Sheffieldish - words & phrases

[Jim Hardie]

Yev gorra face like Norfolk street = you've got a long face

 

He's as wide as t' Wicker Arches = He's a bit of a Del-boy.

[Plain Talker]

I'm not so daft as cabbage looking = don't take the mickey

Ee walks backards and spits a lot = describing someone a bit dubious

It's on't dog shelf = it is on the floor

Yev gorra face like Norfolk street = you've got a long face

 

In our house it was "I'm not so GREEN as I'm cabbage looking"

 

and "gorra face as long as Norfolk Street".

[raymondo1952]

face as long as a fiddle:sad:

[grinder]

You silly ha'peth.... .....You silly Half penny worth

Edited May 29, 2014 by grinder

[willybite]

fumin........very angry.

Turned a deaf ear........not listening.

Legged it..........ran away.

Bottled it..........Failed

 

wen tha tinks abartit teachers at skoyl wen we war little earned their cash trying tu gerrus tu tork kings inglish, an us anall we had tu tork too soorts anall

skoyal tork an art o skoyal ork, mind i remember saying thee instead of you in front of my grandfather and he pulled me up, he was born in boston,

as i've said before it's easier to talk slang than to write it.

[grinder]

Ah know willy .

Mind thi, thi dunt talk reight tuday either du thi, ah blame telly tha knows.

Wi dint use us aycher much at beginin o words or us g at end back then a know, but ow thi gunner spell ow thi talk nar days is beyond me.

 

Ah mean ow duz tha spell "waitin" wi out a T ?.

Edited May 29, 2014 by grinder

[UK SHELLY]

get up them apple an pears, meaning stairs.

[Plain Talker]

You silly ha'peth.... .....You silly Half penny worth

 

Daft ha' porth, surely, grinder...?

[cartav]

Seems to have been going forever this topic! .......... and a lot of it's not pure Sheff I think, summat that's UK wide maybe.

 

What about DATAL ? Going back that one when the cutlery trade might employ piece workers ( paid for what they could produce individually) or datal lads (who had a daily wage}. Anyone said to be DATAL outside of work was a bit slow, maybe bordering on being thick........ tha knows, not fat but dim.

 

And SPICE....... Like in " 'As tha gorrenny spice ?" . Sweets, etc. , that is.

 

LOTION or POP........Beer etc. Like in "We supped some stuff last neet !"

 

PIKING........... To peep, observing without being seen. Peeping Toms were "Pikers".

 

STARVED....... .. As in "Starved through", not hungry but cold.

 

COIL OIL......... Coal hole, that is. the ubiquitous cellar in the older terrace house or

the access hole in the footpath down which coal bags were emptied.

 

CELLAR 'EAD.... The landing or top step of the stair into the cellar from the kitchen.

 

SILING DOWN..... Normal summer weather in Sheff......... Heavy rain.

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And Please Please Plain Talker ! You come up with some intelligent comment at times, but the commercials do you no favours.... So shut thi gob, luv !

[grinder]

Daft ha' porth, surely, grinder...?

 

Ah but we were posh we had a front room......

 

He came a reight cropper .......He fell down and hurt himself