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I've lived in Sheffield and had to call on my mum to read some of these as they made absolutely no sense to me at all!

 

I have never understood the Sheffield slang properly! LOL

 

And I'm afraid, I was rather naive with the 'hold onto yer aifpenny'! I thought it just meant don't waste your money!

 

Bless!

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I always thought it meant "behave yourself"don't go messing about........

;)

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As I am totally helpless at the Sheffield accent, I have got these from my mother! LOL

 

ABCD Gol'fish?

MSNO Gol'fish

SDR Gol'fish

RDL Gol'fish

DR Gol'fish!

ORDR Gol'fish!

 

 

 

YYUR

YYUB

ICUR

YY4ME

 

 

 

Thameks a betta duwer than tha duz a winda - for when the kids are sat in front of the TV. My uncle used to say this to me!

 

 

 

Astha gorrennie spice?

 

 

 

Orthagoen dahn tahn?

 

 

 

Wackenthisenup!

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I think you'll find the phrase "it's looking black over Bill's mother's" is a line from a J B Priestley play.

 

I think it is "Hobson's Choice".

 

 

Maybe someone will confirm this!

 

Happy Days!

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My mother and auntie told me of the question "washee? oo washee wee? washee wee ersen? and that it meant: Was she? who was she with? Was she by herself? I didn't believe it until one day I was walking past two women at the junction of Sicey Avenue and Nether Shire Lane and heard one of them say "Oo washee wee?

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I have tears streaming down my face reading this!!

 

pt, my gran used that expression when asked we what was for tea.... 'two kicks at'cellar dooer and a run rarn table!' especially if we pulled faces at the tripe and onions she'd done for my uncle.

 

my dad used to call me his little skoppydiddle...still dunno what it means.

 

as a mardy little bugger when i was a kid, if my gran caught me sulking she'd say

'bluddy ell lass, thas gorra face as long as norfolk street!'

could never understand the meaning of this until about 20 years ago when my dad explaind that norfolk street used to run from the town hall right down to pond street - norfolk st only became a short street when they built the top rank (roxys).

 

my uncle Tom used to hate having the heating on, and when we'd complain it was cold, he'd say "gi ooer, thartnesh, gooan get thi cooaton if thart cowd"

 

another uncle used to give us 5p to go to the local shop - "eer, dont tell thi mam, eers 5p, gooan get thissen some spice"

 

 

 

brought back some very fond memories of my grandmother (who we called momma) and my uncles.......

 

:D:clap:

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geeore scraumin' is another.

 

my mum told me off and told me to stop 'scrauming' about on the floor when we were staying in devon - and i was very, very young and this woman said 'are you from Sheffield - I've only ever heard that once before and the person saying it was from Sheffield'

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What about for a tightwad - 'id skina louse for apeney' My dad used to say that about pub patrons who never bought a pint for anyone.

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'ahm so ungry, id eyt a man off is oorse and gu back for't' saddle.'

 

hey lotti, i still say that to my kids,

'give over scroamin about ont floor!' ... said it just 10 minutes ago!!!!!

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my mum's version of that one, sam'smum, went

 

" could 'eyt an oo'erse between two bread-vans, and come back fer't' saddle"

 

PT

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Tha'll eit us art'n ous an ome tha will .;)

 

 

Oos she fink she is wen shees at ooam.:confused: [Could never work that out??]

 

 

And when you got wrong side of your Mam/Dad .

"dus tha want sum o this"

 

"If ee its thi agean ge im a scuch round lug oyel."

 

A wain't tell thi agean. :confused: [tell me what?]

 

Shut thi cake oyel .

 

Tha can tek that look off thi face.

 

Tha'll bi laffin on other side of thi face wen a gerrowd o thi tha varmint.:D

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Yorkshire born,

Yorkshire bred,

Strong in arm,

Thick in 'ed !

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