Have you heard of these sayings ?

[johncocker 10]

gooin aht

 

 

even if it's ...silin dahn

[lyndyloo 10]

Shifttheesen. Gerrartarooad. Watch thee p's an q's. Watch thee lip.

[johncocker 10]

aberritinterze......tis not hers!

[Alanbro 10]

We allus used to go round t'lump when we lived on t' Parson Cross. It's called dialect me dears and not slang, but ni mind if that dunt gerrit. Ah bet Bobby Knutt still uses it!

[Alanbro 10]

Ah've not bin on Sheffield Forum fer yonks, but ah've got to put me two pennerth in! So theer thy art !

[woodturner 10]

Wybmadiity

 

will ya buy me a drink if I tell ya

Edited February 28, 2012 by woodturner
the answer

[Janber 10]

Mardy arse. gioer rurin

[Trekker 10]

:Yes I remember terms like a run around the block or our kid. any1 recall little blackpool near the tram stop down the cliff?

[johncocker 10]

silin dahn =heavy rain

 

I wonder where that comes from ? I 've never heard anybody use it outside of sheffield

[Plain Talker 11]

silin dahn =heavy rain

 

I wonder where that comes from ? I 've never heard anybody use it outside of sheffield

 

Someone told me, many years ago, that Silin'/ Siling was a Norse word for heavy rain. I don't know how true that was.

[splodgeyAl 10]

Someone told me, many years ago, that Silin'/ Siling was a Norse word for heavy rain. I don't know how true that was.

According to http://www.viking.no/e/england/yorkshire_norse.htm that's true.

 

Webster's dictionary defines a "siling bowl" as a colander, which could also be relevant

[JACK HEWITT 10]

silin dahn =heavy rain

 

I wonder where that comes from ? I 've never heard anybody use it outside of sheffield

 

Wot about "It's Laggin it darn" :confused: .