Sheffieldish - words & phrases

[Earsham]

I remember our class getting told off by our English teacher ( she was German, her name Olga Ditchfield) in 1952 because we used thee ,thou and tha, she told us we were all common.

 

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When I moved down south from Sheffield in 1955,I was a telephonist, I had to translate some of the words I used because they had never heard of them. Funny how even now when I listen to my brother ( he's 78 tomorrow) I can still hear some of the Sheffield sayings

[grinder]

The one I never got was " Brassick " if you were " skint ".? ..... Penniless.

[kidley]

The one I never got was " Brassick " if you were " skint ".? ..... Penniless.

 

this might help grinder

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boracic_lint

[grinder]

this might help grinder

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boracic_lint

 

 

Cheers Kidley, should have guessed it was rhyming slang for something, and now I vaguely remember "Pink lint" meant the same thing....

[Bramall_Lane]

We used to say (mid-70's) 'chronic' if something was really bad, or 'essent' (not sure of spelling, as I've never seen it spelt) if something was excellent.

[maryjane]

Purrit on Mantel piece....

 

love it. x

 

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What about, he`s got a pot on. if someone had broken a bone and had a plaster cast on. I presumed it was used by all till I moved down south, I even rang my mother up, who was a nurse at NGH, to ask her one night when no one would believe me, at a Plymouth hospital, it came as an eye opened to realise it was only used "up north"

[grinder]

knock back....... turned down.

Spit-and-double.......Look exactly the same.

Back stabber...... traitor.

Brown nose......lick-spittle

Brown trousered ........scared.

[davyboy]

Pratt....now used as a stupid person but when I was a lad East end of London 1950s it was a very rude word meaning the c word

I was shocked when I heard it used in its modern meaning

Also fanny which meant the same. Americans use it for the backside ..

 

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Skint........ no money .

Tight........Deep pockets an short arms.

/QUOTE]

A fault of Yorkshiremen according to my father in law.

 

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but i always say cockled over we use to say mash tea meaning ´´make the tea´´

 

 

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Brew the tea in the south.

 

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Obviously PT your mum was harder than mine :hihi:, got to say she's the only person that REALLY scared us 4 lads our mum, bless her heart.

 

Pete

 

PT ..........p teaser.

 

 

Please change your signature:suspect:

 

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Queen Anne's dead..........your petticoat's showing below your skirt.

 

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One mate to the other "I don't like your one"

 

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Her face'd stop a clock...........

 

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It's flying low..........your fly's undone

 

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that tea like nazzy p** = weak tea :hihi:

 

Gnat's ****

Edited January 9, 2014 by davyboy

[grinder]

Knocked........not turned up for work..

 

Mukka..........friend.

 

Pukka........true.

Edited January 10, 2014 by grinder

[willybite]

Knocked........not turned up for work..

 

Mukka..........friend.

 

Pukka........true.

 

hiya,grinder,just had a call from my bro,in law he lives in omaha usa, and we were talking about sheffieldisms and he being a park lad soon starts with the broad talk, in fact he was telling me it slips out odd times talking to the nieghbours and they always say "what do you mean".