Pearl Ram Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Bazzin' ...something that was very impressive, suppose today's equivalent is not very well sorry, Sik. Grot, someone who was unpleasing to the eye. Took me years to discover it was short for grotesque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 30 minutes ago, RamNut said: Causey - never heard of that until i went to Bo's'er and ginnel as in... "get bin, tek it down ginnel and stick it on't causey" pardon ? Get the bin. Take it down the alley and put it on the footpath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Mardy is a favorite of mine.. i didn't realize that not everyone said it until i moved to Switzerland. my Gran was from Harrogate and always used to say the time as "it's five and twenty to Three".....i could never understand what she meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Must be a nightmare being a foreigner coming to our country, I was talking to a waitress this week at the hotel we were stopping at, she said she'd recieved top marks in English when studying in Spain. she got a job over here and said she couldn't understand a word. Nobody taught accents. Must put a whole new slant on the language when you hear a broad one like Geordie or Glaswegian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 2 hours ago, davenportram said: should of = should have is just **** writing skills Agree. It's not a colloquialism nor dialect, just thicko speak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketteringram Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 3 hours ago, Srg said: 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." I always thought that one was from Lancashire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Come and have a "decco" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketteringram Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 6 minutes ago, Boycie said: Must be a nightmare being a foreigner coming to our country, I was talking to a waitress this week at the hotel we were stopping at, she said she'd recieved top marks in English when studying in Spain. she got a job over here and said she couldn't understand a word. Nobody taught accents. Must put a whole new slant on the language when you hear a broad one like Geordie or Glaswegian? Surely it's the same for English speaking people going to any other country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Jitty for alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 10 minutes ago, ossieram said: Jitty for alley. I've always known it as a jitty, didn't have a clue when I moved to Notts and they call it a Ginnel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I like the subtle nuances with the word middlin' Fair ter middlin' = alright (just) Middlin' = Quite good No'but middlin' = poor Also the spoken inflexions given to 'alright' can put a completely different complexion on something, which you don't get with the written word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesterRam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 My mother and father always always told the time like that, never asked why. 1 hour ago, MuespachRam said: Mardy is a favorite of mine.. i didn't realize that not everyone said it until i moved to Switzerland. my Gran was from Harrogate and always used to say the time as "it's five and twenty to Three".....i could never understand what she meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 1 hour ago, ketteringram said: Surely it's the same for English speaking people going to any other country. She didn't say so, said she picked up Italian, French, german very easy, she did mention the South American spanish is a little different though, I remember her saying that. not sure if it's to an extent where you can't actually understand them though? thank god the world language is English, aren't we lucky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 5 hours ago, Srg said: 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." Nowt wrong wi' that. Perfectly ok to me! And it's a bloody breadcake!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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