Have you heard of these sayings ?

[misty3 11]

I'll put thi' face back!

[shanes teeth 10]

In our house it was "aahh s'll gi thi a fourp'ney 'un!"

 

(Though quite why it was worth Fourpence, I was never totally sure! lol)

 

Ours was "Tha'll get a scutch!"

[misty3 11]

Did anyone else's Dad say " I'll get washed, shaved, changed and put same on again?"

[grinder 10]

Did anyone else's Dad say " I'll get washed, shaved, changed and put same on again?"

 

All the time...

 

Remember as a "chabbie" when asking for seconds being told I'd got "hollow legs" ?

My grandfather used to call me a "Tripe-hound" but as my Dad use to say "he's always been a raight grumble guts "..

[Madgeca 10]

sure do and also can any one remember the eight foot? this was a Jenneill/jinnell

from pollard crescent

[hillsbro 32]

In North-East Lincolnshire any kind of gennel is an eight-foot. A bit further west around Scunthorpe they say ten-foot (gennels must be wider there...). In Lincoln and the Midlands a gennel is a snicket.

 

If a piece of furniture were placed diagonally across a corner, my mum would say it was "Katey-cornered" which might (?) be an old Sheffield expression. In Lincolnshire they say "slosh way on"..

[Puffin4 10]

I seem to recall that in Sheffield, one did not pick ones nose, one poked it.

[poppins 10]

I seem to recall that in Sheffield, one did not pick ones nose, one poked it.

 

My friends little Grandson was picking his nose the other day, his Mom yelled, stop picking your nose, he said I'm not, I'm putting it back ..true

[Janber 10]

Hi Puffin 4

You got that right. Anyone else remember saying they were starved to death for being cold, not just for being hungry and cornish for mantlepiece.

[Plain Talker 11]

Hi Puffin 4

You got that right. Anyone else remember saying they were starved to death for being cold, not just for being hungry and cornish for mantlepiece.

 

Cornish was a corruption of "Cornice".

 

My grandma used to used "Starved to dee-ath" when she was cold.

[grinder 10]

Lug oils (ears), Bugger lugs (term of endearment ?) and ear wiggin (eves dropping) .

Wagging it (not going to school )..

Edited December 8, 2010 by grinder

[Janber 10]

Hi Grinder. Gormless (daft or stupid) wer a gudun,

four eyes (wearing glasses)

Lairy (argumentative)

Lurgy (anyone with spots or scabs)

And for things that sparkled (Shunkly)