stevie1957 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 The definition of a true Sheffielder = tight! Slightly off topic. That goes back to the Norman times when we (the north) often didn’t pay our taxes to the Norman overlords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rudeboy Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 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. It also used by folk from Rotherham and Barnsley for Sheffielders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanes teeth Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Dee dars have to be born in the particularly common areas of Sheffield.Up here in the west side we say Thi and Thar as in "Whats tha doin' darn theere,get thi sen up 'ere nar" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky 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. You need a translator or subtitles to dunderstand Dingles. Dee Dars are from South Sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 .. Dee Dars are from South Sheffield This makes more sense, derbyshire people would have historical animosity toward those that have expanded a yorkshire town then south yorkshire city into what was once derbyshire villages and hamlets. It also used by folk from Rotherham and Barnsley for Sheffielders. It is nowadays because they enjoy any opportunity to take the rise out of their bigger neighbour. I am certain it started in Derbyshire and now other parts have caught on to the amusing name. Someone has even claimed on this thread that traditional londonners call sheffield DeeDarrs, this is a ridiculous assertion, most londonners have very little idea what county sheffield is or where it is on the map, they have no idea what people are called at all. For a decade I used to work in London every other week and it was rare to find anyone who had any idea where sheffield was other that it was somewhere up north. One guy once said to me wasn't there riots in sheffield or something ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharrovian Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I am a Sheffielder born and bred (74 years) and have only heard the expression dee-dar in recent years and never when I was younger. " washee, who washee we, washee we er sen" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank ryan Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I take it you have never been to a local footy game involving Barnsley no I haven't to be fair, don't really attend matches unless man u are playing (geordies have just equalized thro' a fake penalty - bugger) - but I work near wath and the locals know dee dar but not dingle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 The last two posters confirm my own suppositions and findings. That People from North east derbyshire have called sheffielders this for years and in recent years others have caught on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0114owl1867 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 You need a translator or subtitles to dunderstand Dingles. Dee Dars are from South Sheffield having worked all over sheffield for the last 20 odd years and being born and bred here i'd have said dee dars are from places like parson x, shirecliffe, southey and wybourn, and not associated with any particular area, i myself am from pitsmoor and live in north sheffield and use dee's and dars quite regular and all the time while with other dee dars - our lass is a manc and when i'm with my mates and we're all dee darring she can hardly understand a word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owd man Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 i worked at steel peach and tozer at templeborough and was known as a dee-dar, the lads at work were mostly from rotherham, also 2 yrs ago in dawlish warren the owner of cafe said your a dee-dar he moved from barnsley 25 yrs ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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