Phrases & expressions you only ever hear in Sheffield

[happyface 10]

when i was lttle my gran used to say 'keep away from't corsey edge' which i think she meant edge of pavement never heard of it !anybody else?

[kidley 48]

corsey edge'

 

short for corsway? edge

[Dougi 10]

I remember corsey edge!

And if you was falling out with any other kids you used to tell em to get off your front and the response was always its not yours it's the councils!!!!

-and where I lived (on the cross) there was a young lad who used to shout to anyone cycling past to get off and milk it!! To this day I don't get that one.

[Andy 10]

"Can you borrow me a fiver" - meaning "Can you lend me a fiver"

 

"I lent a fiver off John" - meaning "I borrowed a fiver from John".

[biggsy 10]

"Can you borrow me a fiver" - meaning "Can you lend me a fiver"

 

"I lent a fiver off John" - meaning "I borrowed a fiver from John".

 

 

Hey up Andy

 

Can I have me skydiver back please?? :D

 

 

 

 

John

[happyface 10]

other thing my gran used to say was 'gerraway from that fever grate !' dont forget yer coyt ,or take yer coyt off you'll not feel't benefit .

[Andy 10]

Hey up Andy

 

Can I have me skydiver back please?? :D

 

It's in the post.

[Dougi 10]

Shut thi neck

 

Shut thi neck. I haven't heard that in years

You big eeard

[Impecunious 10]

Shut tha kite oil

[soft ayperth 11]

What's Cocksparrer got to do with Sheff?

 

It's east end of Laahndan

 

see sig below

 

Probably not confined to Sheffield, but I do like the expression all the same. The same expression, substituting fauna that are indigenous to the locale, are used all over the place. When I lived in Newfoundland, people used to say "me old trout."

[soft ayperth 11]

when i was lttle my gran used to say 'keep away from't corsey edge' which i think she meant edge of pavement never heard of it !anybody else?

 

Yes. Commonly used when I was growing up.

[misty3 11]

Shut tha kite oil

 

Cake oil?

as in hole to put cake in?