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philfred
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Very local dialect
replied on: 2/26/2006 2:35:09 PM The word "dob", used instead of put. It would be used like this "Dob light on, youth" or "Dob it in pantry" It may have a mining connection but I am not sure. regards Phil |
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db639
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Very local dialect
replied on: 2/23/2007 8:35:36 PM I have just thought of words we used to use 50 years ago when bird nesting ,I don't know why! it was a different age and we didn't know any better.If the nest had chicks we used to say it's got bubs ,damaged it was ragged ,last years was a laggie.chaffinches were spinkys .yellow hammers were marking pens .waterhens were watt watts .lapwings were peewits . mistle thrushes were thrigecocks . magpies were obviously maggies.fog egg was choice of the first egg db |
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db639
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Very local dialect
replied on: 4/7/2007 10:22:32 PM I think we used to call large marbles dobbers perhaps that is where the word dob came from or the other way round !Another heanor word , well - not used in sheffield is bat .I don't suppose many people nowadays would know what bat is ? db |
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philfred
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Very local dialect
replied on: 6/21/2007 8:42:52 PM Could that be bat as in slate/stone in a load of coal ? regards Phil |
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db639
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Very local dialect
replied on: 6/22/2007 7:33:14 PM yes Phil ,that's it .When we had coal fires if you had stoked it up with coal containing slate or stone ,the fire used to "spit" as the stone exploded ."That coal's got a lot of bat in it " db |
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db639
This message was updated on 11/8/2007 5:18:47 PM by db639 |
Very local dialect
replied on: 11/5/2007 10:40:43 PM here's one I have just read in sons and lovers :- by guyney db |
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philfred
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Very local dialect
replied on: 11/24/2007 1:12:12 PM By Guyney, an exclamation, usually used in reproach or cautionary. As in "By Guyney tha moant d'that". This was found in the parish magazine of Gotham Parish Council, issue 7. To use another one, phrase that is, its been donkeys years since I heard or used the phrase by guyney. Another site suggests that it is connected to a poem about Guy, Earl of Warwickshire. Guyney is also a surname but not a common one on the net. I suppose that these expressions drift out of use because the use of expletives is now commonplace in the rich tapestry of the English language as it is used today. regards Phil |
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