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Sheffieldish - words & phrases


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.Better ask Plain Talker...

 

There don't seem to be many chaps on page 3 in the Sun.

 

there all in here.

 

I have deleted the link, Mrs Mort might get over excited

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dont men have them as well

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Drifting a bit off topic now, but if this is a serious query maybe we should open up a new one on "Birds & Bees"

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Codswallop...............Someone talking a load of rubbish...

 

Not pure Sheffield I know but then again the thread is "Slang words in the old days" in it ?

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Don't know why it all came up, but we were talking euphemisms & in particular terms for toilets, outhouses, closets, loos, etc. and how a lavatory basin was, properly. something one used to wash hands and faces ......... yes really ! And going way, way, back to infant & junior school days we took relief in the " DUBS".

 

Anyone heard that expression in more recent times ?

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Well I've heard them called Bogs, P,Corner, even Latrines But the norm was either lav, or closet, and in female company "The Toilet" where I came from.

Never heard of Dubs, that no Sheffspeak I know of ....

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Never heard of Dubs, that no Sheffspeak I know of ....

 

Sure was or, at least, there was no doubting that those who used it were Sheff born & bred ......... all of the lads, that is, no matter from which of the very mixed early WW2 backgrounds we belonged. I'll check with a mate who is even more ancient than me........... Bet he can't remember !

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the dubs ive never heard of it either

 

Well, that might just be ignorance ! But only if those in my immediate circle agree with ME ! Sad to say they don't, so I withdraw the word. But it was used.... Honest ! It came back to me when I visited the old school last week to vote. Not much chance of the present bunch of pupils carrying on the tradition......... not one WASP in sight from what I can see............

 

And that's another word to haggle over ! .

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