Dialect/slang

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Mon 24 Mar, 2008 1:12 pm

Trojan wrote: I've never heard people 'theeing and thying' in Leeds.yet it's still common in the towns within a few miles of it. You certainly hear it in Morley - only 4.5 miles from Leeds Town Hall. I always think of Leeds's dialect as being a sort of "Yorkshire Cockney" big city style of talk - obviously Liz Dawn epitomised the Leeds dialect for me. But then Bradford is not that much different - or Pudsey. Born and bred Morleans like me will "go to Leeds" Loiners who live in Morley will "go to Town" Morley was a pit and mill town and to be truthful although part of Leeds for nearly 35 years, has more in common in its speech patterns with Batley Dewsbury and Ossett. the widespread use of the glottal stop certainly emphasises the cockney thing you are on about.writng downtrhe Leedsese for 'isn't it' is just about impossiblesort of 'inhe'people in leeds tend to say 'I aren't' for 'I'm not'and 'heighth' for height.

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 5:40 pm

In<h>it just?!Summore!Doaf (Bread dough)Doafy (Not quite cooked)Cauflict (Calf-licked) if you were 'doublecrowned,'you could part your hair either side!.Cow-lick (Long 'forelock' of hair)Cuckoo-ball (child's coloured play ball)Humming tops. Think I saw one recentlyNot so elaborate as the ones of yesteryear!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 11:40 pm

arry awk wrote: In<h>it just?!Summore!Doaf (Bread dough)Doafy (Not quite cooked)Cauflict (Calf-licked) if you were 'doublecrowned,'you could part your hair either side!.Cow-lick (Long 'forelock' of hair)Cuckoo-ball (child's coloured play ball)Humming tops. Think I saw one recentlyNot so elaborate as the ones of yesteryear! When my mam said she was going to "crown" me she didn't mean part my hair down the middle!

Hats Off · Post by **Hats Off** » Thu 27 Mar, 2008 1:35 am

arry awk wrote: Thanks for all those posted since I signed off last.Sumguddunsthee-er!Quite recently there was a news item about a chap named Sharpe.(You'll never guess his first name?) L U K E !Some parents don't bother to mentally 'see' what theyare letting their offspring in for in later life!Things like; Robert(BOB)Downe!(brother.Ben!)I'm sure we can think of more??? (NOT Annie More!)Esther Dunne?'Go to Helen Hunt for it' (dare I mention her two brothers, Eric and Isaac?).We had a Pru man once called Ronald Soles!Ed.Balls. Cabinet Minister.Formally a footballer?Let's have 'em then!Arry What about Hugh Janus !

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Thu 27 Mar, 2008 5:48 pm

Din'ty have a chum called Hugh Jampton?Thinks; I bet actress Samantha 'J',on TV gets a bit of 'ribbing'!Paddy Fields. Rice merchantPhil.McCaverty, DentistAngus McCoatup, Cloakroom attendantPaddy O'Dors, House improvements.Phyllis Stein !

electricaldave · Post by **electricaldave** » Thu 27 Mar, 2008 7:32 pm

Whenever a room was crowded, folk used to say,"Its as busy as Briggate in 'ere"I haven't heard that said for years.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Thu 27 Mar, 2008 10:50 pm

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. We used to say "like Briggate on a Saturday afternoon" when it was crowded as opposed "like Aberdeen on a flag day" when deserted

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 11:57 am

regarding Mr Balls. he unfortunately is my MP. I met him accidentally Xmas 2006 handing out mince pies at Stanley Co-op. he got upset when i refused to take one. he asked why and when I told him "because you talk (censored) as well" said "oh,thats original" and sulked!well at least I was accurate<G>.I also manged to upset Harriet Harman last year but thats another story.

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 2:53 pm

Steve Jones wrote: regarding Mr Balls. he unfortunately is my MP. I met him accidentally Xmas 2006 handing out mince pies at Stanley Co-op. he got upset when i refused to take one. he asked why and when I told him "because you talk (censored) as well" said "oh,thats original" and sulked!well at least I was accurate<G>.I also manged to upset Harriet Harman last year but thats another story. I don't understand

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Fri 28 Mar, 2008 3:23 pm

What I meant Fevlad was that was Mr Balls usually says is consistent with his surname. Geddit<G>?, trying to avoid getting censored on here <LOL>.