Dialect/slang

Briggy · Post by **Briggy** » Thu 05 Jun, 2008 11:09 am

Hi everyone. Just discovered this jewel of a site and love it!Dialect favourite word of all for which I think there is no standard English equivalent - 'to thoil' i.e. to be able to afford something, but not be able to justify the expense.Don't know if this has already been mentioned previously but the Yorkshire Dialect Society do a fantastic and very readable dictionary of Yorkshire Dialect for anyone who wants to read more about it.http://www.ydsociety.org.uk/id4.html

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Thu 05 Jun, 2008 2:11 pm

I think I'm right in saying that 'big girl's blouse' and 'I'm all unnecessary' were catchphrases of Hylda Baker. She knows yer know!You can still get Yorkshire Relish:http://www.goodalls.ie/range/seasoning.asp

Si · Post by Si » Thu 05 Jun, 2008 2:20 pm

[quotenick="Geordie-exile"]I think I'm right in saying that 'big girl's blouse' and 'I'm all unnecessary' were catchphrases of Hylda Baker. She knows yer know!Also, "'as 'e been?" or "Joined in holy mattress money" and "it's quarter past....ooh, I must get a little hand for this watch!"

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Thu 05 Jun, 2008 2:26 pm

and "be sooon" that was one of hers

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Thu 05 Jun, 2008 9:35 pm

Briggy wrote: Hi everyone. Just discovered this jewel of a site and love it!Dialect favourite word of all for which I think there is no standard English equivalent - 'to thoil' i.e. to be able to afford something, but not be able to justify the expense.Don't know if this has already been mentioned previously but the Yorkshire Dialect Society do a fantastic and very readable dictionary of Yorkshire Dialect for anyone who wants to read more about it.http://www.ydsociety.org.uk/id4.html I believe "thoil" is a Yorkshire version of the Scottish word "thole" which is can be defined here:http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/index.htmThole is to thoil as 'ole is to 'oil.

spudoil · Post by **spudoil** » Fri 13 Jun, 2008 1:18 am

zip55 wrote: How about 'tusky' for rhubarb. And my mam allus used to say 'mouth like Moiley Oile' (Morley Hole? - whatever that is) The Morley Hole was the rail tunnel that took the trans pennine trains..it's about three miles long!

spudoil · Post by **spudoil** » Fri 13 Jun, 2008 1:20 am

I had a mate who once said to me ' she's got nipples like Moortown tab ends'

spudoil · Post by **spudoil** » Fri 13 Jun, 2008 1:22 am

Geordie-exile wrote: Barmpot was my family's version of that, Lilysmum. A pot full of barminess was what I took it to mean. Have we mentioned spells for splinters? Boozer's gloom - phrase applied to anyone who'd had one over the eight. Not sure if that's a Leeds phrase or whether it's more widespread. Applied to anything trashy - 'Where did you get that? Back o' t' market?' Remember lads having the TT's ( Tetley Tremble ) with too much ale.

spudoil · Post by **spudoil** » Fri 13 Jun, 2008 1:28 am

electricaldave wrote: Whenever a room was crowded, folk used to say,"Its as busy as Briggate in 'ere"I haven't heard that said for years. I remember people saying about a night with a girl with large privates...' It was like throwing a sausage up Briggate'........Sorry about that.

spudoil · Post by **spudoil** » Fri 13 Jun, 2008 1:31 am

Hear the word 'suckoil' at work, meaning someone who crawls around the gaffer