Sheffieldish - words & phrases

[sweetdexter 10]

Supwidee? Gerritetten.

 

Mam,I don't like tinned spaghetti.

(. About the only thing I could not ear as a kid)

[stpetre 12]

Supwidee? Gerritetten.

 

I heard an old one saying "Until I was seven, I thought my name was 'Shurrup' ".

[Janner 10]

Whats for tea Mum? S..t wi sugar on, or, four runs round kitchen table an a kick at the pantry dowar.

Another I have heard, spoken by someone viewing a small house with narrow staircase, Thy'l neer get a coffin up thea tha knows.

More macabre, they don't put pockets in shrouds tha knows.

[jaffa1 10]

Legged it halfway dahnt street

Ee dint wi sup some stuff

He's gorra a lass inta trouble

Havin a swill ort sink

[TORONTONY 10]

Legged it halfway dahnt street

Ee dint wi sup some stuff

He's gorra a lass inta trouble

Havin a swill ort sink

 

If tha keeps dooin that thall come a cropper one a these days

[kidley 48]

i thought this thread was for Sheffieldish phrasers, has it been changed to country wide phrasers?

[jaffa1 10]

i thought this thread was for Sheffieldish phrasers, has it been changed to country wide phrasers?

 

These ARE Sheffield sayings, they were all said when I was a kid , I remember them well.

 

Wotsup widee den, as tha lost thi marbles?

[BIGLIL 10]

My Nan always used the word SHUNKLY to discribe something that glittered like sequines. Its a word that all of use in our family.

She also used to say that if someone was dawdling or walking slowly they were TRERKLING along. A nice discriptive word but dont know if its a proper word.

 

MY Mom always used these terms and I sometimes use them myself but it's very rare I hear anyone else use them .

[hillsbro 32]

...Wotsup widee den, as tha lost thi marbles?

Aye, ah lost 'em darn t'Wicker weer t'watter runs o'er t'weir. Aster seen 'em?

[kidley 48]

These ARE Sheffield sayings, they were all said when I was a kid , I remember them well.

 

Wotsup widee den, as tha lost thi marbles?

 

my apologise, i though the thread wanted local sayings not english one's. Things like cecks and clewers and going across the yard. Not national one's with a local accent.

But you know best.

[hackey lad 3,976]

my favourite word is yitten

[kidley 48]

my favourite word is yitten

 

ampt heard that for a long time,yitten = scared