The Yorkshire thread

[Darren Jackson]

I dont think anybody will getem lol , love no 10

Flippin'eck thas allus chelpin number 10 mi'sen Town. Appen Rest o folk al be flummoxed. One o mi fav's is put wood int'ole...

 

[Darren Jackson]

10. "He appears to be going to his abode"

Nicely put WC1, I would have just said "He's going home" mi'sen

 

[Darren Jackson]

Yorkshire is more than just an accent and dialect and there isn’t really such a thing as “Yorkshire Slang”, it’s historical roots go back to the Viking Invasion of Britain and is the basis for quite a lot of of Modern English

 

[Chuck]

7. ient gorrit: I have not got it.
8. azee giniter: Have you made love to that lady?
9. gizitus mester: Please, give that to me.

My favourite is:

Wi fooking fooked the fooking fookers!

which means "The football team I support won the match."

 

[oz-plumber]

Was it one of you Yorkshire kin that wrote in a thread about a
'Strap on Thermostat' for temperature of flow and return pipes to a cylinder.

It must have been....strap on's are all the go in Yorkshire!!!!

The rest of us call them - 'Clamp on Thermostats'

 

[Darren Jackson]

8. azee giniter: Have you made love to that lady?

8. Azeegeniter - Has he given it to her.

 

[Darren Jackson]

Wi fooking fooked the fooking fookers!

We never say it like that Chuck. we pronounce the 'U' as you say it in Chuck. We would not say Chook. That's more Geordie twang mate.

 

[Welder]

Was it one of you Yorkshire kin that wrote in a thread about a
'Strap on Thermostat' for temperature of flow and return pipes to a cylinder.

It must have been....strap on's are all the go in Yorkshire!!!!

The rest of us call them - 'Clamp on Thermostats'

Ahh! Typical Aussie. No idea of the difference 'tween a clamp & a strap

Purely as an example of the Queen's English I propose the following example: She clamped me between 'er fiis when 'er strap raan mi b011ocks broke ...

 

[townfanjon]

Jus gorin fer mi snap , pisin miself at theese repys

 

[Chuck]

That's more Geordie twang mate.

Good catch, you know your Northern!

The forum software wouldn't let me post the Yorkshire version so I compromised with how a Boro fan would say it.