DAVIDW 1,702 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 There was an elderly aunt who was a bit on the "simple" side and when she wanted to know the time would ask : "Wot a clock is it wi' yorn" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Don't sound simple to me. Seems a perfectly reasonable way to ask the time ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 My dad was brought up in a small terrace in Sheffield. The only accurate clock they had access to was on a church some distance away. My grandad would say "What's time wi't clockaboon". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Ya daft miduck.....your as nutty as a fruit cake! Both mean a bit Insane or Mad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 My grandma often gave me a clarrup round the tab. If I asked what was for tea she'd say "Skimps!" - "What's them, grandma?", "Bits 'o s*** wi sugar on" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,702 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 If any female was ill, my dads stock phrase was "She's badly, in bed with the doctor" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 Then there was "He/she is under the doctor!" - which, of course, was a much less serious case that if he/she was "under the hospital." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 What about the 10 O'clock horses will get you if your are not in bed early. And itchy hands. If it is your right you are going to part with money and if it was your left you are to receive it. (or was it the other way round?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,185 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 If I did sumat daft (happened quite often) Mam'd call me a turnip, If I was rushing around she'd say "stop acting like a scopoditle!" I have zero clue what a scopoditle is.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 Something you don't hear these days. If you were sick/unwell you were poorly. And if we were being chased off to bed, it was "upper jotter - jildie" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I was sent to bed with 'up the wooden hill'. Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,702 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I don't ever remember hearing it but scopadiddle seems to be more Yorks than Notts and its meaning varies from a spinning top , to mice or spiders or even a part on a spinning machine according to the link below . Something that moves around swiftly . http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-109083.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,185 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I don't ever remember hearing it but scopadiddle seems to be more Yorks than Notts and its meaning varies from a spinning top , to mice or spiders or even a part on a spinning machine according to the link below . Something that moves around swiftly . http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-109083.html That would make sense as Mam was from Sheffield Woodhouse, thanks for the link DAVIDW.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 my sister reminded me of something our mum used to say your so bloody sharp youl cut yersen one day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 When i was a young teenager just starting to go out laddin' with my mates. The meeting place was always our house, one of the last things mam would say as we went through the door was "Keep yer hand on yer Aypni".......Aw MAM! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 When mam was surprised at something, she'd say 'well, damn my rags' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 I haven't heard that one before Katyjay. One similar ......Well i'll be blowed! ........ "Blowed where"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Both parents were brought up in Old Basford, I wonder how many things they said, came from just that area? Mam came out with a lot more than dad did, but then again, his mother's family came from the black country. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 This one i still say.....If someone looks a bit dodgy. We would say, I wouldn't like to meet him down a dark alley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 I haven't heard that one before Katyjay. One similar ......Well i'll be blowed! ........ "Blowed where"? It was "Well blow me down" in ar aas! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 I like the one they use here. Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Cover me in axle grease and call me slick - courtesy of "Cars"! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Me mam & dad went on lots of holidays, left me at 'om...........................We're going now, don't struggle too much & the ropes won't burn, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsdigs 104 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 There was a connecting lane between priory road and gedling road in Carlton which was always referred to as "the twitchell" Never heard that term anywhere else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 T'son 'ere a few times ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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