Dialect/slang

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Thu 15 Jul, 2010 10:10 am

Cal - to gossip.

yorkiesknob · Post by **yorkiesknob** » Sun 15 Aug, 2010 1:01 pm

Is your mother your MAM ?Just being asked by my daughter ( late teens borne here in Aussie )why I say and spell MAM for my mother. Never give it any thought before. I call my wife MUM when talking to the kids about her and my kids call her the same here in Brisbane.However my wife who is from North America call her mother MUM, but spells it MOM. My sister in law from down Wiltshire never says MAM always MUM, but tells me they say MAM on Coronation St.So maybe a Northern England way use of the word.Any one else have a theory or say on the use of the word MAM.Cheers Yorkie

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sun 15 Aug, 2010 7:20 pm

stevief wrote: My apologies if this has been mentioned before.My dad used to refer to pork pies as 'Growlers',also there's a pork butcher in Guiseley which boasts of being 'Home of the Guiseley Growler' Heard sausage rolls referred to as Dog's Ar--s. Hope this isn't too rude.

Bramleygal · Post by **Bramleygal** » Sun 15 Aug, 2010 7:58 pm

Now I come to think of it, the optomotrist's name was William Shakespeare and my Dad referred to him as Bill Wagstaff. Had forgotten that bit.

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Sun 15 Aug, 2010 9:35 pm

Any one come across the expression "Moggie" or "Moggy" not referring to a cat. The is an entrance to a graveyard in Oldfield Lane in Wortley called the Moggy entrance in times gone past but it's origin seems lost in the mists of time - I've checked old maps but see no reference to it.

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Mon 16 Aug, 2010 6:03 am

Johnny39 wrote: stevief wrote: My apologies if this has been mentioned before.My dad used to refer to pork pies as 'Growlers',also there's a pork butcher in Guiseley which boasts of being 'Home of the Guiseley Growler' Heard sausage rolls referred to as Dog's Ar--s. Hope this isn't too rude. Here in Oz they're called 'Rat's Coffins' ...

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Mon 16 Aug, 2010 10:02 am

Worrit wa wa(What is was, was)

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Tue 17 Aug, 2010 11:54 pm

Trojan wrote: Worrit wa wa(What is was, was) 'T'in't in t' tin.(It is not in the tin).

silversurfer · Post by **silversurfer** » Wed 18 Aug, 2010 12:40 am

Hi everybody, Silversurfer here (new to the site) just had to put a bit in about dialect. I grew up in Leeds 12 (new wortley) We often laiked tors in the street while our mothers stood calling at their doors. And then when it was in for bed we were told put sneck ont door.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Wed 18 Aug, 2010 9:05 am

silversurfer wrote: Hi everybody, Silversurfer here (new to the site) just had to put a bit in about dialect. I grew up in Leeds 12 (new wortley) We often laiked tors in the street while our mothers stood calling at their doors. And then when it was in for bed we were told put sneck ont door. Hi silversurfer welcome on board look forward to more of your posts.