C. T. Suddeth

Ey Up

Some Yorkshire police are Tweeting via Yorkshire dialect. Intrigued me since I understood nothing. And folks still using thee/thou in the 21^st century fascinate me. Yorkshire is norther England, not quite to the Scottish border. Beautiful place.

Yorkshire dialect

thee – you – archaic form

bog – toilet – swamp

boozer – pub – booze

ar lass – wife – our lass

gi orr – stop it – give over

nowt – nothing – naught

owt – anything – aught

towd lad – old man – toad lad

ey up – hello – hey up (Norse greeting)

tha what – pardon – you what

eh – didn’t hear – ay

reyt – ok – right (very)

oyl – hole – missing h

nesh – cold – timid, gentle

chuffed – happy, pleased – swollen with fat