"Ooooh Look, A Toytoyse!"

[Dozy]

I don't know why you're all being so churlish about Sheffieldish - try living in Birmingham for a while, then you'll really have an accent to criticise.

 

Dozy

[EdnaKrabappe]

What does amuse me about Sheffielders is that we say (whenever we say it) Your David or Our Paul

Is your David going out with our Paul tonight? Me mam just wanted to know that's all (When you are talking to your sibling!)

What's the matter with, is David going out with Paul tonight? Mum just wanted to know that's all!

[Mathom]

Words with ks in them sound manc - things like bokkle and hospikle. I remember a scrap at Uni when we were studying Love On The Dole and some posh bint piped up that this character was obviously thick because he pronounced 'capital' as 'capikle'. WWIII almost broke out in the seminar room what with all the tykes and mancs sitting there.

 

I hate that thing in Sheffield when people yell, as loud as they can: "EE-YOHH!" for "here!". *shudder*

[Guest Mod_Man]

What does amuse me about Sheffielders is that we say (whenever we say it) Your David or Our Paul

Is your David going out with our Paul tonight? Me mam just wanted to know that's all (When you are talking to your sibling!)

What's the matter with, is David going out with Paul tonight? Mum just wanted to know that's all!

 

A friend and I had a discussion about the very thing the other night, she's not from round here and finds it strange. No ideas why it's just a local thing.

[rubydazzler]

As I've pointed out before, down south, they say 'my' which just seems weird and exclusive of eveyone else. My mother-in-law used to say "my Ian" referring to my husband, which I used to think "he's MY Ian now"

 

Mathom, the 'tal/tle' ending isn't proncounced with a 'k' sound though, it's a 'klull' sound, not 'bokkle' or 'hospikkle' but 'hospiklull' or boklull' - ish! Hard to describe but you know what's correct when you hear it it anyway.

 

It sounds a bit elitist to say that only certain types of people say 'hospi-TAL' et cetera but it is becoming more common

[camping_gaz]

i find the word tarrlet in stead of toilet oh and highth in stead of how high is it oh one more worser you cant get no worse than that

[lyndix]

My mate used to say screwell instead of squirrel!!!!!!

There was also a woman on our estate that used to go in the local shop and ask for "a shag o bugger" translates to "a bag o sugar"!

[PrincessSam]

I'm so surprised no one's mentioned the whole ask/arks debacle...thats the only thing that realllllly grates on me!

[bagger]

I can't stand gee'orrr for 'give over'.

 

And poim for poem.

[boyface]

Why do people say "aks" instead of "ask"?

 

EDIT: Oooops...I see somebody beat me to it 2 posts up....sorry.