Some Yorkshireisms for Carrie

[mifsit]

Ey up - Hello
ows tha bin - How have you been
mekus a cuppa - I'd like a cup of tea please
am guin chipoyle ja wanowt - I am going to the fish and chip shop, would you like something?
Tarra - Goodbye
si thi - Goodbye

I'll post some more when I remember them

[Trying4Thin]

Thanks Phil

We all know the most important one being "chips" (aka: fries!!)

Where did the language originate? Some of that does not sound like English. Latin maybe? Although I do remember fish and chips from '90 when I went to London, France and Scotland.

[mifsit]

I guess it just developed over the years as a regional dialect. We are mainly (but not exclusivly) Viking in our part of the world where as in the south its Anglo saxons. I guess its similar to your side of the pond. New Yorkers sounding different to Texans etc

[Trying4Thin]

Wow I never would have guessed Viking. It's mind boggling when I think about how many different languages and dialects exist today. I can speak some spanish (what little I remember from school) is broken and most likely not grammatically correct.

Clare is giving me "lessons" too.

So just out of curiosity; what are pick up lines like there? Are they as cheezy as the ones here??

[mifsit]

Me: Have you got any yorkshire in you?

Her: No

Me: Do you want some ?

This actually worked once, honest

[Trying4Thin]

I've heard something like that before. Not TO me but I have heard the line.
Somebody fell for that? No comment...

[mifsit]

Well it was at a party when I lived in Windsor and we were both a tiny bit drunk