have laughed and laughed at this today and am pleased to say have managed to say quite a few of them. Can't quite believe it though, laughing at something that I tried so hard to stop my kids from doing. I always tried to make them talk proper, not like me. I used to get so cross when my brother tried to get them to say: "Int wicker weert watter runs oert weir" for sixpence.......now we laugh at it. Joan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Texas   10 #77 Posted September 29, 2005 Worrabaht 'livin' oer't brush. And worrabaht gooin case? The last one is interesting because I've heard latino Spanish speakers using 'case' for actually getting married. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Snowbird   10 #78 Posted September 29, 2005 'I'm stood ere like Clem Alice' - which means I am stood here waiting looking like an idiot!.  This rings a bell with me but my mom always said " Clem Dick" rather than Alice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
JWPeatfield   10 #79 Posted September 29, 2005 When I moved into West Yorkshire no one had heard of words like nesh - feel the cold easily mardy - someone soft bonny - meaning plump as opposed to pretty/attractive and the word for fishcakes is just cake which is very confusing when you order fishcake and chips and get a fish, a cake and chips. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
burnttoast   10 #80 Posted September 29, 2005 One that sticks in my mind ! When it turned a bit nippy "me favver" used to say "Nar then its that cowd tha can spit an kick it";) Another saying of his was if he caught you pickin yer nose hed say "dus tha want core rake"Core rake being one of the utensils used to rake out the ashes on a coal fire.  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
gemma86 Â Â 10 #81 Posted September 29, 2005 Originally posted by JWPeatfield When I moved into West Yorkshire no one had heard of words like nesh - feel the cold easily mardy - someone soft bonny - meaning plump as opposed to pretty/attractive and the word for fishcakes is just cake which is very confusing when you order fishcake and chips and get a fish, a cake and chips. Â A lot of people from outside Sheffield/Yorkshire know what mardy means these days.... I didn't think anyone did, but all the 'outsiders' are surprised that I think it's a Sheffield word... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RoyalRegular   10 #82 Posted September 29, 2005 "Am stood ear like soft mick!"  Who was soft mick????   "he's a little sparrowfart"  What's that mean exactly? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Timbuck   10 #83 Posted September 29, 2005 Originally posted by burnttoast One that sticks in my mind ! When it turned a bit nippy "me favver" used to say "Nar then its that cowd tha can spit an kick it";) Another saying of his was if he caught you pickin yer nose hed say "dus tha want core rake"Core rake being one of the utensils used to rake out the ashes on a coal fire.  When my "Uncle Norman" used to catch me picking my nose he would say.."Let me know when tha reaches the piano and then I can tune mi violin"...or "i'll swap thee a bit of soft for a bit of hard, wi salt on". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dynamicdebz   10 #84 Posted September 29, 2005 My family were all brought up with all this yorkshire slang but these days I try & tell my 7 year old daughter to speak correctly but it must be hard for her when we say to her gerra bed, shut doer & get the sen soerted. My mother in law (who is originally from Scotland) speaks broader Yorkshire than me. I often laugh when she says dus tha want poerk boerns fo dog, Weer havin tatus for tea, watters ot if tha wants a bath. One of my dads favourite sayings when I was a kid was "If tha dunt it im back i'll it thee". I will think twice before I chastise my daughter about our unique language now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...