Dialect/slang

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Sat 08 May, 2010 11:28 pm

Trojan wrote: Armley Lass 47 wrote: To Laik was always mentioned in our house in Armley. We always played Tig and not Tag, the midden was always outside as it is in Norway (dustbin area). I went chumping every year in time for Bonfire nightI always had a peff - coughHe doesnt frame - he never does things correctlyScratting - fussing over domestic detailsits slack at the moment - not enough employmentonny abit like - barely tolerableee-by gum - exclamation!! lughole - earAye it is that! - AmenI reckon if we went to Norway that you would understand at least a quarter of their language just because you know and have heard Yorkshire. Fratching - falling out - at least in Morley. Fratching was a common expression in Farsley and Calverley as well. And I remember the game being called tig and not tag.And don't forget the Yorkshire acknowledgment of "not bad", meaning good. Something outstandingly good was "not bad at all".

yorkiesknob · Post by **yorkiesknob** » Sat 08 May, 2010 11:51 pm

My mam use to say "I'll swing for you bloody kids", when super mad with me and my brother. Usually followed with a good hiding with a slipper or any thing else close to hand.It was always our mam who brayed us and never my dad, I think that might have being quite the norm around where I grew up.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 09 May, 2010 12:49 am

My dad used to say "ter morn, t'neet" for tomorrow night.Having read that, you know if Yorkshire dialect was formalized as a "language" it would in many cases be quite different from RP English.

jim · Post by **jim** » Sun 09 May, 2010 1:02 am

"He/she's a'right tekken t'right way........bi t'thro-it!"

Bramleygal · Post by **Bramleygal** » Sun 09 May, 2010 1:08 pm

Where there's muck there's money.

Bramleygal · Post by **Bramleygal** » Sun 09 May, 2010 1:09 pm

Give over! (Stop.)

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 09 May, 2010 2:49 pm

Bramleygal wrote: Where there's muck there's money. Brass?

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Sun 09 May, 2010 3:20 pm

Hes as bent has a two bob watch. Meaning hes a wrong un.

Bramleygal · Post by **Bramleygal** » Sun 09 May, 2010 5:56 pm

That'll larn yer (that will teach you).

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Sun 09 May, 2010 9:18 pm

Bramleygal wrote: That'll larn yer (that will teach you). When my dad was telling us off, if we had done something really bad, he would add "And thats Jardine Talking".He was of course referring to Douglas Jardine the captain of the English cricket team in th 30's (I think) who's word was law to the rest of the team! Not strictley dialect or slang I know . Sorry!