Dialect/slang

The origins and history of placenames, nicknames, local slang, etc.
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Briggy
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Alleker - vinegarmoidered - harassednivver 'eed - never mindmaungy - sulky, whingeing

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Pashy wrote: chunter = mutter,rambling-------not chunder Arrychelp = whingepoke = money ( 60/70s Bramleytalk )snap,crib = miner's meal breakavyergorrem ?wot ?spotsonyerborrrem Hiya Pashy-Yorkie-Cobb(l)er! crazy mixed up kiddo!I Don't ever remember using CHUNDER at any time!It's a lie, I tell thee!Collins' dictionary gives 'SLAKE'--to quench. (Not just commonto Yorkshire.

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Lilysmum wrote: 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 Hiya L/ MUMMy owd fella used to say 'It's a wigwam for t'ducksto PERK (Perch?)on'. Fleas were 'Runners' 'or Lops' me Mam used to answer,if I asked where owtwas,'It's at Back o' Leatherses' ,which was I thinka local Pop shop or pawnbroker!Or,as mentioned before, 'It's on't dogshelf weer thaleft it!' (floor)

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My mam had a phrase she used if she disapproved of anyone "Marra ter Bonny" Now I know that marra" is a Cumbrian dialect word, and I believe "Bonny" refers to Napoleon, so where she got if from I don't know. She came from Hemsworth, her mother from Staffs and her dad from Shropshire.There was also a comment if something didn't fit right it was "like a pea on a drum" Anyone who was unwell was said to be "like a man made o' band" (string)
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Trojan wrote: My mam had a phrase she used if she disapproved of anyone "Marra ter Bonny" Now I know that marra" is a Cumbrian dialect word, and I believe "Bonny" refers to Napoleon, so where she got if from I don't know. She came from Hemsworth, her mother from Staffs and her dad from Shropshire.There was also a comment if something didn't fit right it was "like a pea on a drum" Anyone who was unwell was said to be "like a man made o' band" (string) Hi Trojan i think Marra is from the north east it means friend as in ganning yam to see ma marra Going home to see my friend.

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arry awk wrote: Pashy wrote: chunter = mutter,rambling-------not chunder Arrychelp = whingepoke = money ( 60/70s Bramleytalk )snap,crib = miner's meal breakavyergorrem ?wot ?spotsonyerborrrem Hiya Pashy-Yorkie-Cobb(l)er! crazy mixed up kiddo!I Don't ever remember using CHUNDER at any time!It's a lie, I tell thee!Collins' dictionary gives 'SLAKE'--to quench. (Not just commonto Yorkshire. Chunder is an Australian bit of slang i believe,its the same as a technicolour yawn or talking to god down the great white telephone,in other words,vomiting.
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Tidgy = little. Perhaps from a similar root to the nickname Tich? I don't know if the following were Leeds-centric, but when I was tidgy I seem to recall a lot of people mis-pronouncing certain words: chimley, bockle, err, can't think of any more just now. Oh - filum. But that's quite common isn't it?

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A friend used to use the expression 'Marra ter Bonny' to describe two people who bore a striking resemblance - she said it came from a farmer who had two plough horses Marra (sp?) and Bonny who had exactly the same markings.

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Briggy wrote: A friend used to use the expression 'Marra ter Bonny' to describe two people who bore a striking resemblance - she said it came from a farmer who had two plough horses Marra (sp?) and Bonny who had exactly the same markings. See the post by Tracey on the following link. She says it means 'as bad as each other'.http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/voi ... sary.shtml

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Excellent site, Geordie Exile! I spent a good while reading through them all! I guess 'the same as' and 'as bad as' are very similar in meaning so that seems to tie in.Just to harp back again on previous offering, does anybody else remember vinegar being called alleker? I was fair flummoxed in a chip shop in Liversedge when I was asked if I wanted alleker on my chips. Apparently it harks back to long, long ago. The French who could grow vines had vin aigre i.e. sour wine. We frozen northerners couldn't grow grapes but made ale instead so we had ale aigre - sour ale which got shortened/changed to alleker. S'amazin what you can learn from going to a chippy!

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