Local dialect of sheffield

[sweetdexter]

that'll have been "hold thi din," (we also would say "hold thi 'orses" if someone was getting ahead of themselves.)

 

chapel hat-pegs... hmm, it weren't tears we used the phrase CHP's to describe *coff*

 

'old thi din' Stop that noise ,shut up

 

Probably been mentioned ' rurrin' for crying.

 

'Chapel hat pegs' anything that protrudes 'She's got tits like chapel hat pegs.

 

I can also remember our co-op number plus the people who lived next door .When you went to the shops you would ask the neighbour "Do you want anything bringing back" If it was from the co-op you gave your neighbour's number

[holberry]

hi, reading this thread really brings it all back brilliant, made me think of a word my dad used to describe anyone who big headed or fancied themself,

larey

[PopT]

My Dad used to describe anybody who was 'big headed'

 

"He's Gorra Hee-ad, as big as a fifty bob cabbage"

 

Happy Days!

[pavlo1969]

The book Sheffieldish is a good read....

 

Mi old step father writ it tin 80's

[LaceCurtains]

'Ta' to each and every one of you who have shared your recollections on this thread. So many of them remind me of particular situations I had mainly forgotten about so that I can just picture them as though it was yesterday.

[lazyherbert]

am tekkin dog rahnd lump

 

as tha got any gobbo fer in t'oil? : Have you any filler for in the hole?

 

Tha rattles like a can o mabs : you never shut up (like a can of marbles)

 

Does anyone know what the Set Pot Stick is?

I should think the set pot stick is for stirring up the set pots.One of the sayings that come from that is ,Hes got an eyad like a setpot(big headed).

[glitterbug]

My mum used to use the phrase "it's like wreck o't esperess" if she came home and found the house in a bit of a mess. My dad used the word trazzing for speeding or going fast. A dolly posher was a left hander (like me) they also used spice for sweets and gee it some welly (put a lot of effort into it) guzz like sh+t oft shovel,(moves very quick). I love the Sheffield speak and hope it never dies out.

[LaceCurtains]

My dad used the word trazzing for speeding or going fast.

When was that then? It sounds so up to date! Great phrase! Never heard that before.

They also used spice for sweets

What a classic! We still do in our family!

Like sh+t oft shovel,(moves very quick).

Just how I described my new car the first time I took it on the motorway! Brilliant!

I love the Sheffield speak and hope it never dies out.

Couldn't agree more!

[Plain Talker]

My mum used to use the phrase "it's like wreck o't esperess" if she came home and found the house in a bit of a mess. My dad used the word trazzing for speeding or going fast. A dolly posher was a left hander (like me) they also used spice for sweets and gee it some welly (put a lot of effort into it) guzz like sh+t oft shovel,(moves very quick). I love the Sheffield speak and hope it never dies out.

 

that'd be "the Wreck of the Hesperus" ( my place looks like that all the time.) My mum's version of that used to be "Looks like a bluddi bombs's 'it it

 

dolly-posh, or dolly-'anded is my dad's phrase for left-handed.

[Gangan]

They"ve gorra "ouse like a muck midden..

A very dirty dump of a house.