The word is simply substituted for “thank you” or “thanks”, so for example: From what I can gather from the mighty internetz, this is likely due to the large Scandinavian influence on the English language, particularly in the north. Let go. Far, far away But also, Coit = Coat. Give that item back. Can’t really say I have ever used that variation myself. Interestingly, in South Yorkshire at least, "pants" generally refers to underwear, underpants. Here’s the ultimate Yorkshire Sayings Dictionary. Norwegian: Takk Do it for yourself! Often these would be used together in the form of, “giorr, gerroff and shurrup”, or stop it, give it back, and be quiet. Far, far away
All the Yorkshire Sayings you could think of are here! Swedish: Tack. For your further exploration, more links to the Yorkshire seaside towns mentioned above follow! I believe that in those languages, the “k” sound is soft (more of a “g”), or even dropped. Bento theme by Satori. Northern British Sayings #13: Giorr, Gerroff and Shurrup, Northern British Sayings #11: Watter, Monk On, Gip, Northern British Sayings #10: If tha’ does ‘owt fer nowt …, Northern British Sayings #9: Coil, ‘oil, Roo-ad, Soo-ap, Northern British Sayings #6: Summat/Owt/Nowt, The Making of Heartland for Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Far, far away, Where’s Wednesday gone – down the River Don! The other would be using a short ‘o’ sound, such as in the word “on”. Yitten means “cowardly”, or “frightened”. This is a list of words and phrases you might hear in Yorkshire, often called gods own county and certainly a place your should visit with some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain. Accordingly, underkecks are underpants. Slang from Yorkshire, God's own county. This may possibly jog a memory for Sheffield folk who went to school in the 70’s.
Far, far away, Watter (rhymes with matter), which is simply water. Pants. The act of being physically sick, nauseous.
Where’s Wednesday gone – down the River Don! In most parts of Yorkshire and other parts of northern England, the slang word “ta” (pronounced “tar”) is used to mean “thank you”. Coo-at = Coat. Hear all, see all, say nowt, Eyt all, drink all, pay nowt,And if tha ever does owt fer nowt,Do it fer thi sen! Yorkshire folk do have a reputation of being “economical” …. Soo-ap = Soap (and possibly also Soup).
Roo-ad = Road. Geroff (pronounced as written, hard “g” as in get): Get off. Possibly arising from the vow of silence taken by some monks? Somebody can be said to “have the monk on” if they are sulking, acting moody, or feeling sorry for themselves.
Often used in an accusatorial manner, “Tha’ not goin’ darn’t pit cos tha’ yitten.” Or, “It occurs to me that the reason you do not want to go down the coal mine is because you are afraid.”, Another example, “Tha dun’t want to fight cock o’ t’class cos tha yitten.” Or, “Might I suggest that the reason you do not want to partake in fisticuffs with the acknowledged best fighter in the class is because you are a scaredy cat.”. It seems doubtful that the Barnsley town of Kexborough, where I lived for a while, has anything to do with trousers. Update on nowt/owt, a couple of people have pointed out to me that there are one or more other pronunciations of these words. Yorkshire dialect words, Yorkshire speak and Yorkshire slang. One variation would rhyme with note/oat. Monk on. It's unclear where this word originates, possibly a derivative of knickers? . © 2020 Steve Wetherill. In Danish, the word is pronounced, “targ”, which is very similar to the pronunciation of “ta”. “Just thinkin’ of eatin’ black pudding makes me want to gip”. If yer thinkin about heading to Yorkshire anytime soon, ya need t’ familiarise yourself with the ole Yorkshire slang. ‘oil = Hole.
Kecks (or keks, or kex) are, trousers. Giorr (gee-orr, with a hard “g” as in give): Give over.
Desist. You'll hear expressions that you won't hear anywhere in Britain or the world. Eat everything, drink everything, pay nothing, Boo-it = Boot.
Perhaps when one sibling was tantalizing another by taking away a toy or belonging and then teasing with it. Coil = Coal.
Yorkshire also has a distinctive accent. This quick episode of Northern British Sayings covers some Yorkshire dialect.
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