Sheffieldish - words & phrases

[trastrick 866]

Pap pap = toy car. When I was a kid.

 

Oh boy, haven't heard that since I was a kid.

 

I think chuff chuff, or puff puff was a train, also.

 

Gee gee was a horse.

[Jessoo 11]

You'll be comparing fish cakes next.....

 

Try asking for a fish cake/ or bread cake for that matter, south of Watford.

[GLASGOWOODS 10]

Oh boy, haven't heard that since I was a kid.

 

I think chuff chuff, or puff puff was a train, also.

 

Gee gee was a horse.

 

Also "nee naa,nee naa" if the toy was a police car,ambulance or fire engine.. haha

 

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Try asking for a fish cake/ or bread cake for that matter, south of Watford.

 

Haha! Same up here in Glasgow..

[trastrick 866]

Also "nee naa,nee naa" if the toy was a police car,ambulance or fire engine.. haha.

 

Poppoe was our name for a horse, also.

[GLASGOWOODS 10]

Also "nee naa,nee naa" if the toy was a police car,ambulance or fire engine.. haha.

 

Poppoe was our name for a horse, also.

 

Yep i remember my mother using that word too.

[denlin 12]

Hi Pete - how are you?

[lyndyloo 10]

Jollup liquid medicine

[Luke1987 10]

Quite common amongst Cockney Sheffielders.

 

lol hehe

[raymondo1952 11]

Ducks arse/ style of hair cut at the back of the head

[grinder 10]

Also "nee naa,nee naa" if the toy was a police car,ambulance or fire engine.. haha.

 

Poppoe was our name for a horse, also.

 

Don't forget the Moo cow, or the Brum brum of the cars engine and the Peep peep of the horn !!!

I used to luv the sound of the tramp tramp tramp of my toy soldiers, the boom boom of the cannon, the rattle of the machine guns, the whinny of the charging horses and of course the last trump as they went to bed........

[fatrajah 10]

Gowly (pronounced to rhyme with foully) meant ugly or very unattractive.

Edited December 5, 2013 by fatrajah

[grinder 10]

A right load of Flannel ...... lies

Soft soaping ..... being nice to some one for a purpose