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soup	885620.  Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:55 pm strawhat wrote: You wouldn't use ginnel where I'm from. It's jennal (pronounced jen-nal) in Sheffield, a word that I can't really find a proper English translation to, because ally is something different in my eyes. My own pet Scouser uses jigger for the same thing. In Edinburgh it is vennel
Leith	885625.  Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:05 pm ... and in Stirling: Sma' Vennel
nitwit02	885661.  Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:17 pm Pantechnicon. Haven't heard this word in years.
mckeonj	885674.  Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:37 am soup wrote: strawhat wrote: You wouldn't use ginnel where I'm from. It's jennal (pronounced jen-nal) in Sheffield, a word that I can't really find a proper English translation to, because ally is something different in my eyes. My own pet Scouser uses jigger for the same thing. In Edinburgh it is vennel In London it's a kennel.
Efros	885690.  Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:35 am "Jiggery pokery", a phrase oft used by my old chemistry teacher to convey a fairly involved process, either mathematical or experimental. e.g. the derivation of the relationship between temperature and kinetic energy some jiggery pokery is involved.
NinOfEden	886304.  Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:07 am strawhat wrote: You wouldn't use ginnel where I'm from. It's jennal (pronounced jen-nal) in Sheffield, a word that I can't really find a proper English translation to, because ally is something different in my eyes. My own pet Scouser uses jigger for the same thing. In Donny we pronounce 'ginnel' with a soft G, in Barnsley it has a hard G.
Spud McLaren	886458.  Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:17 pm This thread has reminded me of the one starting at post 612515. There are some QI entries (ho ho) there.
nitwit02	886503.  Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:31 pm Yclept When did we last hear that word?
Strawberry	886569.  Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:25 am i'm watching Inspector Morse and someone said saunter a couple of minutes ago. i like the word saunter.
crissdee	886572.  Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:38 am Somebody once referred to me as a "staunch friend" Made me feel quite warm and fuzzy.
Sadurian Mike	886588.  Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:39 am I like 'scamper'.
Spud McLaren	886592.  Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:41 am crissdee wrote: Somebody once referred to me as a "staunch friend" Made me feel quite warm and fuzzy. Nothing to do with the beard?
Sadurian Mike	886604.  Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:04 am Spud McLaren wrote: crissdee wrote: Somebody once referred to me as a "staunch friend" Made me feel quite warm and fuzzy. Nothing to do with the beard? Someone slip something naughty into the dialysis machine?
Bondee	886745.  Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:35 pm NinOfEden wrote: We have some lovely dialect words here in Yorks that are fading out of use. Some of my favourites are 'mithering' (whingeing) 'ginnel' (alley) + 'nithering' (cold, miserable weather.) 'yorz wrote: nithering is very much in use here, as 'I'm nithered'. The band that I'm listening to at the moment, Crippled Black Phoenix, have a track called The Lament Of The Nithered Mercenary on their first album.
mckeonj	886890.  Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:31 am A good old phrase, not heard recently: 'a thundering disgrace'. Oft used by 'Disgusted, of Tunbridge Wells.'

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