To my mother - from Spen Valley - it was a lading can.She also used Scoprill to describe a mischievous puppy.And my father occasionally said that I needed a good hiding to straighten me out when I was naughty.He referred to a ginnel as a nick, as in, "Where 'asta bin?" "do as the says, not as the does" is a good saying around our way!! You also missed the classic 'Fair to Middlin' in repsonse to How are you? I remember my grandfather saying "Swale" meaning "throw", as in "swale it ower 'ere". An Anglophile in AmericaHi all. Jane HewittWhat does "graidely" mean? I saw a lovely dress in town and I had enough money but I just couldn't thoil it. "Upskittled" - knocked over, disarranged or upset.And lastly "Eyup? WERE YA BORN IN A BARN THEE GORMLESS LASS!!! Dan BI didn't see Chumpin' on here... Chumpin' for wood.. looking for wood for bonfire night.. or Scrumping.. although I don't think that's a Yorkshire word.. Scrumping as in Scrumping for apples. And there is no other accent quite like it - luvly! I never heard the word thirsty before I was 8 years of age.2. Being a yorkshire farmers son you've got it all completely wrong and full of general sayings, very few specific to yorkshire, and numerous yorkshire sayings are missing - a real let down as this could have been a good article. My grandad used to say 'goodniight' as an exclamation. Alison Craven Perth WAI grew up in Farnley, near Leeds. So answer to Tyke:- TykeI'm from yorkshire and it's funny how many words I use from there but dint actually know they were tyke words =D lol Tyke it's because most of them aren't. We used to say Stop "nebbing" i.e. What's a shim shamA. ribswhen I first started work in Sheffield the older men used to describe a small rotund person as a "stiff lad" Another expression that I never hear now is "five and twenty past" to describe the time. For months I had to get the foreman to translate for me. Bin teld many a time that Yorkshire accents appealin ta't ladies. Surprised to see 'mardy'in here as I only came across it in Leicestershire. 'Scarborough warning' has assumed a second meaning in South Yorkshire. Caz~YorkNaff-Rubbished I can't be naffed-I can't be bothered. It's looking black o'er Bill's Mother's - The sky is dark and it looks like rain.Wer un a nail up - worse than a nail up (in a shoe) meaning someone who's a pain.Baggins - hose pipe Mithering - worryingGinnel/snicket - alleyLaking art - playing outLaking/throwing a laker - taking an unauthorised day off workTea cake - bread cake without currants! Finally, when a man from Sussex came to live in our village near York, I used to have to translate to him what the farmers were talking about in the local pub! (I,ve lived in australia for 43 years and Ah,ve never lost me accent luv! "'ackle tha sen up" meaning tidy yourself up and stand up straight as the hackles on a dogs kneck . The jist of it is to see how much of an anglophile one really is. Meaning its a dark, rainy sky. ee's a queer'un.he is an odd fellow (doesn't mean Gay), Kim's line was incomplete, should be :-ere all, see all, se nowtsup all, eight all, pay nowtbut if tha ever duz owt fer nowt, do-it fer thee sen, Middin is also the Outside toilet block, if your old enough to remember. by filling in the form Martin BrazierA Scarborough Warning is a blow before the warning and NOT bad behaviour that would result in punishment. aye up old lad is just hello how u doin mate. One thing they all did was shorten the names of places like Tad or Taddy= Tadcaster, Ponti=Pontefract, Cas=Castleton Doni=Doncaster, Jane Swiers, N. Yorkscawd = cold riggwelted = sheep stuck on it's back cottered up = tangled, stuartis the reet? and a few other pharses: "ya S*** t'bed or summat? It's the West Riding. listen to our dialect expert's Yorkshire poem... irritated it is used more in reference to things like food where you would express particular satisfaction, if for example you were served a particularly good meal or cup of tea! I first heard coil (coal) and hoil (hole) and coit (coat) in Pontefract-ish. If you look at the censuses you'll often see that the enumerator's wrote how people spoke; 'Steears' is Staithes; Allifacks is Halifax; and Head-in-borough is Edinburgh. My wife is American and she just loves the way we speak - even though she can't understand a lot of it! It has nothing to do with parts of the male body. I think he got a shilling a week for the job. Dawn SilversidesAs a yorkshire lass relocated to Brisbane Australia I just wanted to say thank you so much for a translation guide I can take to work with me for all the people who cant understand a word I'm 'blethering' on about!! How about.. 'Aye up lass' or 'do I 'eckers like' Those are quite common yorkshire saying. EllenAllus towd..."a ginnel is a snicket wi` a roof on. That includes England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the floaty, rocky bits nearby. Janice YorkshireMy gran always used to say 'put wood in't 'ole' meaning 'shut the door', Nicky"Ive Bont the toast" as in "burnt the toast""bugger" as in "oh my god". us any essential words we've left out. Sarahme grandad always calls me and me sister "soft lass" meaning silly/stupid i.e "ee dear ya soft lass" another one he uses often is gordon bennet! You've left out "More clout than dinner", a complaint from miners about the paucity of their cloth-wrapped food. What's worse, is that I'm from Lancashre. Interested in advertising on the world's largest website dedicated to all things Britain? Fond - Daft, Brazzent - brazen(ed), so inadvisably generous with her favours.I will point out that this is old-fashioned moralism, not any reflection on the opinion of the writer, who, if anything, is rather in favour of fondbrazzentness. Eg come round to our gaff to night to watch the footie, Traceychelpin=complaining, wittering on e.g. Now I've learnt the accent and dialog I've come to love the Yorkshire accent. It's the West Riding. I'm aged 64 and my roots are both Lancashire and Yorkshire. I could use a bit of help defining a nickname: My grandfather was "Wick" which I see means lively but his brother was called "Sike" - any idea what Sike could mean? JJ"Threp int' steans" is definitely not a kick in the shins as "stean" is from the OE for Stones, i.e. Linesy"Wipe thy Bl**dy feet" Meaning wipe your feet, Kev"Tha meks a better door than a winder" - meaning get out of the way I can't see. ( Still doesn't come to that). It is used in the sense of "look here" or "pay attention" as in: "Sithee, our Jack, I've summat to tell thee. Also, more likely to be pronounced as "thrairp" than "threp" in the Northernmost parts of Yorkshire. Ickum might be the same word as the danish word ickun or kun which means - when put in front of a noun - little. "Happen as not an maybe" Meaning you're probably right. In Yorkshire we always said 'mourngey'. don't know. Cockney rhyming slang - There are lots of words that make up cockney rhyming slang. Pauli know you've got 'appen in the list but i've oft heard 'Appen as not, likes as mebbe.meaning it's more than likely to happen.another word i've heard used in barnsley is 'Scufflers' to mean breadcake or bapthanks for the dialect site, great fun ! Helen StoutI'm from North Yorkshire/Teeside. maureen omerMy grandad went to sea for 40 odd years and used to take "tab nabs "with him. I have to looking for that. Ray Goodsella winner, a gem, beauty, never lafd as much..exellent read. When I was younger, I remember the saying "Eckie Thump" put I can't remember it's context, although I think it was similar to eeh by gum. Thank you! I love the Yorkshire charm of it. The other was always in response to any question you asked which was Yak a bak o' Arram were they mak pigs o steel. You can look up others on t'internet. words I use, I remember a few words from my childhood such as yellin'(crying)sloshed(drunk)twaggin'(bunking off school) & muckments (penny sweets). Phil HoldenIMHO the dialect of the mining and steel areas of South Yorkshire where I was born and spent my early years is very different from North Yorkshire where I live now. Barnsley brian DevonBarnsley word 'gip' for urge or feel like being sick.Seethee, often used to start a statement,eg 'seethee, al tell thee sumat tha dunt know'. When i was a child if I was trying clothes on which were too big she would say "that'll not do it will fit Todmordern Jack", who ever he might be? Kevin DerringtonFantastic! Now living in Middlesbrough there are many names of food items that do not travel-teacakes (plain, currant, brown), meat cuts are very different, chats-small fried potatoes from the chippy when new potatoes first out. Every language in the world has its own slang and some regions even have their own unique slang. KirstyHow about.. 'Aye up lass' or 'do I 'eckers like' Those are quite common yorkshire saying. Anyhow, al si thi later! What's that?A. Jack Briggs, PenistoneGlims = eye glasses. I also fell in love with all that Yorkshire offers.I miss the people/accent/scenery & their lovely accent/tales/sayings. When i was a child if I was trying clothes on which were too big she would say "that'll not do it will fit Todmordern Jack", who ever he might be? Another expression still in use in those years, at least among some of my grandparents' generation, was 'to-morn' (listed as 'dialectal' in the Shorter Oxford Dictionary) for 'to-morrow'. Me Mrs reckons it's wan at reasons were wed, parky = cold as in "Its right parky oot!". Yorkshire Slang Dictionary. "am fair clemmed"-I'm really hungry. I also say 'I need to siden up' meaning to tidy up and he doesn't believe that either. terry moat, bridlingtonthe word gadgy is used to mean a man, and bewer from the word viewer is the meaning for woman. Clouts were cloths usually for cleaning and also knickers (which eventually became cleaning clouts!) When we were nippers in the late 50s we sat on the 'causer edge' at the side of the road (Kerbside), Round our way we use the word radged to mean that someones a nutter, Round our way = In the area.Eg Are you gunna be round our way to night? Tom'eyup' can mean both 'hello' and 'watch out' depending on the context it's used in. And some are very similar: bairn is barn, beck is bäck, foss is fors, watter is vatten, dale is dal, laikin/lake is leka, sam is samla, skip is skepp and skrike is skrika. A'hm as full as a brazen beast" & Eee! My down under kids don't believe that we had spice and not sweets or stare in disbelief if I ask them if they want a croggy (dub in NZ), and Dad"Why do you say Now Then - they don't know what you mean. 'Get this clogs on, we're gooin ooam'. Can anyone clear this up? My family recognizes quite a bit of York heritage, as immigrants to the New York/Boston area in the early 1700's but I never realized where so many of these familiar phrases originated; as kids we thought these were the craziest things we'd ever heard, not knowing their history. with something, as in "stop mitherin' me" is "stop CleggyWe used to say Stop "nebbing" i.e. This is a very useful site... my best friend is from Sheffield and is always saying Yorkshire terms on me.. like 'tackle' is Yorkshire for men's, erm, manhood.Being from Surrey, I get very confused, so this site will help to sort out my confusion. John Robinsonmun = musteg: tha mun do it thissen = you must do it yourself. For ages, I was called 'mardy moo' and I had no idea what it meant... now by finding this site, I know what mardy means now! well-veryenjoy! Call it yourself, and see how you like it!" KristinI could use a bit of help defining a nickname: My grandfather was "Wick" which I see means lively but his brother was called "Sike" - any idea what Sike could mean? Angon tivvit! After 51 years away from Yorkshire I still remember all the old slang like, ar tha doin serry, and snogin, ar tha doin cock, get thi pumps on,All coal mining villages had a knocker upper, he had a long stick and knocked on the bedroom windows of the miners to get them up. You only have to listen to the older folk and it's good that many older folk are being recorded. And today, to celebrate this, I’m going to provide a really crazy list of English Slang words to further broaden your English knowledge and education! I'm from Yorkshire but must agree that the cockney language is far superior. TelspatchMy gramma used to say of a Winters morning, with the draught blowing a gale force wind under the door, "somebody put Marilyn's leg in t'ole, 'fore we all freeze to death"... the Marilyn's leg being a rudimentary draught excluder made of sewn up rags or knitted into a "small snake", and then stuffed with old nylons etc. Thank you for wonderful web site.You brightened up my life. Chris BeresfordMy mum uses the word "danny" when refering to hands - it might be a Doncaster/Sheffield thing.Couple of others: poof = footstool, attercrop = spider. "that's a threp in't steans" - not so much a blow to the shins aa a blow t't' knackers (steans - stones). Never heard this from anyone else. ", I'm from yorkshire and it's funny how many words I use from there but dint actually know they were tyke words =D, Bril more oft same, like -Esti brought thee mash in, meaning have you got your tea mix of tea and sugar said by miners, Ay up then Im yorkshire born an' bred an' I'ave 'eard most o' them words. !Here comes a list, some are similar in soundings, some also similar in spelling.bairn-child-BARN.berg-mountain-BERG.brant-steep-BRANT.beck-brook-BÄCK.dale-valley-DAL.fast-stuck-FAST.neb-nose-NÄBB(birds beak).skrike-cry,scream-SKRIK(a scream).sten-stone-STEN.stor-great-STOR.strand-shore-STRAND(beach).sup-drink-SUP(snaps).I wish i could explain more, but it was interessting reading, i just had to share.Thanks alot. It was commonly used by troops stationed in France and came back to England where it was used all over the place. This is brilliant, I've been a Yorkshire lad all my life and i still miss out "the" for a "t'". Graham, born Middlesborough..now in Canada. Yorksha born a Yorksha bred Strong in't bak a week in't hed.You can always recognise a Yorkshireman, he will tell you in the first two minutes of meeting you.The Yorkshire Coat of Arms (see cover of old bound Yorkshireman Magazines) is a quartered shield with a flea, fly, magpie and a flitch of bacon. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I remember one of her favorite sayings if I was being naughty, she would say " if tha dunt behave thesen, I'm gonna knock seven sorts of s... out of thee. Hi!I´m from Sweden, I am surprised to read that some of the Yorkshire words are the same as in swedish!! "mofft't" = I'm going to the - as in - "mofft't shops". and a few other pharses: "ya S*** t'bed or summat? I got talking to one member of staff there, we both agreed that Yorkshire should be it's own country. There is a lot of words I aven't erd for ages, Being a Yorkshire man myself I found sum very funny. The only that I can think up at the moment is "ows thi ben since i sor thi" (which came from a friend from Yorkshire that I no longer have contact with). As kids we always called our school indoor shoes 'Sandshoes' 'Sannies' for short as in 'forgot me Sannies! We lived in a row of cottages and the old ladies there were forever 'swilling 't flags' (washing the stone paving flags outside their homes), donkeystoning 't steps (using an orange stone to draw a line across the front and up both sides of the front doorstep purely for decoration). In Rotherham in 1973 I heard a young girl say "he makes me ruer (Roo-er)". RedMaybe I've missed it - which I don't believe, but you never know - but, if 'nowt' is 'nothing', 'owt' is 'anything' and 'summat' is 'something', what is the Yorkshire term for 'everything'? Nebbin - Being Nosey Barm - (talking) rubbish I know that most of the words from Gods own county come from, proper old english, none of this 'ye olde' crap. My grandmother and mother used to use the saying but no-one else seems to have heard of it. by gum, a glossary fer tha. And did anyone else put tha clobber (clothes) on??. Rick StatherAmazing how people think that these words resemble scandinavian. Thanks! Also: "wingeing" - crying (like skrikin') "Ah've got a pot on" - I'm wearing a plaster cast "Lam it ovver 'ere" - please pass it to me. gander (again my nan used to say that), gear (tell Dellboy hes talking yorkshire when he needs to shift his gear), flumoxed (no way a regional word), gormless (maybe used more in Yorkshire for some reason but not a Yorkshire word! As far as I was lead to beleive these words come from the norse language and are particular to my side of Huddersfield, indeed at uni I met a guy from Slaithwaite attother side of town and he had no idea what I was talking about. 'Giving the Scarborough warning' is when a colleague begins to complain of symptoms of a (bogus) illness, the day before a particularly good weather forecast. Being a yorkshire farmers son you've got it all completely wrong and full of general sayings, very few specific to yorkshire, and numerous yorkshire sayings are missing - a real let down as this could have been a good article. As in Chop Yat being the local name for Chapmans Gate near Stokesley North Yorks. When I was younger, I remember the saying "Eckie Thump" put I can't remember it's context, although I think it was similar to eeh by gum. I can onlt assume he was a big man. Thanks, I've been reading the Inspector Andy Dalziel and Peter Pascoe mystery series and they use these terms a lot. Our Mary went to church one Sunday morn, alt folk did gawp n stare, nt preacher said," Mary this is a house of God, not a flower show ", ar Mary stood up, fit to swallow church n allt folk in and said,” fatha, thy heads bald, nowt in it, nowt on it, wouldst tha like a feather owta a my bonnet.”. I'm just getting to grips with the odd phrase or saying.One that has confused me is 'eyup' I'm not sure if it's 'hello' or 'careful', could you enlighten me please? "ow ist"="how are you?" I lived in Leeds for 12 years and married to a Leeds lad,I love some of the lingo!Here in E Yorks we say 'waint' for wouldn't for example! this, try our How-Yorkshire-are-you? Not sure that bagsey is specifically Yorkshire - we used it in middlesex/surrey in the 60s when I was a kid. eg. "Frame!" Me gran used to say 'ees t'best lad int northe'n union' Alleyway - snicket. Anyhow, al si thi later! This was the room where we sat in the evenings - where the sofa and chairs were and where we watched tele when it arrived. It dates from around 1840 among the predominantly Cockney population of the East End of London who are well-known for having a characteristic accent and speech patterns. I now live in the Algavre in Portugal, with a family based from Wilberfoss and Stamford Bridge. se they later", David HannamDo you want some farming/veterinary dialect? bore on we also say..means hurry up!! 'Get this clogs on, we're gooin ooam'. I remember one of her favorite sayings if I was being naughty, she would say " if tha dunt behave thesen, I'm gonna knock seven sorts of s... out of thee. terry (wellingborough)GANZY = pullover /jersey. Many of these take me back to my own family gatherings as well as good family friends, who shared a similar immigrant background! Im always being told, how nice York and the sourounding areas are. Peter EvansI'm aged 64 and my roots are both Lancashire and Yorkshire. Chumping in Dewsbury. I just note that many of the supposed Yorkshire phrases are anything but - some are as common elsewhere in Britain - like "yonder", for example. i always refer to my hands as 'dannys'. !hafe un ounce u' bacci this means Half an ounce of tobacco! Rodney NormanIn Rotherham in 1973 I heard a young girl say "he makes me ruer (Roo-er)". A phrase that I discovered since moving to Sheffield is: "Got reet dab on" which means I'm very sweaty. bore on we also say..means hurry up!! Rig = back (of a person), V. rare, but it is clearly Scandinavian.4. (Sheffield'ish/Dee-Dah Plus a load of other expressions where the 'th' has been replaced by 'D' - ie 'thee' and 'tha' was pronounced as 'dee' and 'dah'. in reply to Jane Hewitt's question, 'graidely' means satisfying, excellent or great. This is proof that yorkshire is the most conversing county. These are some from my time in practice in Craven and on the North York Moors. CumbrianSum er this applies fer Cumbria too though now. = short for "frame thissen!" My grandma baked lots of small tarts etc, for him to take back to sea,I,ve never heard anyone else use this expression.As they both died about 50 years ago it may have died out now. These are basically rhyming words like "butchers hook" which means "look". "quit chelpin"-stop going on so (not just talking) throng=busy e.g. Alison CravenThank you, thank you Petuniamint - I say 'thoil' and my husband (also from Yorkshire) says I've made the word up! Moving fom Leeds to Horbury in the middle 60s as a young teenager I learnt a completely different language-Wots-up-withi lass? I could not work it out, but I love it! Why ant tha aat laikin dahn at sand oil? and the word gauge is used to mean a pint of beer, "Ayeup!" Sarayou've missed out "breadcake" for bread roll/bun, Liz JacksonMy relatives in Middletn in Teesdale used to refer to the juniper trees near High force as the'scrog'. My grandad used to say 'goodniight' as an exclamation. nout, bagsy, reet, minging, manky, chuddy, eh by gum, go beserk and butty. Please give me the meaning for: b******sbintplonkerssquit (as in "verbal squits") clogs (as in "clever clogs". So different in fact as to prove that there is no such thing as a "Yorkshire dialect". Clart'ead - meaning "Thick as two short planks". Devoe’d. its amazing how many phrases i use and how the number of words that are similar to swedish. Lynsey O´DonnellI was born and bred in Acomb, just outside York. Asking friends etc it appears to be confined to Sheffield and S.Yorks area. Some are hilarious, some are rude and some are… interesting. I used to live in Leeds for a while and when I arrived there, I heard "us" & "usselves" a lot, "us" meaning "our" & "usselves" meaning "ourselves". We're from Yorkshire and we use some of these phrases daily! Yorkshire Slang Street Slang Gay Slang and Polari. My Dad used to tell me this one a saying from when he was young:-"Don't thee 'thou' me, thee 'thou' thissen an' see 'ow thou likes it!" we all say pull up a buffet which means a stool but when i said it today at school the teacher did not understand it and looked it up on the internet and it was not on could you help me please and print it on your site so i could show him. Eg come round to our gaff to night to watch the footie, chelpin=complaining, wittering on e.g. I'd like to include a Yorkshire phrase or sentence, something kind of hard to translate for someone that doesn't really speak it. Sherbert was kaylie. One my mum once said to me that's stuck in my warped head! Many phrases are only from one part of Yorkshire too - there needs to a be a glossary for each riding. my father used to go by "rackateye" when estimating a measurement. Asking friends etc it appears to be confined to Sheffield and S.Yorks area. JoI often hear 'what fettle' and thought it meant 'how's things' so where does this saying come from if fettle means 'tidy' or 'mend'? There are more-give me time to think of them! Chelp means impudence, not just talk.6. (Ireland) ... Yorkshire Chicken Run Translator: Dry = thirsty. Chumping - I agree it means collecting firewood.5. L1TTL3 M155 KN0W 1T ALL!!!! Sum er this applies fer Cumbria too though now. "Threp int' steans" is definitely not a kick in the shins as "stean" is from the OE for Stones, i.e. A great many words have spread and become universally Yorkshire, but there are still a good many words that exist only in certain localities, or which are pronounced differently in different areas. The following day they are, needless to say, off sick – or on 'Scarborough leave'. Or maybe you have a story for us or would like to work together. Kelly'Oss= Horse,Sen=self i.e. - You are warped in the head! -you answer - "because I'm one o' them 8 that walks 9 abreast down Market Hill". A high level door in a mill wall with a crane for tekkin stuff in? mike howardMan takes his sick cat to the vets, the vet says"ey up ar kid whats up? - Are you ready? It translates as "Don't you address me as 'thou'! Im from Sheffield so could it be a local thing? Sheila ScottClart'ead - meaning "Thick as two short planks". I speak in dialect without realising. That's Yorkshire slang and she refused to say what it means. My Grandad had a Natling Shed. A couple of things: 'Mardy' definitely is used in North Yorkshire (in Stokesley anyway, becasue my in-laws use it a fair bit). Colin weatherillnow living in Scotland, Born in Whitby. I love the Yorkshire accent and the people who are lovely. For ages, I was called 'mardy moo' and I had no idea what it meant... now by finding this site, I know what mardy means now! Laura Marie Stephensoni love yorkshire i do!! Tarra. Lesley Sharpe (Bradford)I know this is probably an old topic but just wanted to say how lovely it is to finally find the full poem about Mary going to church in her new bonnet, my gran (From Bradford) used to say it to me as a child and since she passed away I've wanted to get hold of the full poem, many thanks to Pam for putting it on here. Bowl (rhyme with howl)= a hoop.3. (Not too sure of the dialect spellings). This was the room where we sat in the evenings - where the sofa and chairs were and where we watched tele when it arrived. moorbyYorkshire born yorkshire bred strong in't arm thick in't 'ead. Hilarious! My favourite is snicket which I love to rebel and use instead of alley. RalphEven a Newfie like me knows "tha's a threp in't steans" means " that's a kick in the balls". I now feel i have an accent to be proud of. Angela McMurtry QLD Australia'It's raining oer our Harrys mothers' was an expression my Nan from Halifax used a lot. Author: Peter M. Lopez. Interview with Yorkshire dialect expert Dr Not to forget Tarn for lake....i believe Tjarn is small lake in Swedish?? "If thas gunna do owt for nowt, mek sure tha does it for thissen" Meaning only do something for free if your going to do it for yourself. me sen=myself, Kris"t'int int' tin" = it isn't in the tin. This is as my great grandma Florrie Hall would say. I'm originally from Hertfordshire, & when I first came up here one of my work colleagues, at the end of the day, said 'Reet, I'm gan yam' (Right, I'm going home). Can anyone clear this up? I could not understand the men from Pontefract (only 20 miles from York!) Fantastic! See all, here all, say nowtEat all, drink all, pay nowtYorkshire Proverb. fab I am proud to have a regional accent! Follow Follow @British__Slang; What is British Slang? We're from Yorkshire and we use some of these phrases daily! I'll have to disagree with "johny (bradford) Charver = mate" as this expression is slang for mate and not "Gud Oild Yarkshire Dielect, But Muck lather is = Sweat i.e. John ParrYou've left out "More clout than dinner", a complaint from miners about the paucity of their cloth-wrapped food. Amazing - went looking for a recipe for Scufflers and found this site... takes me back a bit. I always wondered how she was going to do that. ", TykeI'm from yorkshire and it's funny how many words I use from there but dint actually know they were tyke words =D, Dave Almond - LeedsBril more oft same, like -Esti brought thee mash in, meaning have you got your tea mix of tea and sugar said by miners, wesleyAy up then Im yorkshire born an' bred an' I'ave 'eard most o' them words. Don't thee thee thou me thee thou "thi sen" an' see @ow tha likes it. pam connollyThis is as my great grandma Florrie Hall would say. On the east coast it's often 'thoo' instead of you, or thou, & 'coom in 'unny' (come on in honey) The old story goes that some Filey men were on a railway station (years ago in war-time) and folk thought they were Russians as they couldn't understand them - hence 'Filey Rooshens'. I assumed it meant "little" but would like to know for certain.