General Chat

How about another w yorkshire saying:

Jobs a gud n. ;-)

Lugging & jiggered also used universally in London, well in my part at least.

Oh dear.

Bernard's 'wind thee neck in' may have come from the love of the Yorkshire people for the Lancastrians....don't mention the war (1455-1487)...we've got long memories.

In the area of the Colne Valley which was the direct link to Lancashire before the M62 they always refered to the Lancastrians as 'long necks' because they were alway sticking their heads above the Pennines looking to see what us Yorkshire people were at.The saying may well have come from those same people when they likened a nosey person to the Lancastrians. I am not a racist I have Lancastrians living next door to me-lol-jl

Merlin, the Ridings disappeared in 1974 at the same time as a stupid place called Kirklees was invented. Hopefully one branch of the political divide is trying to get rid of it and replace it with Greater Huddersfield which would at least please most of us. As Kirklees contains Dewsbury and Batley I should imagine they would like to get back to their proper name. Its only 38 years since it happened and most people are still "chuntering abaht it".-jl


Caz thats a most descriptive saying, normally it was belly wark but your gt grandmother obviously 'said it how it was' ....and that is definitely a Yorkshire trait- lol

Julie, are you reading anyone elses posts?

Funnily enough even as a Londoner I know me and many others also say

'theres nowt queer as folk'

thas mekkin a right pigs ear o that
sit thissen dawn an tell mi all abart it
ee bah gum
black as ace of spades
not backard at comin forward

to kruckle = to go over on one's ankle

One of my Great Grandmas sayings was " my shackles whark", she meant her wrists ached. She was a real old West Yorkshire woman, with the language to go with it.

Caz

Wind thee neck in abit
When someone is getting a bit clever.

From my Grandma whenever people sat on the edge of the table (Like they do sometimes.) or other ways.PMSL :-D :-D ;-)

Where does that one come from Merlin? PMSL :-0 :-D :-D

Tables are for Glasses,and not for Hairy A***s. :-D :-D Oh, and just for curiosity, What happened to the "Ridings?" Yorkshire seems to have lost the, :-S ;-)

Its nowt as queer as folk -in my neck of the woods-jl

Janet : spot on your description.

Here's another classic

There's now't as strange as folk !!

Don't know about Yorkshire sayings the first 3 of Julies examples are alive and well and used regularly in London where I have lived all my life.

Put the Wood in the Hole a fave of dads, he was also London born & bred.

I think most phrases unless using local dialect wording are pretty generic around the country.

Sadly many local dialects are slowly dying out which is a shame, its these regional differences which make this such a wonderful and diverse country.

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strong in t arm, an thick in t, ead ?

The "t" in Yorkshire slang is more of a regional thing, it comes from a specific part of Yorkshire mainly West Yorkshire

Roy

To Flowers, we have another saying that someone is 'daft reight way' ('daft the right way' ) so don't be fooled if someone appears 'slow'......... they just waiting to deliver their punch line or laughing all the way to the bank-jl


Definitely use 'siling down' in W. Yorkshire when the rain continues but not when it starts-

chuckin it down is a universal word for rain,

"It's siling it darn" is is how i would say its raining heavy

Roy from South Yorkshire