Dialect/slang

Si · Post by Si » Mon 12 May, 2008 10:09 am

Has this one been mentioned before?Pottered - worried.

Hats Off · Post by **Hats Off** » Mon 12 May, 2008 3:51 pm

I have noticed that a lot of the old sayings are no longer heard these days, things like " Red sky at night, shepherds warning, red sky at morning, sailors delight" and "Fog on the moors, clear skies indoors, fog in the house, sun's out for the field mouse".Did these sayings die out with our parents generation ?

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Mon 12 May, 2008 5:27 pm

Hope So!I remember it as ;Red sky at nightShepherd's delightRed sky in the morningSailor's warning.Rain AT sevenFine before eleven.and;We shall have weatherWhatever the weatherWhether we like it or not!That was one of my late father-in law'ssayings!He was barmy too!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Mon 12 May, 2008 10:48 pm

arry awk wrote: Hope So!I remember it as ;Red sky at nightShepherd's delightRed sky in the morningSailor's warning.Rain AT sevenFine before eleven.and;We shall have weatherWhatever the weatherWhether we like it or not!That was one of my late father-in law'ssayings!He was barmy too! I reckon there's a or two missingWhether the weather be coldOr whether the weather be hotWe'll weather the weatherWhatever the weatherWhether we like it or not.

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Tue 13 May, 2008 5:07 pm

Thanks Trojan!I knew there was more to it but couldn't remember the start lines!All's well again and the sun's shining.What more can we ask?CheersArry

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 13 May, 2008 6:08 pm

Late father in law speaking of meandering motorist....Driving along with his thumb in his bum and brain in neutral!Would never say goodbye either, always, 'see you when the weather breaks'

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Thu 05 Jun, 2008 12:56 am

simonm wrote: Used to love Yorkshire Relish, bith thick and thin. Such as shame they no longer make it. There's a song called "My Girl's a Yorkshire Girl" and the last line is "I've got a bit of a Yorkshire Relish for my little Yorkshire Rose"

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Thu 05 Jun, 2008 9:24 am

My last fifteen years at work were spent in the Pontefract/Wakefield area, where I often encountered a most wonderful expression which tickled me pink. If a person had taken a romantic shine to anyone, often against impossible odds, they were said to have "COME OVER ALL UN-NECESSARY."

Si · Post by Si » Thu 05 Jun, 2008 9:38 am

Me Dad says that!Along with "I feel out of sorts" and "Yer big girl's blouse.....wi' red socks on!"No idea, either...

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Thu 05 Jun, 2008 10:38 am

Si wrote: Me Dad says that!Along with "I feel out of sorts" and "Yer big girl's blouse.....wi' red socks on!"No idea, either... Another one I haven't heard for many years, and I first heard it in Otley more than half a century ago, when someone is bored or fed up : - "Oh I'm right stalled !!."