Dialect/slang

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Mon 26 Sep, 2011 3:56 pm

Leodian wrote: jim wrote: By the way, in my experience nobody in the areas of Leeds I lived in was ever "going" anywhere. It was always "off ter" Leeds or town or "t' fillums"! Being posh that I am I did not want to admit that I do say "off ter". "No, nor me neether!"

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Mon 26 Sep, 2011 9:26 pm

BLAKEY wrote: Its only fifteen miles or so from Leeds to Pontefract - but WHAT a difference in accents/dialects. When I went to work on South Yorkshire Road Transport in November 1987 it took me quite a while to get used to all the fascinating differences. One particular expression must have a hundred uses down there, depending on facial expression and intonation. The expression is "AREN'T WE ALL RIGHT, EH ??" It can be used to signify annoyance at something that's happened, or disgust at what someone has done, or amusement at something funny, or proposed refusal to obey some outrageous instruction from higher authority. Fascinating to me. I was brought up in Morley, only 4 1/2 miles from Leeds Town Hall and I'd say the accent is noticebly different. And 3 miles the other way is Batley and once again the accent is different. There is certainly a big change in the way words are spoken to the south and east of Wakefield as against to the north and west. And you can hear this difference in Wakefield Met. People from Horbury and Ossett sound different to those from Cas and Fev.My wife's from Ossett, they call what we call "scraps" on fish and chips "bits" in Ossett - not a profound difference but there are others too. She's lived in Morley 43 years now so the rougher Ossett elements of her speech have been rubbed off

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Mon 26 Sep, 2011 9:48 pm

majorhoundii wrote: I was brought up in Morley, only 4 1/2 miles from Leeds Town Hall and I'd say the accent is noticebly different. And 3 miles the other way is Batley and once again the accent is different. There is certainly a big change in the way words are spoken to the south and east of Wakefield as against to the north and west. And you can hear this difference in Wakefield Met. People from Horbury and Ossett sound different to those from Cas and Fev.My wife's from Ossett, they call what we call "scraps" on fish and chips "bits" in Ossett - not a profound difference but there are others too. She's lived in Morley 43 years now so the rougher Ossett elements of her speech have been rubbed off Trojan I presume

PC - Dublin · Post by **PC - Dublin** » Mon 26 Sep, 2011 9:49 pm

jim wrote: My thanks for the vote of confidence PC-Dublin! I knew you'd have the correct answer Jim. Thank you !!Regards,PC

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Mon 26 Sep, 2011 11:30 pm

in ter town .. down ter London .. up ter York ... ovver ter Blackpool or Brid ...

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Tue 27 Sep, 2011 12:33 am

tyke bhoy wrote: Trojan I presume curses!

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Tue 27 Sep, 2011 2:28 am

I remember when I moved from Leeds to Birstall, and people looked at me daft if I said I was off in town. 'Eh? Yer mean Batler?'And yes, they had 'bits' on their fish and chips too. Weirdos.Oh, and they allus put their curtains 'on'. 'I noticed yer curtains were on'Erm, yep. On their rails. To me the curtains were either open or closed. And another thing. You men won't know about this I bet.In Leeds when I was little, if you called a girl 'Lass', it was aggressive. 'Ey lass. 'Oo you lookin' at?'But there, it was a matey term. 'Right lass. I'll put 't kettle on'

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Tue 27 Sep, 2011 6:03 am

Geordie-exile wrote: I remember when I moved from Leeds to Birstall, and people looked at me daft if I said I was off in town. 'Eh? Yer mean Batler?'And yes, they had 'bits' on their fish and chips too. Weirdos.Oh, and they allus put their curtains 'on'. 'I noticed yer curtains were on'Erm, yep. On their rails. To me the curtains were either open or closed. And another thing. You men won't know about this I bet.In Leeds when I was little, if you called a girl 'Lass', it was aggressive. 'Ey lass. 'Oo you lookin' at?'But there, it was a matey term. 'Right lass. I'll put 't kettle on' Hi Geordie-exile I have called my sister our lass for has long as i can remember and still do to this day.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Tue 27 Sep, 2011 10:12 am

majorhoundii wrote: tyke bhoy wrote: Trojan I presume curses! Had my suspicions for a while but the Ossett/Morley connections would have made it a major (pun intended) coincidence for it not to be the case.

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Tue 27 Sep, 2011 9:45 pm

tyke bhoy wrote: majorhoundii wrote: tyke bhoy wrote: Trojan I presume curses! Had my suspicions for a while but the Ossett/Morley connections would have made it a major (pun intended) coincidence for it not to be the case. I lost the internet early in the year, and when I tried to rejoin as Trojan I'd lost my password, so I tried to get new one and couldn't, it wouldn't let me rejoin as Trojan, so I rejoined as someone else