Have you heard of these sayings ?

[Jim Hardie 525]

That a bigger liar than tom pepper

 

Lots of theories HERE of its origin.

[trastrick 866]

Does anyone else say, when shocked about something, 'oh my godfathers'

 

I say it but have no idea where it came from.

 

A neighbor used to exclaim, "Jesus wept!", all the time.

[earlybird8 10]

A good friend of my fathers always used to say "Jesus wept, and well he might! "

[victormh 10]

What about these 2 : "nesh" and "swanking"

 

Victor - Hot and Sunny Malaysia

[scoobz 10]

What about these 2 : "nesh" and "swanking"

 

Victor - Hot and Sunny Malaysia

 

Nesh is fairly commonly used, but swanking is unusual. Does it mean the same as tonking?

[Texas 10]

Great Sheffield saying, this one.

HOW MUCH????

[marth 10]

Yes, we used to say "going just round the lump" in Ecclesall in 1940 to 50. My auntie in Birmingham said "round the block"--- very strange I thought.

[cookingfat50 10]

Can any of you older posters remember this.."goin for a walk round lump"...i said it the other day and my grandson said "what"!!!!!...

 

Is it just a Sheffield saying?

 

of course we do all sheffielders would know that at least all south yorks and Yorkshire would know it

[victormh 10]

Re the post from Scoobz

 

Yes, Nesh is probably still fairly common, but I see that "swanking" may not be. I was born in Swallownest, (1940), but I do not think it was just a local saying.

 

As the Oxford English Dictionary states - "Swank - to Show Off". Example if a kid had a new bike, or even new clothes and shoes, or a new anything and he/she flaunted it in front of the other kids then he/she was accused of "swanking" or "swanking off"

 

However, almost all of the others mentioned on this thread I can remember easily. Some I still use, but my wife being from Hull sometimes has to ask for an explanation. But she also says things I do not know the meaning of - example 2 or 3 weeks ago she said "we were coggling on Kevin's bike" Kevin being her younger brother. I had no idea what this meant, but was informed that "coggling" was my wife riding on the crossbar of her brothers bike.

 

Best Wishes - Monday 7-35am and a cool 89 degrees right now - need to get our my sheepskin coat !!!!!

[Mark31 10]

I remember this saying. It was used by my grand parents, however they only used the term in relation to a particular round route in Malin Bridge. Not sure if this is of any help??

[grinder 10]

Any one remember if a small child was called a 'Chabby' or a 'Chavvy' , or did it just depend which side of Sheffield you came from ?

Edited November 25, 2014 by grinder

[trastrick 866]

Any one remember if a small child was called a 'Chabby' or a 'Chavvy' , or did it just depend which side of Sheffield you came from ?

 

Chabby was Heeley and Arbourthorne, circa 1950.