Dialect/slang

jane666 · Post by **jane666** » Mon 19 Nov, 2007 9:21 pm

i grew up in bramley, and have always said putsey, without the d, never thought i was saying it wrong, i now live in orsfth, without the h or o.

jf · Post by jf » Mon 19 Nov, 2007 9:27 pm

Brandy wrote: what about all the different slang words for money heres a few off the top of mi head:sticker=£100monkey=£500pony=£25grand£1000bob=5 pencescore=£20nicker=£1ton=£100jax=£5cockle=£10neves=£7shrapnel +smash =loose change One I hear a lot is 'Bar' for £1 (as in 'it cost me ten bar'), though I think thats a general northern slang term, not specifically a Leeds/Yorkshire one. My old room mate also used to use 'nugget' for a pound coin, but he was from deepest Lancashire.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Mon 19 Nov, 2007 9:48 pm

Has anyone mentioned 'spice' for 'sweets' - or 'spanish' for 'licqourice'??

jane666 · Post by **jane666** » Mon 19 Nov, 2007 11:25 pm

still say spanish now, slightly off thread, but do you remember sweet tobacco you could buy as a kid? nasty stuff.

granville · Post by **granville** » Tue 20 Nov, 2007 2:15 am

Ian R P wrote: Gloit and Gubbins are good words, my mate also says 'finga' a lot for person. He's from Harehills too. Yeah Gloit is a great Yorkshire term for an idiot. What a classic! I want Gloit or Gloyt to get put into the Oxford English dictionary.Also what about chin=to hitIf someone 'got chinned' at school they taken a fist or two.

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Tue 20 Nov, 2007 2:15 am

jane666 wrote: i grew up in bramley, and have always said putsey, without the d, never thought i was saying it wrong, i now live in orsfth, without the h or o. thats pronounced ossfuff!!!! i should know lived there 21 years

jane666 · Post by **jane666** » Tue 20 Nov, 2007 8:17 am

i bow to your superiority rangie, only been there 9 years, not fully integrated yet.

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Tue 20 Nov, 2007 3:57 pm

don't bow to me jane i'll only get a swelled head and not be able to get out the door!! just send money!!! only kidding lol!!

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Tue 20 Nov, 2007 4:02 pm

I use Gubbins to refer to things like the internals of a machine or an engine and the like! suppose it's generic for 'stuff'

carrotol · Post by **carrotol** » Tue 20 Nov, 2007 10:39 pm

How about 'Youre gonna get battered after school'. Or 'told me mam n youre gonna get done'.One of my Grandmas favourites (but she was originally from Lancs) was 'youre enough to mek a bloody parson swear you are'