davenportram Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 having lived in many places there's several words or sayings that are unique to certain areas. Nesh - heard in Yorkshire to describe someone who feels the cold easily Hen - friendly term in Scotland, like "duck". pal - a Scottish term like Hen but only for men eg. Cheers pal (most people in Emgland say cheers mate) Anyone else got any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Is pal Scottish? used loads in Grimsby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombo Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I say pal all the time. Nesh I've always heard in Derby too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Word History: The word pal comes from the Indic language of the Romani people. First recorded in English in the second half of the 1700s, pal was borrowed from a Romani word meaning "brother,comrade," which occurs as phal in the Romani spoken in England and phral in the Romani spoken in continental Europe. The Romani speak an Indic language because they originally migrated toEurope from the border region between Iran and India. In other Indic languages we find related words meaning "brother," such as Hindu and Urdu bhāī, and they all come from Sanskrit bhrātā, which inturn traces its ancestry to the same Indo-European word that our word brother does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 The great bread debate. It will always be a cob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Always will be a cob. Winds me up something chronic the use of the word "while" in Yorkshire. For example... "What time is your shop open?" "9 while 8." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 I've only heard the word pal used as mentioned in Scotland, ie to a stranger when saying thanks. I would always use mate in that scenario. 15 minutes ago, Tombo said: I say pal all the time. Nesh I've always heard in Derby too. ive never heard Nesh in Derby, and when I've used it got funny looks. A typical sentence - "don't be so nesh, you pappy bugger" in reply to "its getting a bit nippy out" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 2 minutes ago, davenportram said: I've only heard the word pal used as mentioned in Scotland, ie to a stranger when saying thanks. I would always use mate in that scenario. ive never heard Nesh in Derby, and when I've used it got funny looks. A typical sentence - "don't be so nesh, you pappy bugger" in reply to "its getting a bit nippy out" Never heard nesh before. Pal is pretty common, say it all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 My Mum and Dad are as Derbyshire as they come, they used nesh all the time. Mostly because I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I'm from mid Derbyshire and have a;ways used nesh, Use pal sometimes as well as mate, chap, youth etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 1 minute ago, sage said: I'm from mid Derbyshire and have a;ways used nesh, Use pal sometimes as well as mate, chap, youth etc ahh but if your mid Derbyshire you are close enough for the Yorkshire influence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 1 minute ago, davenportram said: ahh but if your mid Derbyshire you are close enough for the Yorkshire influence Nice try, my parents are South Derbyshire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 1 minute ago, davenportram said: ahh but if your mid Derbyshire you are close enough for the Yorkshire influence It's nothing to do with Yorkshire influence. It's used in Notts, Staffs, and Shropshire too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesterRam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 nesh is also used in Loughborough, never heard my mum and dad mention the word in Leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 C**ts is used up here a lot when describing people from Ssausagehorpe, think it's a football rivalry thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorksopRam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I'm from Worksop, Notts. But it's definitely more Yorkshire. Always used nesh, pal, mardy, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 From Notts and we've always used nesh, pal, mardy, duck. aye-up, cob and mash (as in tea). I've found there are quite a lot of similarities between East Midlands and Manc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 1 minute ago, Carl Sagan said: From Notts and we've always used nesh, pal, mardy, duck. aye-up, cob and mash (as in tea). I've found there are quite a lot of similarities between East Midlands and Manc. but Mancs have ***** accent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 jiggered for tired. Never heard it anywhere else but Derbyshire. Family is from Derby and nesh is a regularly used word for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesterRam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 "ay up me duck" is known as a derby saying due to dolly parton and angelina jolie but I have always said this in Leicester and my mate from Northampton also said he uses it...so it might be an east midlands term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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