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New to Brickwerks? thinking of ringing? maybe you should read this page to assist you in trying to communicate with us!
Or, heaven forbid a visit to our premises could leave you dumbfounded!
| addle |
earn |
| allus |
always |
| am bahn |
I'm leaving |
| appen |
perhaps |
| appy as a pig in sh*t |
very happy, content with oneself |
| arse over t*t |
head over tail |
| aye |
yes |
| b'aht |
without |
| bad 'un |
no good |
| badly |
not in a good state of health, i.e.'How's Martha?', 'She's badly.' |
| bagsey |
childhood term, i.e. 'bagsey my turn!' |
| bairn |
child |
| bait |
snack |
| bait, bait box |
snack/ packed lunch |
| be reyt |
it'll be alright |
| belt |
hit, thrash |
| best y'do |
see that you do |
| beuwer |
Unactractive girl |
| black as ace a'spades |
very dirty |
| black bright |
very dirty |
| blubberin |
crying |
| bog |
toilet |
| bonce |
head |
| bonny |
pretty |
| bracken |
ferns |
| bray/braying |
beating e.g. "you'll get a good braying" or "I'll bray you" |
| britches |
trousers, knickers |
| budge, budge up |
move, move up |
| buggerlugs |
endearing term for a cheeky child |
| butty, butties |
sandwich, sandwiches |
| cack-handed |
left-handed, clumsy |
| callin’ |
talking or gossiping |
| can't be ars*d |
can't be bothered |
| champion |
excellent |
| chelpin' |
talking |
| chippy, chip 'ole |
fish and chip shop |
| chuckin(g) y'guts up |
being sick |
| chuddy |
chewing gum |
| chuffed |
pleased, excited |
| clout |
cloth or slap |
| cole 'ole |
coal cellar |
| couldn't organise a p*** up in a brewery. |
badly organised, can't do anything right |
| courtin’ |
going out with, dating. |
| coyt |
coat |
| daft as a boat horse |
stupid |
| daft as a brush |
stupid |
| daft as a posser 'ed |
stupid |
| dale |
valley |
| delve |
dig |
| down't (road) |
down the (road) |
| dunt |
don't, doesn't. |
| ead |
head |
| eck |
hell |
| eeh by gum |
oh my God |
| ey up |
Hello, look out, be careful |
| faffing |
messing about |
| fair t' middlin |
fair to middling, in the middle |
| famished |
hungry, starving |
| fast |
stuck |
| fettle |
to tidy/mend |
| flaggin’ |
getting tired |
| flags |
paving stones |
| flippin 'eck |
(flipping heck) exclamation of shock and surprise |
| flit |
move house |
| flitin' |
moving house, Doing a flit. Midnight flit – moving without telling anyone. |
| flower |
term of endearment, “Alright flower?” |
| flummox, flummoxed |
confuse, puzzle, confused |
| frame |
get a move on |
| fratch |
quarrel |
| friggin' |
a curse |
| frozzed, frozn |
referring to face or fingers being very cold |
| gaffer |
boss |
| gander |
look at |
| gassin |
talking, usually when you should be working |
| gear |
items, things |
| gi' over |
give over, stop it |
| ginnell |
Alleyway, same as Snicket” |
| gip, gipping |
retch, retching |
| giz, gizza, gizzyer |
give, give us, give your |
| good 'un |
good one |
| goodies |
sweets |
| goosegog |
gooseberry |
| gradley |
grand |
| guff |
fart |
| gunna |
going to |
| ham fisted |
clumsy |
| hell fire! |
goodness me! |
| in a bit |
bye |
| in't |
in the |
| jammy |
very lucky |
| jiggered |
very tired |
| kayli |
sherbert |
| kaylied |
drunk |
| keks |
trousers/underwear |
| kiddin(g) |
telling a fib, joking |
| Laik, laikin |
Play, Playing (i.e. "Is your Lesley coming out to laik?") |
| lass |
girl/young woman/wife |
| lavvy |
Lavatory, Toilet |
| leg |
throw |
| lig, ligging |
Lay, laying |
| lug, lug'ole |
ear, ear hole |
| manky |
not nice, unpleasant |
| mardy |
moody, sulky, stroppy |
| mashin’ |
a brew of tea |
| maungy |
spoilt or peevish |
| midden |
outside toilet (usually earth closet) dungheap, rubbish tip |
| middlin’ |
moderate, average |
| mind |
watch out for |
| minging |
horrible, unpleasant |
| missen |
Myself e.g. "I'll do it missen" |
| mithered, mitherin(g) |
irritated with something, as in "stop mitherin' me" is "stop bothering/irritating me". |
| moff |
I'm Off, I'm leaving |
| monk on |
to be grumpy, to have a sulky face |
| more brass n'brains |
more money than sense |
| mun |
must, will |
| mungry |
I'm hungry |
| munt |
mustn't |
| narky |
moody, sulky, stroppy, (mardy) |
| near as makes n'matter |
close enough |
| neb |
nose |
| neither use nor ornament |
expression of disapproval; useless |
| nesh |
cold. Often exclaimation that an individual is 'soft' for feeling the cold or term of mild abuse e.g. "nesh southerners!" |
| nobbut |
Nothing but |
| not back'ard at comin' for'ard |
(not backward at coming forward) pushy person, Overconfident. |
| not enough room to swing a cat |
very small room, cramped |
| nouse |
sense |
| now then |
hello |
| nowt |
nothing |
| oh aye?! |
oh really?! |
| ovver |
over |
| ow do |
Greeting, how do, how do you do. |
| owt |
anything |
| pack it in |
stop it |
| paggered |
knackered e.g. "I'm completely paggered" or "I've just paggered my dad's car" |
| parkin |
ginger cake made with oats |
| parky |
chilly, cold |
| pawse |
kick |
| playin’ pop |
telling someone off |
| podgy |
fat or chubby person |
| pop |
fizzy drink |
| pot washin' |
washing up |
| put wood in't ole |
shut the door |
| puvverin |
Pouring, as in smoke “Smoke wer puvverin aat”, Smoke was pouring out. |
| rack a't eye |
By the rack of the eye, judgement by eye of accuracy of lengths etc |
| radged |
Mad, angry |
| ratty |
grumpy |
| real |
good or outstanding |
| reckon |
think |
| reeks |
smells horrible |
| reight |
right |
| rive |
tear up or split |
| rum'n |
Cheeky/bit of a character e.g. "He's a rum'n", a rum one. |
| s*** with sugar on |
over-elaborate, posh food |
| sarnies |
sandwiches |
| Scarborough Warning |
bad behaviour that will result in a punishment, i.e. "You better watch it, you're on a Scarborough warning young lady". |
| scran |
food |
| scrodger |
Screwdriver |
| seethee |
do you see? Understrand (often used at the end of a sentence) |
| sh' in't in |
she isn't in |
| shuft up |
make more room (when sat together) |
| side/ side the pots |
clear/ clear the table |
| silin’ |
raining heavily |
| sithee |
goodbye (see thee) |
| slart |
splash |
| snap |
food |
| sneck |
iron door latch or nose |
| snicket |
small alleyway or footpath |
| spell |
splinter of wood in the skin |
| spice |
sweets |
| spoggs |
sweets |
| sprog |
child |
| spuggy |
sparrow |
| stair rods, p*ssing stair rods |
heavy rain. |
| stalled |
out of patience, fed up |
| strand |
shore |
| suited |
pleased |
| summat |
something |
| sup |
drink |
| sup up |
drink up |
| ta |
thanks |
| tarra |
bye |
| tek |
take |
| thee, tha |
you |
| think on |
remember |
| thissen |
yourself |
| throng |
Commotion |
| throng on |
very busy |
| Tyke |
Yorkshireman, woman or dog - not always complimentary |
| un |
one |
| underdrawin' |
loft (in a house) |
| utch up |
make more room (when sat together) |
| vexed |
angry |
| waint |
won't |
| wang |
throw |
| watter |
water |
| well, I'll go to't foot of't stairs/ I'll go to our house |
expression of amazement |
| were ya born in a barn? |
you've left the door open: close it! |
| where's it at? |
where is it? |
| while |
until e.g. "I'm working while seven" |
| wick |
alive or lively |
| yon, yonder |
over there |
| addle |
earn |
| allus |
always |
| am bahn |
I'm leaving |
| appen |
perhaps |
| appy as a pig in sh*t |
very happy, content with oneself |
| arse over t*t |
head over tail |
| aye |
yes |
| b'aht |
without |
| bad 'un |
no good |
| badly |
not in a good state of health, i.e.'How's Martha?', 'She's badly.' |
| bagsey |
childhood term, i.e. 'bagsey my turn!' |
| bairn |
child |
| bait |
snack |
| bait, bait box |
snack/ packed lunch |
| be reyt |
it'll be alright |
| belt |
hit, thrash |
| best y'do |
see that you do |
| beuwer |
Unactractive girl |
| black as ace a'spades |
very dirty |
| black bright |
very dirty |
| blubberin |
crying |
| bog |
toilet |
| bonce |
head |
| bonny |
pretty |
| bracken |
ferns |
| bray/braying |
beating e.g. "you'll get a good braying" or "I'll bray you" |
| britches |
trousers, knickers |
| budge, budge up |
move, move up |
| buggerlugs |
endearing term for a cheeky child |
| butty, butties |
sandwich, sandwiches |
| cack-handed |
left-handed, clumsy |
| callin’ |
talking or gossiping |
| can't be ars*d |
can't be bothered |
| champion |
excellent |
| chelpin' |
talking |
| chippy, chip 'ole |
fish and chip shop |
| chuckin(g) y'guts up |
being sick |
| chuddy |
chewing gum |
| chuffed |
pleased, excited |
| clout |
cloth or slap |
| cole 'ole |
coal cellar |
| couldn't organise a p*** up in a brewery. |
badly organised, can't do anything right |
| courtin’ |
going out with, dating. |
| coyt |
coat |
| daft as a boat horse |
stupid |
| daft as a brush |
stupid |
| daft as a posser 'ed |
stupid |
| dale |
valley |
| delve |
dig |
| down't (road) |
down the (road) |
| dunt |
don't, doesn't. |
| ead |
head |
| eck |
hell |
| eeh by gum |
oh my God |
| ey up |
Hello, look out, be careful |
| faffing |
messing about |
| fair t' middlin |
fair to middling, in the middle |
| famished |
hungry, starving |
| fast |
stuck |
| fettle |
to tidy/mend |
| flaggin’ |
getting tired |
| flags |
paving stones |
| flippin 'eck |
(flipping heck) exclamation of shock and surprise |
| flit |
move house |
| flitin' |
moving house, Doing a flit. Midnight flit – moving without telling anyone. |
| flower |
term of endearment, “Alright flower?” |
| flummox, flummoxed |
confuse, puzzle, confused |
| frame |
get a move on |
| fratch |
quarrel |
| friggin' |
a curse |
| frozzed, frozn |
referring to face or fingers being very cold |
| gaffer |
boss |
| gander |
look at |
| gassin |
talking, usually when you should be working |
| gear |
items, things |
| gi' over |
give over, stop it |
| ginnell |
Alleyway, same as Snicket” |
| gip, gipping |
retch, retching |
| giz, gizza, gizzyer |
give, give us, give your |
| good 'un |
good one |
| goodies |
sweets |
| goosegog |
gooseberry |
| gradley |
grand |
| guff |
fart |
| gunna |
going to |
| ham fisted |
clumsy |
| hell fire! |
goodness me! |
| in a bit |
bye |
| in't |
in the |
| jammy |
very lucky |
| jiggered |
very tired |
| kayli |
sherbert |
| kaylied |
drunk |
| keks |
trousers/underwear |
| kiddin(g) |
telling a fib, joking |
| Laik, laikin |
Play, Playing (i.e. "Is your Lesley coming out to laik?") |
| lass |
girl/young woman/wife |
| lavvy |
Lavatory, Toilet |
| leg |
throw |
| lig, ligging |
Lay, laying |
| lug, lug'ole |
ear, ear hole |
| manky |
not nice, unpleasant |
| mardy |
moody, sulky, stroppy |
| mashin’ |
a brew of tea |
| maungy |
spoilt or peevish |
| midden |
outside toilet (usually earth closet) dungheap, rubbish tip |
| middlin’ |
moderate, average |
| mind |
watch out for |
| minging |
horrible, unpleasant |
| missen |
Myself e.g. "I'll do it missen" |
| mithered, mitherin(g) |
irritated with something, as in "stop mitherin' me" is "stop bothering/irritating me". |
| moff |
I'm Off, I'm leaving |
| monk on |
to be grumpy, to have a sulky face |
| more brass n'brains |
more money than sense |
| mun |
must, will |
| mungry |
I'm hungry |
| munt |
mustn't |
| narky |
moody, sulky, stroppy, (mardy) |
| near as makes n'matter |
close enough |
| neb |
nose |
| neither use nor ornament |
expression of disapproval; useless |
| nesh |
cold. Often exclaimation that an individual is 'soft' for feeling the cold or term of mild abuse e.g. "nesh southerners!" |
| nobbut |
Nothing but |
| not back'ard at comin' for'ard |
(not backward at coming forward) pushy person, Overconfident. |
| not enough room to swing a cat |
very small room, cramped |
| nouse |
sense |
| now then |
hello |
| nowt |
nothing |
| oh aye?! |
oh really?! |
| ovver |
over |
| ow do |
Greeting, how do, how do you do. |
| owt |
anything |
| pack it in |
stop it |
| paggered |
knackered e.g. "I'm completely paggered" or "I've just paggered my dad's car" |
| parkin |
ginger cake made with oats |
| parky |
chilly, cold |
| pawse |
kick |
| playin’ pop |
telling someone off |
| podgy |
fat or chubby person |
| pop |
fizzy drink |
| pot washin' |
washing up |
| put wood in't ole |
shut the door |
| puvverin |
Pouring, as in smoke “Smoke wer puvverin aat”, Smoke was pouring out. |
| rack a't eye |
By the rack of the eye, judgement by eye of accuracy of lengths etc |
| radged |
Mad, angry |
| ratty |
grumpy |
| real |
good or outstanding |
| reckon |
think |
| reeks |
smells horrible |
| reight |
right |
| rive |
tear up or split |
| rum'n |
Cheeky/bit of a character e.g. "He's a rum'n", a rum one. |
| s*** with sugar on |
over-elaborate, posh food |
| sarnies |
sandwiches |
| Scarborough Warning |
bad behaviour that will result in a punishment, i.e. "You better watch it, you're on a Scarborough warning young lady". |
| scran |
food |
| scrodger |
Screwdriver |
| seethee |
do you see? Understrand (often used at the end of a sentence) |
| sh' in't in |
she isn't in |
| shuft up |
make more room (when sat together) |
| side/ side the pots |
clear/ clear the table |
| silin’ |
raining heavily |
| sithee |
goodbye (see thee) |
| slart |
splash |
| snap |
food |
| sneck |
iron door latch or nose |
| snicket |
small alleyway or footpath |
| spell |
splinter of wood in the skin |
| spice |
sweets |
| spoggs |
sweets |
| sprog |
child |
| spuggy |
sparrow |
| stair rods, p*ssing stair rods |
heavy rain. |
| stalled |
out of patience, fed up |
| strand |
shore |
| suited |
pleased |
| summat |
something |
| sup |
drink |
| sup up |
drink up |
| ta |
thanks |
| tarra |
bye |
| tek |
take |
| thee, tha |
you |
| think on |
remember |
| thissen |
yourself |
| throng |
Commotion |
| throng on |
very busy |
| Tyke |
Yorkshireman, woman or dog - not always complimentary |
| un |
one |
| underdrawin' |
loft (in a house) |
| utch up |
make more room (when sat together) |
| vexed |
angry |
| waint |
won't |
| wang |
throw |
| watter |
water |
| well, I'll go to't foot of't stairs/ I'll go to our house |
expression of amazement |
| were ya born in a barn? |
you've left the door open: close it! |
| where's it at? |
where is it? |
| while |
until e.g. "I'm working while seven" |
| wick |
alive or lively |
| yon, yonder |
over there |
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