Sheffieldish - words & phrases

[grinder 10]

That's naughty Willy, if my Mrs finds out I'm using her lap top she'll go Barmy ..

 

The local Hatches Matches and Dispatchers (Births Marriages and deaths) in the Star..

 

 

Going arse or tip............Falling over.

 

Traipsin round town......... Shopping ?

Edited May 31, 2014 by grinder

[cartav 10]

Ah but we were posh we had a front room......

 

He came a reight cropper .......He fell down and hurt himself

 

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...... Or perhaps more properly .... " 'URT 'IS SEN "

and from a later one, I believe I've seen........

 

" Arse O'ER TIP ", (not OR TIP, which I guess is Northern- common & not just Sheff.

 

Sorry to be pedantic once more but we may as well get it right !

[ArhLass 10]

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...... Or perhaps more properly .... " 'URT 'IS SEN "

and from a later one, I believe I've seen........

 

" Arse O'ER TIP ", (not OR TIP, which I guess is Northern- common & not just Sheff.

 

Sorry to be pedantic once more but we may as well get it right !

 

I thought it was "arse o'er tit"

[cartav 10]

I thought it was Arse o'er Tit {QUOTE}

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AH, Yes ! Thank you for reminding me. Though there is one school of thought which believes this is only applicable to a female who has come a cropper.

[kidley 48]

I thought it was Arse o'er Tit {QUOTE}

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AH, Yes ! Thank you for reminding me. Though there is one school of thought which believes this is only applicable to a female who has come a cropper.

 

dont men have them as well

[cartav 10]

 

dont men have them as well

 

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.Better ask Plain Talker...

 

There don't seem to be many chaps on page 3 in the Sun.

[kidley 48]

 

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.Better ask Plain Talker...

 

There don't seem to be many chaps on page 3 in the Sun.

 

there all in here.

 

I have deleted the link, Mrs Mort might get over excited

Edited May 31, 2014 by kidley

[cartav 10]

 

dont men have them as well

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Drifting a bit off topic now, but if this is a serious query maybe we should open up a new one on "Birds & Bees"

[flyer 10]

Daft ha' porth, surely, grinder...?

 

You lot are all as common as muck NOW Penistone rd A.B.Csts we all spoke proper English NO slan:hihi::hihi:

[grinder 10]

Codswallop...............Someone talking a load of rubbish...

 

Not pure Sheffield I know but then again the thread is "Slang words in the old days" in it ?

Edited June 1, 2014 by grinder

[kidley 48]

i think all these have been said 3-4and even 5 or more times before, 71 pages.

[cartav 10]

Don't know why it all came up, but we were talking euphemisms & in particular terms for toilets, outhouses, closets, loos, etc. and how a lavatory basin was, properly. something one used to wash hands and faces ......... yes really ! And going way, way, back to infant & junior school days we took relief in the " DUBS".

 

Anyone heard that expression in more recent times ?