One for t Yorkshire Folk

[Archie_tect]

Geoff Boycott is a Manchester United fan. Should be ashamed to call himself a Yorkshireman.

Actually, he should be ashamed to call himself a Yorkshireman after what he did to Yorkshire cricket.

Exactly!

 

[Archie_tect]

Fitzwilliam, between Pontefract, & Barnsley
(West Riding of Yorkshire)

Trust your instincts, his mother may have smuggled him in....

 

[Venod]

On dads side I have traced the family tree back to the late 1700 hundreds all Yorkshire born, Mums side not as far most Yorkshire born but some Southerners from around the Northamptonshire area have managed to sneak in.

Can't stand Cricket
Love Rugby League
Like Ruby Union when its not a kicking game and the scrums don't 10 minutes to complete.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Tabs are on the side of your heads & not a soft drink

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Ginnel, jitty or snicket?

 

[alicat]

Ginnel or snicket. Never heard of a jitty. I bet you snuck that one in to see if we were paying attention.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Jitty is real to the south of the empire

 

[kynikos]

I've never lived more than 5 miles from Wakie

FTFY

 

[stephec]

Boycott was [is?] a miserable bloke... wouldn't be surprised to find out that he was born in Lancashire...

Steady on, that's not a very nice thing to say, he's all yours

 

[Bazzer]

A few of the preceding I grew up with on the red rose side for example; gip and ginnel. And as for mardy I knew it as marde arse.
Obviously nicked and taken over the border.

 

[kynikos]

When I were a lad there were a bloke called Sam Cheeseborough who lived in nearby Kippax, pronounced locally Kippis. Sam were a prolific letter writer 'n' wag 'n' 'eld court from t' bench at crossroads in middle o' t' village.

Story goes that one day a posh geezer from down South pulled up in 'is car, lost 'n' asked Sam in received pronunciation "Excuse me, old chap, could you direct me to Kippax, please"

"nivver 'eard of it, lad!" was 'is riposte...

 

[classic33]

Jitty is real to the south of the empire

Almost the South.

The term is used in the English Midlands and also in mining communities in the south-east, notably Aylesham.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/jitty

 

[Deleted member 26715]

@classic33 I meant the south of the Yorkshire empire

 

[Venod]

Ginnel, jitty or snicket?

You forgot Snickelway, although its probably the long form of Snicket.
In Sheffield I think they call them Gennels. (pronounced jennels}

 

[Milzy]

[QUOTE 5349910, member: 21629"]And I thought Scouse is horrible.[/QUOTE]
It is. It’s a lot worse.