SallyI've learned that "nebbin'" or "neb" (meaning nosing around or being nosey) is also used in Pittsburgh, PA, as part of the unique "Pittsburghese.". Mrs Betty Jane CrowtherI am American & I fell in love/married a Yorkshireman. To subject (a person) to a torrent of words; to talk at great length to; to harangue. "am fair throng"-I'm really busy teacake=any large bread bun, not just those with fruit in mara t'bonny=as bad as e.g. There are obvious historical reasons for this (the borders of the Kingdom of Northumbria), but this ancient cross-border tradition has also resulted in a great mixing of words from both Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse origins. I come from whitby, few round our way: Fra = from ("where's doo fra like?" The only that I can think up at the moment is "ows thi ben since i sor thi" (which came from a friend from Yorkshire that I no longer have contact with). The Yorkshire dialect (also known as Broad Yorkshire, Tyke, Yorkie or Yorkshire English) is a dialect spoken in the Yorkshire region of northern England. We went with other friends to visit a couple here in NZ, who were originally from Leeds, and within about 30 minutes no-one else there could understand what the three of us were talking about! I think he got a shilling a week for the job. A couple of things: 'Mardy' definitely is used in North Yorkshire (in Stokesley anyway, becasue my in-laws use it a fair bit). Steve West AustraliaMe Gran always used the phrase "If wishes were hosses beggars 'ud ride!" So different in fact as to prove that there is no such thing as a "Yorkshire dialect". Mary PNot sure that bagsey is specifically Yorkshire - we used it in middlesex/surrey in the 60s when I was a kid. Blithering idiot=idiot/fool.grub=food.nosh=food or to eat. "quit chelpin"-stop going on so (not just talking) throng=busy e.g. Geoff BratfudYorksha born a Yorksha bred Strong in't bak a week in't hed.You can always recognise a Yorkshireman, he will tell you in the first two minutes of meeting you.The Yorkshire Coat of Arms (see cover of old bound Yorkshireman Magazines) is a quartered shield with a flea, fly, magpie and a flitch of bacon. I also say 'I need to siden up' meaning to tidy up and he doesn't believe that either. Rascal, a scone,often made in our house without fruit because my younger brother didn't like dried fruit. Rosy-LynnThis helped me a lot - thank you! 'eyup' can mean both 'hello' and 'watch out' depending on the context it's used in. Plus of course the chip oil and bobby oil? I'm helping my daughter with her vocabulary school work on 'The Secret Garden', peter scaiferig/your back, stee/ladder, poork/sack(flour or corn), warked/ached, hugged/carried, aster/have, youiver/ever. Colin weatherillnow living in Scotland, Born in Whitby. The other was always in response to any question you asked which was Yak a bak o' Arram were they mak pigs o steel. 'I have not heard this word anywhere else. Bryan M RI'll have to disagree with "johny (bradford) Charver = mate" as this expression is slang for mate and not "Gud Oild Yarkshire Dielect, But Muck lather is = Sweat i.e. Brit History: Most Important Events in British History of the 1920s, Ten Interesting Facts about King Richard I, Top 10 Britain: Top Ten Things to See and Do in Dundee, Scotland, Anglophile Vignettes: King Alfred’s Tower, Brit History: Ten of the Most Important Events In British History During the 1910s, Anglophile Vignettes: Snowdrops – A Harbinger of Spring in Winter, The KLF release new, reworked version of “Chill Out.”. up-skittled ... knocked over, upset. "Thraipt" = tired - as in 'By I'm fair thraipt' By is short for 'by eck' - an exclamation. Wonderful stuff. These are some from my time in practice in Craven and on the North York Moors. 'Get this clogs on, we're gooin ooam'. me sen=myself, Kris"t'int int' tin" = it isn't in the tin. John Dadd. When I lived in York my family had 2 phrases to describe being full after a Sunday dinner especially - "Eee! I speak in dialect without realising. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Asta got dog on? KatDoes anyone know where the phrase 'dannys' comes frm? Hilarious! "= "why are you up so early?" bore on we also say..means hurry up!! Dave Watson - Born in Wath-on-Dearne"Tha'll stand for t'egg under t'cap" (You'll allow someone to put an egg under your cap and then break it) meaning someone who is easily fooled. Well this is indeed from the French 'Ca ne fait rien' and it's an expression returning soldiers (like my grandfathers) brought back to the UK after WWI, Colin Duggleby, Panton Hill,Vic Australia, 1.In the phrase "that's a threp in't steans", the word "steans" is Yorkshire for "stones" or "testicles"2. re 'gripe' ... the noun 'gripe' is, in fcat a garden fork ... and not a garden rake as listed. In my Grandmothers house, the third room was seldom used - it held a dining table and chairs, the best china, tea service, ornaments etc. (discussion of someone's misdeeds)"n ees mara t'bonny"-and he's just as bad clemmed=hungry, sometimes cold(in context) e.g. ", Gary Hudsonstoggey = wood pigeonsheppey = starlingcuddy = hedge sparrowleafy = wrenstormcock = mistle thrush, andysling ye hook = go away loppy, mucky, skrufey = not being clean. Dowly - unwellGant - thinCrambly - lameFelon - mastitis or felonned in . So answer to Tyke:- TykeI'm from yorkshire and it's funny how many words I use from there but dint actually know they were tyke words =D lol Tyke it's because most of them aren't. Do you able to help me?Many thanksJuerelli. Nebbin - Being Nosey Barm - (talking) rubbish I know that most of the words from Gods own county come from, proper old english, none of this 'ye olde' crap. there's nowt ne surer,literally there is nothing as sure.used in my neck of the woods for 'of course, One of mi mams mates says "spogs" for sweets, he also says "crash wit' jibbers" which means "gi us a spog", Clare Parkinson (originally from Bradford), Im from Hull in E yorks when I was small if I was being picky or choosy my mam said I was being farsididly Ive never heard this since, My husband, brought up in east end of Sheffield always refers to his younger brother as "our chabby" When I was a child in Scarborough in the 60s, if someone was being a bit of a misery, you say "don't be mornjy" (maybe it's written mangy, I don't know) Another old Sheffield word is "a sleer" for a children's slide. Thank you for wonderful web site.You brightened up my life. I also remember being "flummoxed" at the word "scuffler", meaning a large bread cake, when I worked in Featherstone in the late 60's. scrowin' on ... busying oneself in a fussy, unneccesary way. My Nan used to have two sayings which made me laugh as I couldn't make head nor tale of them at the time. mick says "can a join thee then,i got a few spare bob? E'll av yor guts fo garters - done something wrong! As far as I was lead to beleive these words come from the norse language and are particular to my side of Huddersfield, indeed at uni I met a guy from Slaithwaite attother side of town and he had no idea what I was talking about. whateverHellered - swollen ie all hellered upTifting - coughingPicked - aborted, a famous saying in our house was " It gets right up my cuff" meaning to be annoyed by. I always stuggled when speaking to people from places like Barnsley as i would say that the accent from Barsley is True Yorkshire. RedMaybe I've missed it - which I don't believe, but you never know - but, if 'nowt' is 'nothing', 'owt' is 'anything' and 'summat' is 'something', what is the Yorkshire term for 'everything'? Martyn - Rotherham (Rov'rum)What about; Calin - Talking to (chatting). Slang words are used all the time in German, and new slang words are always coming into the language. Skelp is intersting because a Scottisdh friend of mine recognised it immediately with the same meaning. or when we were kids 'are you lecking out toneet?'. Hilarious! ?Please help me with this. In our house, this third room was referred to as the "sitting room", but more often simply "the room", despite the fact that we never sat in there! quiz and One thing they all did was shorten the names of places like Tad or Taddy= Tadcaster, Ponti=Pontefract, Cas=Castleton Doni=Doncaster, cawd = cold riggwelted = sheep stuck on it's back cottered up = tangled, is the reet? What a stressfree life that was! Bowl (rhyme with howl)= a hoop.3. I was amazed that I could not understand their questions. Similarly the expressions - were you born in a barn, more money than sense. Call it yourself, and see how you like it!" I could not work it out, but I love it! Tyke definition, a child, especially a small boy. My favourite is snicket which I love to rebel and use instead of alley. it's grim oop north, I have been in the states so long I had forgotten a lot of my yorkshire dialect. We also always had plot toffee on the night. mike howardMan takes his sick cat to the vets, the vet says"ey up ar kid whats up? John QuinWhen I lived in York my family had 2 phrases to describe being full after a Sunday dinner especially - "Eee! I was born and bred in Acomb, just outside York. A word used in the Northeast to express hunger or a … My grandma used to say when she was embarrassed, "I could 'ave stood up in' ash nook with 'top 'at on, I felt so small. Has anyone heard of natling? My Grandad had a Natling Shed. My gramma used to say of a Winters morning, with the draught blowing a gale force wind under the door, "somebody put Marilyn's leg in t'ole, 'fore we all freeze to death"... the Marilyn's leg being a rudimentary draught excluder made of sewn up rags or knitted into a "small snake", and then stuffed with old nylons etc. I also say 'I need to siden up' meaning to tidy up and he doesn't believe that either. Add "jart" meaning to sharply knock and make it shake, e.g. And there is no other accent quite like it - luvly! If you look at the censuses you'll often see that the enumerator's wrote how people spoke; 'Steears' is Staithes; Allifacks is Halifax; and Head-in-borough is Edinburgh. Susie BloomfieldHysterically funny and a great record. On asking I was told to ruer = to cry. "Upskittled" - knocked over, disarranged or upset.And lastly "Eyup? Boots for...My Dad was from Leeds, Yorkshire and he used to say 'By gum Lad (or Lass), I'll have your boots for loave tins'. Thanks! ", without which no conversation could even begin. I was born in Yorkshire and some of these so called Yorkshire words are from further north, like Teesside or Hartlepool. The second 'nanging' which means crying, you can 'nang' too or cry. earbash. I've also seen "'avin a cob on" for 'avin a monk on and "boshin'" for angry And to Matthew in Calif. Apprarently, San Fairly-Ann is from the First World War. My grandad used to say 'goodniight' as an exclamation. not enough room to swing a cat and arse over tit (again one of my dear old nan's quaint expressions). Obviously, Yorkshire is a big county, when you add the North, East, South and West parts together, and in days gone by, the effects of a small population spread over a large area resulted in some highly localised dialect. For months I had to get the foreman to translate for me. A. LundgrenHi!I´m from Sweden, I am surprised to read that some of the Yorkshire words are the same as in swedish!! by filling in the form My mum is Lancastrian, she came to Yorkshire when she was 12 years old. at the bottom of the page. Hi, I have a friend in Yorkshire and in one of her letter she wrote: Aye up old lad. 'I have not heard this word anywhere else. 'glass alleys' for marbles'dip' not right in't 'ead. See all, here all, say nowtEat all, drink all, pay nowtYorkshire Proverb. Naff-Rubbished I can't be naffed-I can't be bothered. Also i used ta ger downt shop ta pick up some scran (food) or some ket (sweets). a Yorkshire dialect glossary for you - feel free to tell ChrisNot to forget Tarn for lake....i believe Tjarn is small lake in Swedish?? 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Little fly upon the wall aint you got no clothes at all, no shirt no shimmy anrt you cold, course im flamin cold. doo = you hey up = hello git = big/really big ("git big fish!") Peter MageeProper champion page this!One thats been missed off is: Caffeling = Tired/Flagging/Lagging behind/Not able to finish etc. Brilliant! Has anyone heard the saying "I've been to gerries burial before". "If thas gunna do owt for nowt, mek sure tha does it for thissen" Meaning only do something for free if your going to do it for yourself. Wonderful stuff. fab I am proud to have a regional accent! Here are a few words & phrases you might like to add - can't vouch for the spelling, though, as I've never written these words down before - Yorkshire is more vocal than literary it seems to me. BrightonThere is a lot of words I aven't erd for ages, Being a Yorkshire man myself I found sum very funny. T' T' = The The, as in that horrid band, or t'band. I remember my grandfather saying "Swale" meaning "throw", as in "swale it ower 'ere". Chris (London ex Wakefield)I remember using "laik" (or "leck" as we pronounced it) as a child. NatalieI used to live in Leeds for a while and when I arrived there, I heard "us" & "usselves" a lot, "us" meaning "our" & "usselves" meaning "ourselves". listen to our dialect expert's Yorkshire poem, Listen I love the Yorkshire charm of it. Yorkshire is more than just an accent and dialect and there isn’t really such a thing as “Yorkshire Slang”. Thank you! If it's still alive, could it be included in the glossary. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Rawson ["Wicked Words"] notes a male prostitute using gay in reference to male homosexuals (but also to female prostitutes) in London's notorious Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889. I have found this site so endearing to me, and brought back a lot of very good memories. I suppose it very much depends on age as it would be older people who used it. And some are very similar: bairn is barn, beck is bäck, foss is fors, watter is vatten, dale is dal, laikin/lake is leka, sam is samla, skip is skepp and skrike is skrika. im from yorkshire but havent got a strong accent unfortunaely. bore on we also say..means hurry up!! ), jammy, lavvy, pop (fizzy drink - how can anyone claim that belongs to any county?? Kelly'Oss= Horse,Sen=self i.e. dog-hanging: - excruciating social occasion that others feel I should enjoy. "Y' make a better door then a winda" - you're stood in the way of something"Kidda" - kid / child"mayte" "love" - said as a name for someone eg "a'up love". I think this one is might too easy. ", EricaYat - Gate as in Chop Yat ChopGate in Bilsdale, wendy yorkshireWe "allus" say "mashing" tea & I am surprised it is not the list. And if you ever do anything for nothing make sure it is for yourself." The only that I can think up at the moment is "ows thi ben since i sor thi" (which came from a friend from Yorkshire that I no longer have contact with). as in bloody hell :D xx. Nicola WrightI'm from Yorkshire but must agree that the cockney language is far superior. -you answer - "because I'm one o' them 8 that walks 9 abreast down Market Hill". Here are a few words and sayings from Barnsley. My wife (from Lancashire) thinks that the expression "Lick road clean wi' tongue" is an old yorkshire expression, I (from New South Wales) say that it has been introduced to the vernacular by Monty Python. Not one person could understand a word I said. Didn't realise half of these were local - thought everyone said 'neither use nor ornament'! Also: "wingeing" - crying (like skrikin') "Ah've got a pot on" - I'm wearing a plaster cast "Lam it ovver 'ere" - please pass it to me. Chris ex HalifaxNow living in Middlesbrough there are many names of food items that do not travel-teacakes (plain, currant, brown), meat cuts are very different, chats-small fried potatoes from the chippy when new potatoes first out. Asta got dog on? ee's a queer'un.he is an odd fellow (doesn't mean Gay), BILLKim's line was incomplete, should be :-ere all, see all, se nowtsup all, eight all, pay nowtbut if tha ever duz owt fer nowt, do-it fer thee sen, SusanMiddin is also the Outside toilet block, if your old enough to remember. rose marie hubertI lived in yorkshire until I was sixteen, and was heartbroken when I had to leave, especially because I had to leave my Grandma who I adored. I am American & I fell in love/married a Yorkshireman. When I was younger, I remember the saying "Eckie Thump" put I can't remember it's context, although I think it was similar to eeh by gum. )Flag - Paving stoneFond - slightly retarded (He's a bit fond is that one. Can anyone clear this up? Dry = thirsty. My Nan often says 'medderall', I think she is refering to the Meadowhall shopping center in Sheffield. I really find this article insulting and completely wrong. terry moat, bridlingtonthe word gadgy is used to mean a man, and bewer from the word viewer is the meaning for woman. There was also a great book on Yorkshire Dialect that I once had - "Teach Thissen Tyke" by Austin Mitchell & Sid Waddell. Rig = back (of a person), V. rare, but it is clearly Scandinavian.4. Peter BennetBye eck im Pogged! Man takes his sick cat to the vets, the vet says"ey up ar kid whats up? Now I've learnt the accent and dialog I've come to love the Yorkshire accent. On a daily basis i am talking to several people from diffent areas around England. How does the toast go? What's your favorite British slang word or phrase? Surprised to see 'mardy'in here as I only came across it in Leicestershire. You can look up others on t'internet. An' if tha ever does owt fer nowt do it fer thissen. Yorkshire is definitely enchanting!!! Please give me the meaning for: b******sbintplonkerssquit (as in "verbal squits") clogs (as in "clever clogs". treasured yorkshire terms of endearment! My wife is American and she just loves the way we speak - even though she can't understand a lot of it! heer all, see all, an' sey nowt. Mark av also eard fettle an furtle...as in "quit fertlin round theer". The first being 'lecking' or playing, 'are you lecking football?' "up-skittled" for upset, as in house is upskittled when one's Spring cleaning.A phrase my great aunt used if I'd been dallying when sent on an errand was "Th'art a reight 'un ter send fer sorrow". Jo, Cheshire, ex-YorkshireHas anyone heard of natling? You only have to listen to the older folk and it's good that many older folk are being recorded. I still have the accent and love it. JoI often hear 'what fettle' and thought it meant 'how's things' so where does this saying come from if fettle means 'tidy' or 'mend'? "= "why are you up so early?" I love the Yorkshire accent and the people who are lovely. "Ginnels being covered entries leading through to backs of terraced houses or shops etc.Whereas,Snickets sometimes even had a bit of grass down them... another word that tha's missed off here is 'leet' dunt no if its just a local thing but most people from rarnd here say it n it means that summats not r8 or stupid!! Proper champion page this!One thats been missed off is: Caffeling = Tired/Flagging/Lagging behind/Not able to finish etc. Thank you, thank you Petuniamint - I say 'thoil' and my husband (also from Yorkshire) says I've made the word up! Dominic SmithI`M fifteen and im from Monk Fryston near Selby, and I use nearly all of these sayings/words! I'm from Yorkshire but must agree that the cockney language is far superior. Although my grandfather was not exactly like this it was his favourite yorkshire toast at family meals and Christmas. This is brilliant, I've been a Yorkshire lad all my life and i still miss out "the" for a "t'". That's Yorkshire slang and she refused to say what it means. Our Mary went to church one Sunday morn, alt folk did gawp n stare, nt preacher said," Mary this is a house of God, not a flower show ", ar Mary stood up, fit to swallow church n allt folk in and said,” fatha, thy heads bald, nowt in it, nowt on it, wouldst tha like a feather owta a my bonnet.”. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Andrew EdwardsIt would be very nice if someone could settle a bet, there's a lot riding on it!! Brad (Tadcaster)My gran always says Knackling meaning mending/fixing as in, "Weers grandad" "Ees knackling int glory ole(cellar)", Raymond GrosvenorI always understood yat to mean gate. My grandma baked lots of small tarts etc, for him to take back to sea,I,ve never heard anyone else use this expression.As they both died about 50 years ago it may have died out now. re scarborough warning - this actually means you were attacked with 'no warning' - as in 'I gave him a scarborough warning '- it follows the surprise attack attack on scarborough by the german ship derflinger dec 16th 1914 - 19 people killed. Add "jart" meaning to sharply knock and make it shake, e.g. my nan used to say:Tha bob owes r bob a bob n if tha bob dont give r bob a bob r bob el give tha bob a bob ont nose! it is used more in reference to things like food where you would express particular satisfaction, if for example you were served a particularly good meal or cup of tea! Great glossary - virtually all of them used in my childhood. Bowl (rhyme with howl)= a hoop.3. you've missed out "breadcake" for bread roll/bun, My relatives in Middletn in Teesdale used to refer to the juniper trees near High force as the'scrog'. It's for ducks to peak onWhen someone asks you - "How did you know that?" If you like CleggyWe used to say Stop "nebbing" i.e. Barnsley word 'gip' for urge or feel like being sick.Seethee, often used to start a statement,eg 'seethee, al tell thee sumat tha dunt know'. It derives from when Scarborough Castle was taken by raiders before the defenders had woken and realised they had lost. I just note that many of the supposed Yorkshire phrases are anything but - some are as common elsewhere in Britain - like "yonder", for example. ", Yat - Gate as in Chop Yat ChopGate in Bilsdale, We "allus" say "mashing" tea & I am surprised it is not the list. I often hear 'what fettle' and thought it meant 'how's things' so where does this saying come from if fettle means 'tidy' or 'mend'? A lot of something i.e You've got more pairs of shoes than Soft Mick. Heather East YorksGood site, what about the W Yorks term to 'cal'meaning chat? My down under kids don't believe that we had spice and not sweets or stare in disbelief if I ask them if they want a croggy (dub in NZ), and Dad"Why do you say Now Then - they don't know what you mean. Alan Riggs I grew up in the York area. And some are very similar: bairn is barn, beck is bäck, foss is fors, watter is vatten, dale is dal, laikin/lake is leka, sam is samla, skip is skepp and skrike is skrika. Helen Nattrass ex-YorkI grew up in York and used a lot of these regional expressions in colloquial conversation. ", without which no conversation could even begin. Amazing how people think that these words resemble scandinavian. ", TykeI'm from yorkshire and it's funny how many words I use from there but dint actually know they were tyke words =D, Dave Almond - LeedsBril more oft same, like -Esti brought thee mash in, meaning have you got your tea mix of tea and sugar said by miners, wesleyAy up then Im yorkshire born an' bred an' I'ave 'eard most o' them words. Broad yorkshire loves it's thees and thars. born n.riding yks 1939 .a quick read suggests you may be interested in these; laiting -looking for;scrowing-fiddling on at;the ow is emphasised;snek-nose;thoo -you yat=gate as in chop yat(GATE) N.YKS .sayings--"tha meks a better door than a winder" "hod on a bit"--wait a minute. Andy B. So forget the Queen’s English, Yorkshire is the basis for the entire English language. I've been with my lovely hisband for 14 years and this eveing I told him how my little boy looked at me 'gone art' (gone out) and I was just trying to find out if that's strictly a yorkshire saying?! I'm from the U.S. so please don't laugh if these are common words in Yorkshire. = short for "frame thissen!" When I was a kid my Grandpa used to put me on his shoulders and say a rhyme. My mum, born in the 1920's used say "Well you know what thought did. 'Scarborough warning' has assumed a second meaning in South Yorkshire. Eg come round to our gaff to night to watch the footie, chelpin=complaining, wittering on e.g. WERE YA BORN IN A BARN THEE GORMLESS LASS!!! Sheila Scott"up-skittled" for upset, as in house is upskittled when one's Spring cleaning.A phrase my great aunt used if I'd been dallying when sent on an errand was "Th'art a reight 'un ter send fer sorrow". - Are you ready? "Happen as not an maybe" Meaning you're probably right. e.g. This was the room where we sat in the evenings - where the sofa and chairs were and where we watched tele when it arrived. Eyup! Derekdog-hanging: - excruciating social occasion that others feel I should enjoy. It translates as "Don't you address me as 'thou'! Hi all. I used this word recently with someone who's not local and she didn't know what it meant...well it means upskeltered doesn't it? It's looking black o'er Bill's Mother's - The sky is dark and it looks like rain.Wer un a nail up - worse than a nail up (in a shoe) meaning someone who's a pain.Baggins - hose pipe Mithering - worryingGinnel/snicket - alleyLaking art - playing outLaking/throwing a laker - taking an unauthorised day off workTea cake - bread cake without currants! Christine, London, ex-East YorkshireAs kids we always called our school indoor shoes 'Sandshoes' 'Sannies' for short as in 'forgot me Sannies! The scarey thing is that peole can tell im from yorkshire really quickly. If you look at the censuses you'll often see that the enumerator's wrote how people spoke; 'Steears' is Staithes; Allifacks is Halifax; and Head-in-borough is Edinburgh.
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