Harry Peterson Posted February 13, 2023 #42851 Share Posted February 13, 2023 1 hour ago, lincslady said: I know some of you, like me, love the funny words used round the country for different things - like snap or baggin for the snack/lunch you take to work. I have only heard snap in the Midlands, and baggin was what I knew in the Northwest. I also like the words for a narrow passageway, like ginnel. I bet most of you know the old saying for someone bow-legged - 'couldn't stop a pig in an entry'. And a clothes airer (or maiden) was a wintredge (winter hedge). I think that was Yorkshire. Maybe too much there to ponder on! Absolutely! Fascinating subject. Snap may well be across Yorkshire and a lot of the north (define ‘north’ - that’s a game on its own). Cheese cobs in the midlands, rolls in the south. Baps in the north? Hull has its tenferts - the ten foot access strip at the back of a lot of houses. Ginnels is rarely used in the south, I think, where it’s usually just alleys or alleyways. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobstheboy Posted February 13, 2023 #42852 Share Posted February 13, 2023 "Jack speak" is a different language ! Who knows what I am talking about ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted February 13, 2023 #42853 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Snap is the common word for a packed lunch here in Barnsley. I've also heard it called a pack-up but not often. A couple more are wagging it - playing. truant from school and bray - to hit something or someone. Avril 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted February 13, 2023 #42854 Share Posted February 13, 2023 7 hours ago, indiana123 said: I might get on the naughty step (or is it just Agents we mustn't mention).. it was Parkdean😄 A result for you,3 nights PD Weymouth 450 quid for us.It is May Bank holiday though but still a massive jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted February 13, 2023 #42855 Share Posted February 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, bobstheboy said: "Jack speak" is a different language ! Who knows what I am talking about ? I think it has something to do with the Forces, but I could be wrong🤔 Avril 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splice the mainbrace Posted February 13, 2023 #42856 Share Posted February 13, 2023 4 hours ago, d9704011 said: I don't think so. A few unusually warm days at 22 or so. Sorry my sentence structure wasn’t very clear I meant the last 2 weeks of our South America tour not last 2 weeks in Ushuaia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirephil Posted February 13, 2023 #42857 Share Posted February 13, 2023 20 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: Snap is the common word for a packed lunch here in Barnsley. I've also heard it called a pack-up but not often. A couple more are wagging it - playing. truant from school and bray - to hit something or someone. Avril Tha tuk thee snap ta werk in my youth. I spent a few years looking into the local terminology and how a lot of it came from old Germanic and Viking languages. I still have a delve now and again as it is quite fascinating. Now there is a word I remember from school, my teacher asked me to deliver a sentence with fascinate in it "I ad a coit an it had nine buttons but I cud only fassen eit" 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted February 13, 2023 #42858 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Words - my mother lived in a twitchel when she lived in the Nottingham area; the little road was actually The Twitchel in its postal address. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted February 13, 2023 #42859 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Thanks everyone for all the input. I am sure we could go on for ever with these old local expressions, mostly lost to the new generations. Don't know Jack speak - enlighten us please. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted February 13, 2023 #42860 Share Posted February 13, 2023 When I was a child we used to to be told to play in "The Backs" when we were at our grandparents' house, a sandwich was "a piece" and the clothes air that was suspended from the kitchen ceiling was a "rack" but the floor standing one was the "clothes maid". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobstheboy Posted February 13, 2023 #42861 Share Posted February 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, lincslady said: Thanks everyone for all the input. I am sure we could go on for ever with these old local expressions, mostly lost to the new generations. Don't know Jack speak - enlighten us please. Avril is close ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splice the mainbrace Posted February 13, 2023 #42862 Share Posted February 13, 2023 When I moved up north I got confused by some of the expressions. When giving me directions they said there is a bank up to the left, I thought NatWest, Barclays etc but they meant a hill or escarpment. At 10 am when they asked if I wanted a brew I thought excellent they drink beer up here at that time of day at work😂 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted February 13, 2023 #42863 Share Posted February 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Harry Peterson said: Cheese cobs in the midlands, rolls in the south. Baps in the north? Butteries in the north here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted February 13, 2023 #42864 Share Posted February 13, 2023 22 minutes ago, Splice the mainbrace said: When I moved up north I got confused by some of the expressions. When giving me directions they said there is a bank up to the left, I thought NatWest, Barclays etc but they meant a hill or escarpment. At 10 am when they asked if I wanted a brew I thought excellent they drink beer up here at that time of day at work😂 Two things that confused me when we came to Barnsley. Mash the tea and mend the fire. Potatoes are mashed and the fire wasn't broken.🤔 Avril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobstheboy Posted February 13, 2023 #42865 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Times up ! Royal Naval slang spoken by ratings below deck. Examples. Jipper - gravy. Babys Heads - small steak and kidney puds. Wet - in the days of the tot, it was given to someone who did you a favour, just a sip, not gulpers ! Burma Road - the main passage running below deck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted February 13, 2023 #42866 Share Posted February 13, 2023 43 minutes ago, bobstheboy said: Avril is close ! I assume then it must be naval jargon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted February 13, 2023 #42867 Share Posted February 13, 2023 42 minutes ago, bobstheboy said: Avril is close ! Well now that's a first. I've just had a chat with Professor Google and it's really self explanatory when you think about it.🤔 Am a reight barmpot🙄 Avril 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare P&O SUE Posted February 13, 2023 #42868 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Afternoon all, being a Southerner I only learnt ‘gunnel’ from Corrie! I had a friend in the bank who came from Liverpool and she used to say ‘back passage’ - we’d say ‘alley’. There was a path by our bank that led to a grassy area we used to sit in at lunchtimes. She came back one day and said ‘ooh it’s a bit windy down the back passage’ and couldn’t understand why we all fell about laughing 😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waju Posted February 13, 2023 #42869 Share Posted February 13, 2023 29 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: Two things that confused me when we came to Barnsley. Mash the tea and mend the fire. Potatoes are mashed and the fire wasn't broken.🤔 Avril Yes that's a good one - round here if we wanted someone to make us a cuppa we would ask 'are you mashing?' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waju Posted February 13, 2023 #42870 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Another good one round here is 'yer reet duck?' For those who need a translation 'how are you?' 😊 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted February 13, 2023 #42871 Share Posted February 13, 2023 22 minutes ago, Waju said: Another good one round here is 'yer reet duck?' For those who need a translation 'how are you?' 😊 ‘Duck’ is a wonderful East Midlands greeting - and truly unisex, even if does upset the odd southerner! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted February 13, 2023 #42872 Share Posted February 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, Harry Peterson said: ‘Duck’ is a wonderful East Midlands greeting - and truly unisex, even if does upset the odd southerner! Duck up here is hen but purely for women. As in ye ken hen? Also quines and loones if we want one for each gender. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplesea Posted February 13, 2023 #42873 Share Posted February 13, 2023 When I was youth hostelling with a couple of friends on the North York Moors we went into a pub and the locals were talking to us and I just replied "Oh Aye", my friends just looked at me and said "What did they say?" As my grandparents were originally from Northumberland it was second nature to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy v Posted February 13, 2023 #42874 Share Posted February 13, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Eglesbrech said: Butteries in the north here. We have buns in the north east, or a stottie. Bait is a packed lunch Edited February 13, 2023 by happy v 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted February 13, 2023 #42875 Share Posted February 13, 2023 6 hours ago, Splice the mainbrace said: Not in Rio, Iguazu falls, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Patagonia it was in the 30s. Yes, sorry, I misunderstood what you wrote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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