Local dialect of sheffield

[paddyO]

Blummin "ummer, i havent heard that one for years and years,well done. Babbies Heeads E"h

[Plain Talker]

i think your drifting off from Yorkshire/Sheffield dialect, Mate,or or as you spell it , meyt ??, ?is pure South Yorkshire dialect,Potted-dog certainly isnt. Its used allover England its just an old army slang word ,probably used during the Raj in India,

 

don't know about it being Army, but potted meat has always been "potted dog" in our family.

[Sultana]

My Nan used to say (if you were looking a bit gaumy (confused), or untidy - "you look like one o'clock arf struck". Not sure if this is yorkshire - most probably, and aplogies if I have telled thi this afooer.

[poppins]

Shut yer rotten gob was always heard inour house, we were ahead of our time, they call it tex talk now, don;t they ?

[Plain Talker]

My Nan used to say (if you were looking a bit gaumy (confused), or untidy - "you look like one o'clock arf struck". Not sure if this is yorkshire - most probably, and aplogies if I have telled thi this afooer.

 

gormy was a phrase our family used, too. It was linked to being"gormless" or stupid. "datal" or lackadaisical was another of my mother's favourites

[dowkeruk]

'snide with' = full of, usually insect infestation.

[YOYO s2]

When two sheffield men meet the greeting goes something like this: NA DEN ARR DA GOOIN ON ? AAM OREIGHT ARR DA?

[Bushbaby]

Heavy rain was always "silin' it dahn"

 

(Silin' to rhyme with smilin')

[Janner]

Heres another example ,that our rich Sheffield/South yorkshire dialect is eroding away. A lot of the younger generation refer to the chip-shop as the "chippie",(wimpy southern expression").when in fact we always called it the "Chip Oil",or the "Fish& Chip Oil".Its as nausiating as these plastic people who call a doctors nooat ,a "Sickie".(I bet them people wear scent, and thats just the men?).

The oil surely means "hole", I had been away from Sheffield for nearly 50yrs, I was in Brighton, asked a chap the way to a hotel. His reply was you're a long way from Sheffield, in a southern accent. I asked if he knew me , he said no, but that Sheffield accent gives you away. It was very confusing.

[Arfer Mo]

I've often heard a term that may be or not be a local colloquialism. If you had a pocket full of small change (all coppers ), it was known as 'brown soap'. Anybody ever heard that one before?

Only said this to my g-kids here in France, saved a box of 5c and ten c and said who's going to count all this brown soap, you can imagine the frowns! Arthur.