yorkshirei Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Another saying that drove me mad when I arrived in Sheffield? What is a Dee Dah? where do they come from? Sheffield folk say Barnsley and Barnsley folk say Sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Chesterfield folk use it to describe Sheffielders too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 When I was a kid in north Nottinghamshire 'dee dahs' were police cars, ambulances or anything with a siren. Also called 'der-ders'. I suppose if referring to people, could it be a contraction of 'La di dah' = posh? Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavey Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Its what Barnsley folk call us.. its to do with the way we supposedly pronounce Thee and Thar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richynomates Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 o' daa a dee dah? what daa doin' o'er deer? i'd like to think it's Barnsley folk, but i've heard too often that it is Sheffielders that are Dee Dahs. Maybe we should do to the Yorkshire language what the Welsh do to theirs - promote it at every opportunity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirei Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 Originally posted by richynomates o' daa a dee dah? what daa doin' o'er deer? i'd like to think it's Barnsley folk, but i've heard too often that it is Sheffielders that are Dee Dahs. Maybe we should do to the Yorkshire language what the Welsh do to theirs - promote it at every opportunity! But it sounds so daft, I'm from the mighty Hull and when I hear South Yorkshire people talk I want to wind them up (in the wind up a clock sense) as they sound soooooo sssllllllooooowwwwww. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
march Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 You don't happen to post on a hull city forum with the a nic that has the initials H_B_R do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWA756 Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 If you think people in South Yorks talk slowly, you obviously haven't been to Derby - real Derby folk talk VERY slowly indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleheed Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 [quote, I'm from the mighty Hull . [/b] People from Hull have possibly the worst accent in Yorkshire. How many other areas pronounce home owner as: HERMERNER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Loving Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 hull people dont pronounce T's properly either........ as in words like cant, its quite funny actually.... as for talking slowly...... i cant see why u wud think that bout sheffielders...... from what i know were not that slow, if u want slow go to dudley LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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