pants??

[Megg33k]

@urchin: Yay! I think it's the UKers that I was referring to... so I was right after all! I would usually use it to me upset, but I like it for exhausted better. Also, chuffed to ribbons is probably my new favorite phrase!

@sh77: "Shutup Already," hmmm? Well, basically it means, "I hear you. Please stop talking now! You don't need to tell me again!" Ex: I say, "I'm never going to have a baby... EVER! *foot stomp*" My DH says, "We will have a baby. I just know it. Try to think positive!" I say, "Yeah, yeah. Shut up, already, will ya?" Basically, I'm sick of his eternal optimism and don't want to hear it anymore. I've heard enough and would appreciate his silence!

Ok... a convo in another thread just prompted this one for me! I asked, she answered!

DragonMummy: Up the duff is the Brit way of saying pregnant. I personally abbreviate to being duffers!

Megg33k: Ok, that helps a little... but why? I would usually consider one's duff to be their back-side! Like, falling on one's duff would usually mean falling squarely on your arse! LOL So, you can see why I'm confused by pregnancy being called "up the duff" as it sounds more like a porn title than something I would like to be! LMFAO!

Anyone?

 

[Mrs_N]

I love this thread!
re: the whole bread situation I have always referre to them as rolls - crusty rolls for the crusty ones and soft rolls for the soft ones! When I moved to Leeds and asked for a roll they had no idea what I was talking about, apparently it is a breadcake there!

 

[hannah76]

urch - i've never heard of mardy... i like that one..

ok, here's a relevant question for me today: what words do you have for humid? like its going to be super humid and sticky here? i'd say 'muggy'... i know in the maritimes they say 'close'...

 

[urchin]

we'd say close too
muggy is also used though

 

[Mrs_N]

i would use close, muggy or stuffy

 

[needbabydust]

OMG i love this thread! i am from sheffield (uk) and i say Breadcake and Mardy. Its so funny to hear all the little differences in language! keep it up

 

[fizz63]

This is a great thread ... so funny.

for us english folks though - what about when you go to the fish and chip shop ? do you ask for bits, scraps or what ?

my mum met some canadians on holiday recently - my mum was telling her a story about when my mum "played pop" with someone .... my poor dad had to explain it in proper english. The canadian was saying "played pop" what is "played pop" with a very confused expression. haha

 

[needbabydust]

what is played pop? ive never heard that! i say scraps in the chippie

 

[sh77]

Staying with the whole bread theme, we Brits also say that one has a bun in the oven if one is up the duff.

 

[fizz63]

i cant make my mind up between scraps and bits so i tend to do a combination (not that i go to the chippie that often)

played pop is a yorkshire thing - meaning you got annoyed.

Ie - he came home late from work again, and i played pop with him !

 

[urchin]

needbabydust - do you have oven bottoms as well? I used to go out with a Sheffieldian, and it took me ages to work out what oven bottoms were

fizz - they're definitely scraps (though I have heard people ask for batter bits - how boring)

Here's one for you all - if I asked for an Okie, and my bf asked for a poke - we'd both want the same thing, but what is it?

 

[fizz63]

maybe its a west yorkshire thing ... coz i see you are from south yorkshire !

 

[hannah76]

if you asked for a poke in canada, it would mean you wanted to get laid (supposing a woman was asking for it)

 

[needbabydust]

Urchin - What are oven bottoms??????????

fizz - it might be a wyorkshire thing. I never heard it before

i used to be refered to as a 'de da' by an ex from lincoln, never heard that until i was 16

dont know about the okie or poke!

 

[Megg33k]

I agree, a "poke" would definitely be getting laid. An "okie"? That sounds like I'm agreeing with someone! LOL

 

[pinkandfluffy]

needbabydust - in Rotherham they would call you a dee dar as well, my hubby started working in Rotherham a few years ago and they called him a dee dar!

We are living nearly Barnsley. Heard mardy a lot! We did use that in Lancs as well though - or 'mard' at least, "stop being mard" lol.

Someone also mentioned oven bottoms? I think that may be a Lancashire thing as have always used that myself but when I moved to Yorkshire they were baffled

Has been a treat moving to Yorkshire - anyone heard the word 'fettle'? DH will say 'we need to fettle the house' (well he won't say the rest of the sentence in such regular english but I thought I'd translate!).

Have not heard playing pop before though! Might try it on hubby and see if he understands!

No idea what an okie and a poke are???

 

[urchin]

OOOoo an okie pokie mystery - well, I'm not telling you because I'm sure someone will know! (I promise it's not rude!)

Hmmmm, now maybe I'm getting my ex's mixed up - it could've been the Stokie father than the Sheffieldian that said oven bottoms (yet another name for bread rolls )

 

[Kates1122]

Spectacular! I like to pronounce it like Ramada with a 'g' at the beginning and an 'n' rather than an 'm'... I'm sure it's greh-na-da instead of gruh-na-da though. I'd probably get a kick out of your accent... it reminds me of true southern hospitality! Personally, I love the MS accent over the LA one. But the LA accent reminds me of my ex-husband's first wife... LOL Bad memories!!!

Grenada, hmm how can i say it sounds...the nad part rhymes with "made"

 

[Kates1122]

Megg33k: Ok, that helps a little... but why? I would usually consider one's duff to be their back-side! Like, falling on one's duff would usually mean falling squarely on your arse! LOL So, you can see why I'm confused by pregnancy being called "up the duff" as it sounds more like a porn title than something I would like to be! LMFAO!

Anyone?

HAHAHAH!!! I Know this is exactly what i thought first time i read it on here

 

[icsunshine]

This is too funny. I am a yank married to a mackem (sunderland, england) I lived in the northeast for nearly 3 years. Its great when people can't understand him over hear and ask "can you speak english" His reply " we invented the language" I found it hard with all the spelling differences. Jumper there means sweater and here it is a girls dress. He hates that!