Dialect/slang
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Trojan
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stutterdog wrote: 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! In the same vein my mam, when wanting to call something bad, would say "worst i't'Northern Union" presumably referring to the forerunner of the RL.
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Uno Hoo
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My late father-in-law came from somewhere in the Pocklington area, and used to say "I'll stand t'long drop o'York", meaning that he'd stake his life on an assertion being correct.My late mother, upon being surprised by something, would exclaim "Well I'll go to Pudsey!". She came from Farsley, so it may simply have been a local expression. It was years before I heard "I'll go to t' fooit of our stairs!". In fact, come to think of it, I've never actually heard that expression used.
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Bramleygal
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Uno Hoo
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My dad's war service included a stint at Wigan. The trains to and from Leeds stopped at Luddendenfoot, no longer a station today. In the blackout a voice emanating from the complete darkness would utter the single word "Fooit" to announce location. Tough luck on any strangers wishing to alight!
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Bramleygal
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LS1
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Bramleygal wrote: Anyone heard this one? When anyone began a sentence with "But I thought..." my gran would always say, You know what thought did? Ran behind a muck cart and thought it was a wedding." Too funny. Yeah my friends mum used to say that but I have tried to find out what it means, please does anyone know? I am desperate to find out what it means and have been so for years!