Dialect/slang

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Wed 12 Mar, 2008 5:57 pm

arry awk wrote: Another dialect/slang word just arrived in me nut!'Brussen' used to describe a bombastic, well builtperson. or a well developed child! good one arrybrussen was usual twinned with buggera boss or a foreman was ften called a 'puffler' years agoin and around leeds.

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 5:14 pm

Hi FevNot heard of Puffler before! (Makes me think ofan Aussie 'Limp wrister!') or is that Pufter!You're right abt the noun 'bugger',after Brussen, tho!Known a few brussen fellas (and lasses)!In me time!Arry

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 5:43 pm

arry awk wrote: Hi FevNot heard of Puffler before! (Makes me think ofan Aussie 'Limp wrister!') or is that Pufter!You're right abt the noun 'bugger',after Brussen, tho!Known a few brussen fellas (and lasses)!In me time!Arry puffler comes from the mining industry'who's t'puffler round ere' I think a puffler was someone in charge of the 'gates' in a pit.then became generalised into any minor authority figure

Loiner in Cyprus · Post by **Loiner in Cyprus** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 9:04 pm

fevlad wrote: arry awk wrote: Hi FevNot heard of Puffler before! (Makes me think ofan Aussie 'Limp wrister!') or is that Pufter!You're right abt the noun 'bugger',after Brussen, tho!Known a few brussen fellas (and lasses)!In me time!Arry puffler comes from the mining industry'who's t'puffler round ere' I think a puffler was someone in charge of the 'gates' in a pit.then became generalised into any minor authority figure Puffler was used when I worked at Miggy pit but if my memory serves me right, it was only used for pit top supervisor level positions. I can't remember hearing it when I worked at Lofthouse Pit.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 7:08 pm

Feast or fair? The fair came to Morley at Morley Feast (third week in August) We called it the feast, and it was held on the "feast ground" bottom of Bruntcliffe Lane. There was also Morley Spring Feast and Morley Late Feast. There were also occasional fairs (feasts) on the rec off South Parade. There was also Holbeck Feast, Hunslet Feast (first week of August Leeds Holidays and old August Bank Holiday) and Woodhouse Moor Feast. There was Dewsbury, Batley and Wakefield Feasts. My question is is "feast" a heavy woollen term for funfair or is it also a Leeds term. It's not a "feast" in Bradford and in the rest of the country they wouldn't have a clue what I was on about (we used to go as teenagers because there always seemed to be more girls at the feast )

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 7:45 pm

Trojan wrote: Feast or fair? The fair came to Morley at Morley Feast (third week in August) We called it the feast, and it was held on the "feast ground" bottom of Bruntcliffe Lane. There was also Morley Spring Feast and Morley Late Feast. There were also occasional fairs (feasts) on the rec off South Parade. There was also Holbeck Feast, Hunslet Feast (first week of August Leeds Holidays and old August Bank Holiday) and Woodhouse Moor Feast. There was Dewsbury, Batley and Wakefield Feasts. My question is is "feast" a heavy woollen term for funfair or is it also a Leeds term. It's not a "feast" in Bradford and in the rest of the country they wouldn't have a clue what I was on about (we used to go as teenagers because there always seemed to be more girls at the feast ) feast was fairly common name for a fair in W Yks apart from Pontefract.They had the 'Statutes fair'this was abbreviated to 'the 'stattis' or 'ponte stattis'it was abrilliant fair as well with lots of side shows such as 'Lolo The Rat Girl' as well as rides.it was held on the cattle market site on the way to All saints Church, just down from bag Hill Sation.

HTB · Post by **HTB** » Sun 16 Mar, 2008 11:25 am

As a teacher moving up from London 18 years ago, I've noticed that the local dialect that the children introduced me to is dying out. In my first year I was educated on words like "chore" (steal) Doylem (idiot) Ginner (hard G, someone with ginger hair). All in regular use. these have died out, children mimic phrases off the tv or music, Catherine Tate, Little Britain or 50 cent are now the authors of children's language all over Britain.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 16 Mar, 2008 11:45 am

HTB wrote: As a teacher moving up from London 18 years ago, I've noticed that the local dialect that the children introduced me to is dying out. In my first year I was educated on words like "chore" (steal) Doylem (idiot) Ginner (hard G, someone with ginger hair). All in regular use. these have died out, children mimic phrases off the tv or music, Catherine Tate, Little Britain or 50 cent are now the authors of children's language all over Britain. My kids who grew up in the seventies and eighties certainly used some dialect. Leck (play we used to say laik) and ginner. Also "div" for someone who's thick and "beef" for cry.

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sun 16 Mar, 2008 12:13 pm

bray-to hitblack bright(in fev black breet) extremely dirty.

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Sun 16 Mar, 2008 12:24 pm

Hey up Fevlad!We've done the 'Feast' explanations a few months back!(see the 'Fairs and Feasts' threads,if dsco hasn't deleted 'em yet! Fairs always coincided with religious feasts (Epithany.etc)in the Leeds areas. People were much more religious in the olddays! NOT me! I was only interested in the 'Moon Rocket'and 'Speedway' and 'Steam' pigs(swings)etc at the 'Feasts'!Mind you, we had a ball with brandy snap and candyfloss and ice creams!HTB (is it 'Miss' or 'Sir'?)You'll find that 'Ginner' doesn't start with a Hard G! It's said as 'Jinner' as in Ginger beer or whisky and dry Ginger! (my favourite 'chaser').Perhaps you were confusing Ginner withGinnel (alleyway)? this has been well covered in recent postings.It's best to spend a couple of days(!) trawling back through theprevious threads and making notes of who said what, or you'll never remember half the stuff!With regard to Little Britain and Catherine Tate,it's a shame we don't have a Mary Whitehouse successor looking after the lax,lowlife filth being allowed to fester on TV and other media. I don't class myself as a prude and I like a good smutty joke in the rightcircumstances, but these programmes go beyond the pale in mybook! You can tell I'm an 'ancient',can't you? Too late to rectifymatters now if children have access to this sick stuff.CheersArry Awk (Burley Road Juniors and Brudenell Secondary schools 1937 to 1944 left,aged 14!)