Dialect/slang

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Mon 30 Nov, 2009 10:17 pm

FLOJO wrote: I can remember if anyone was moving house you would say Mrs so and so is flitting, I don't know if that is a northern saying, but i haven;t heard it anywhere else and certainly haven't heard it here. Also the saying "Friday flit short sit"meaning you'd be flitting again before long.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Thu 10 Dec, 2009 12:54 am

Daft as a boat horse - easily ledCleaning down - redecorating,as opposed to cleaning up.A face only a mother could love - another one of Grans.Going to point Percy at the porcelain,visiting Twyfords !Apologies if duplicated - long thread.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Thu 31 Dec, 2009 7:23 pm

We've just had a barbecued chicken from Morrisons and garlic bread. We're both full up,in fact we're "fair pogged"

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Thu 31 Dec, 2009 11:43 pm

Was playing poker on the internet the other day and thought to myself I haven't heard the word 'prial' (prile)used since I left Leeds thirty-odd years ago. Is it still used to decribe 3 of a kind?

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Fri 01 Jan, 2010 1:49 am

zip55 wrote: Was playing poker on the internet the other day and thought to myself I haven't heard the word 'prial' (prile)used since I left Leeds thirty-odd years ago. Is it still used to decribe 3 of a kind? AFAIK it's a corruption of "Pair Royal", a classier way of saying "Three Of A Kind".

FLOJO · Post by **FLOJO** » Fri 01 Jan, 2010 2:58 am

I remember the has a kid the saying shut your cakeole {mouth}

BigVern · Post by **BigVern** » Fri 01 Jan, 2010 7:04 pm

Anyone remember "slobberchops" (messy eater)? Bill Bryson mentioned it in his book "The Mother Tongue" as an example of an once common ancient word that had died out, but my mum and my aunt still use it - usually at me, unfortunately... I've never heard it outside the family though. They're from Shalford, not Leeds.From the first post in this thread - I also never heard "laik" outside of South Leeds. It's definitely of Viking origin - a (kid's) game is "en lek" in Norwegian, and is pronounced virtually the same. Verb=leke ("laik-uh")

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Fri 01 Jan, 2010 7:21 pm

BigVern wrote: Anyone remember "slobberchops" (messy eater)? Bill Bryson mentioned it in his book "The Mother Tongue" as an example of an once common ancient word that had died out, but my mum and my aunt still use it - usually at me, unfortunately... I've never heard it outside the family though. They're from Shalford, not Leeds.From the first post in this thread - I also never heard "laik" outside of South Leeds. It's definitely of Viking origin - a (kid's) game is "en lek" in Norwegian, and is pronounced virtually the same. Verb=leke ("laik-uh") Well I'd say it's a fairly common word in all of Yorkshire.Aparently the area male grouse choose to display before mating is called a "lek" I wonder if there's a link?

BigVern · Post by **BigVern** » Fri 01 Jan, 2010 7:38 pm

Hi Trojan, I'm sure you're right, haven't lived in Yorkshire for 30 years. And now I've just called my uncle in Bramley, and he says I'm very wrong too! Happy to be corrected - I didn't read the whole thread either.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 02 Jan, 2010 5:01 pm

Stalled = fed up.