Dialect/slang

[Leodian]

In an interesting post by Steve Jones titled ‘Leeds Folklore tales’ in the ‘Ghosts and Goblins’ thread he gave the following link to information in a Special Collection in the Brotherton Library at Leeds University:- http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/l ... tm#SedimIn the information brought up through that link there is an 'Incidental Material Document' link and in the information in that link there is a 'Yorkshire/SED 6Y' link (I don't seem able to get their direct URLs). On page 119 of the Yorkshire/SED 6Y link there is a section on words used in Leeds. That had some good stuff, in which I particularly liked the "water whelp [wat@ wElp] = dumpling, boiled in water and eaten with treacle" as I don't recall ever hearing of ‘water whelp’. It sounds yummy!

[tyke bhoy]

This is Leodians document. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/l ... D6Y.pdfIts a pdf so it probably downloaded depending on web browser. Chrome should render it in Chrome

[Leodian]

Thanks tyke bhoy for providing the link to the document, which is appreciated.

[Steve Jones]

This is a link to the LAVC home page:http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lavc/index.htmyou will see that they have some audio files available to listen to.

[ligotagesauvage]

In answer to the question "whats that?" we used to get told "it's a wigwam for ducks to peak on"?? in other words mind your own business! Anybody else come across that? Stalled = fed upFast = in need of as in "if yer fast for a job,get them pots washed"Runnin wick = with nits/fleas

Lilysmum... My Great Grandmother would say "It's a Wim-wam f'ducks t'peark on".

'Peark' could have been the way she pronounced 'Perch'. I'm not sure if 'Peark' was a word that had some meaning in the local dialect.
Local dialects don't always survive the test of time. Words are lost and whole dialects die out in fact.

'Wim-wam' It wasn't mispronounced by her. She didn't mean to say 'Wigwam'. 'Wim-wam' - A name given to any new-fangled item.

(I bought my Grandma a mobile phone. She was into her 90's. I tried to explain the basics but she couldn't grasp it... That's all
that was needed for the mobile to qualify as a 'Wim-wam'.

[ligotagesauvage]

In answer to the question "whats that?" we used to get told "it's a wigwam for ducks to peak on"?? in other words mind your own business! Anybody else come across that? Stalled = fed upFast = in need of as in "if yer fast for a job,get them pots washed"Runnin wick = with nits/fleas

Lilysmum... My Great Grandmother would say "It's a Wim-wam f'ducks t'peark on".

'Peark' could have been the way she pronounced 'Perch'. I'm not sure if 'Peark' was a word that had some meaning in the local dialect.
Local dialects don't always survive the test of time. Words are lost and whole dialects die out in fact.

'Wim-wam' It wasn't mispronounced by her. She didn't mean to say 'Wigwam'. 'Wim-wam' - A name given to any new-fangled item.

(I bought my Grandma a mobile phone. She was into her 90's. I tried to explain the basics but she couldn't grasp it... That's all
that was needed for the mobile to qualify as a 'Wim-wam'.

[Leodian]

I wonder if 'heckers' (eckers?) is still in use in such as in 'Will he heckers like' meaning he won't do something?

[jim]

Will he heck as like.....

[Leodian]

[quote="jim"]Will he heck as like.....[/quote

[tilly]

I would think heck replaces the word hell i have used this word many times over the years.