grinder   10 #25 Posted January 29, 2011 For two pins,- why two pins ? Well I'll go to foot o our stairs.- why ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
saxon51 Â Â 10 #26 Posted January 29, 2011 I always took 'Fettling' to mean putting the final touches to a job. IE. Polishing, sanding down, tidying away, drying off etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
BettyBooHoo! Â Â 10 #27 Posted January 29, 2011 My grandad had a language of his own I think! 'Eey, just look at you in your stocking feet, you'll catch your death'. That meant put your slippers on. 'Stop chewin' fat'. That meant stop moaning. He also used to tell me that I was the girl who fought the monkey in a dustbin and come out without a scratch. No idea what that meant! RIP Grandad, I miss you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jackydarnall   10 #28 Posted January 29, 2011 my mum used to say if nothing went right somat ill turn up if its only your toes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mrs grissom   10 #29 Posted January 29, 2011 My Dad worked in a foundry and I thought fettling was cleaning of the rough bits off castings. I was talking to a friend on MSN the other day and said I've got to gerron cos I've got to fettle the upstairs , and they couldn't stop laughing and said that i was the only woman they had heard use that term. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Kthebean   10 #30 Posted January 29, 2011 Loppy is my favourite Sheffield word.  What does loppy mean??  Must admit I always thought fettle was something rude Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
BettyBooHoo!   10 #31 Posted January 29, 2011 What does loppy mean?? Must admit I always thought fettle was something rude   Loppy means mucky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Kthebean   10 #32 Posted January 29, 2011 Mucky as in covered in muck or mucky as in dirty minded?  Also I really love  He also used to tell me that I was the girl who fought the monkey in a dustbin and come out without a scratch. No idea what that meant! RIP Grandad, I miss you.  that really made me smile. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
BettyBooHoo!   10 #33 Posted January 29, 2011 Mucky as in covered in muck or mucky as in dirty minded?  Also I really love    that really made me smile.  I have no idea what he was on about bless him!!!  Mucky as in covered in muck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Grandad.Malky   11 #34 Posted January 29, 2011 It’s a pig in a poke ………. Work that one out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
saxon51   10 #35 Posted January 29, 2011 It’s a pig in a poke ………. Work that one out.  Summat to do with poke=sack.  You'd buy a pig tied up in a sack from someone on trust, only to find out when you opened it up that you'd bought a dead dog or something else just as worthless.  Similar to these bent sales pitches that sell sealed boxes for a fiver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
SILLY Â Â 10 #36 Posted January 29, 2011 Mine always used to say tha looks like thas lost a bob and found a tanner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...