LeMaquis Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 People from Barnsley call Sheffielders dee dars but not themselves. They certainly say thee and tha but not dee and dar. I know people from Chesterfield call people from both Sheffield and Barnsley dee dars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank ryan Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 So did I but they are dingles. toby foster mentioned that last week - barnsley folk being 'dingles' - I've never heard it and no one seems to know it - is it still used? I'm a manc, been here 30 odd years, but still learning the local lingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ging viking Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 toby foster mentioned that last week - barnsley folk being 'dingles' - I've never heard it and no one seems to know it - is it still used? I'm a manc, been here 30 odd years, but still learning the local lingo They have been known as dingles for as long as i can remember and if you refer to a dingle in my area people know you are on about barnsley folk or emmerdale ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 toby foster mentioned that last week - barnsley folk being 'dingles' - I've never heard it and no one seems to know it - is it still used? I'm a manc, been here 30 odd years, but still learning the local lingo I take it you have never been to a local footy game involving Barnsley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagger Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I've lived in Sheffield for 25 years and have never heard the expression 'dee dars' before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I've lived in Sheffield for 25 years and have never heard the expression 'dee dars' before. Another one never been to a footy match or worked in a factory, Some years ago while abroad the wife and I were talking when a bloke near us said you’re a dee dar aren’t you ……….. he was a Londoner. I wont say Cockney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 But Sheffielders are proudly known as dee-dars.. No they are not Dee Darr is not a sheffield term, it is what our neighbours in derbyshire call us. I'm happy to embrace the term because I don't find it in any way insulting. It is up to you to give a definition as it is your term not ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Orange Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 The definition of a true Sheffielder = tight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Another one never been to a footy match or worked in a factory, . With people from DERBYSHIRE.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Dee and Dar was a "slovenly" form of thee and thou (thar) and commonly used by the same people as would say "fumb" instead of thumb and "fingy" for thingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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