Dialect/slang

[jane666]

someone at work said they were ''paggered'' today, haven't heard that for ages!!

[magic]

jane666 wrote: someone at work said they were ''paggered'' today, haven't heard that for ages!! paggered normally means tired but also is used for beating someone up as in "i paggered him"

[Ian R P]

slw wrote: bramleylad wrote: FarnleyBloke wrote: "Just to add, how many people say Putsey and Bratford?"I've only just come across this thread but was interested in FarnleyBloke's question above.Being a Bramley lad I couldn't imagine pronouncing either placenames with d's, Putsey and Bratford just roll off the tongue.My better half though being a Garforth girl pronounces them with d's.I wonder where the line splitting the two pronunciations is. Somewhere between East & West Leeds I imagine. But where?How do you pronounce it & where were you dragged up? I agree I'm from Garforth and say it with a "d" other half is from Bramley and he says it with a "t". Is "cadge" (borrow/have) a local word ? As in can I cadge a lift orcan I cadge a cig ? Cadge is an old medieval word to do with falconry. I think they called the arm patch where they rested the bird the cadge.I remember being told that at the armouries back in 2000, so memory might be a bit wooly.It only seems to be used up here though.I like paggered, it usually means beaten up, but could also mean knackered.Anyone ever heard the phrase 'give him some pastie'? people used to shout that at rugby a lot, meaning basically 'tw*t him'

[magic]

Also heard mullied for beaten up.

[Beefish]

I always think of chelp being the same as mither - moaning and carrying on. My dad who was from Barnsley called toddlers "barns" instead of bairns. At school people used to say "lend" when they meant borrow "can ah lend yer ruler" and I never worked out whether "ah'll get ahr kid onto you" meant their older or younger sibling beating you up after school. In the school I went to "ahr kid" always meant a younger brother or sister but it was different in other schools."tha'rt church, ah'm chapel and she's nowt" heard at school when I was 13.The word THAT always used to condemn someone or something- that teacher, that doctor (recently) that government initiative!

[Beefish]

somebody told me that div or divvy is short for a divot or lump of earth so it's like calling somebody a clod or should that be clart? My friend from Newcastle had never heard of ginnels until she came to Leeds, when I explained what a ginnel was she said I meant a cut!

[cnosni]

Beefish wrote: somebody told me that div or divvy is short for a divot or lump of earth so it's like calling somebody a clod or should that be clart? My friend from Newcastle had never heard of ginnels until she came to Leeds, when I explained what a ginnel was she said I meant a cut! Our lass is a Scouser and she had never heard of Ginnel either.Is this a Leeds word or is it used around West Yorkshire?

[Croggy]

Remembered a couple more:My granny used to refer to small plump ladies as being "a nice little body".Also older relatives used tosay someone on benefits was on the 'pancrack' ... any idea where this comes from?

[Si]

To give backword - to go back on an agreement.Spag - spit.There's another meaning of mither (rhymes with Tizer.) "Stop mithering the cat!" - bothering or teasing.I like pagger. I'd forgotten it!A phrase when discussing a thin person - "I've seen more meat on a butcher's pencil."Here's a couple more, but they may not be Leeds/WR words - just used at school (70s):Frap - to steal.Fekkers - underpants.    

[Si]

PS Speaking of pencils...does anyone remember those red WRCC school pencils which had the Kerb Drill printed on them? Or Izal school bog paper (greaseproof) printed on every sheet with "WRCC - now wash your hands."?