As every proud Tyke knows, next Monday, August 1, is the day when God’s Own County can rightfully bask in the glory of being the best place in Britain.
And that’s because it is Yorkshire Day and we are counting down to the celebration of the place we call home with a light-hearted look the words and phrases you’d only ever hear uttered in Yorkshire.
So dun’t be flummoxed, say ‘ey ‘up and have a gander and tha’ll be yakkin’ Tyke before tha’ noz....
‘Ack: Roof
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‘Ey up: Hello
Addle: Earn
Aye: Yes
Back end: Autumn
B’aht: Without
Bait: Snack
Black bright: Very dirty
Bobar: Poo/rubbish
Bog: Toilet
Britches: Trousers/Knickers
Chuddy: Chewing gum
Coil ‘oil: Coal shed or cellar
Courtin’: Going out with
Eeh by gum: Oh my God
Fettle: Make
Flaggin’: Getting tired
Flippin’ ‘eck: Bloody hell
Flit: Move house
Flummox: Confuse
Gander: Look
Gennel/Ginnel: Alleyway
Gi’oer: Give over
Gip: Retch
Goosegogs: Gooseberries
Lug ‘oil: Ear hole
Mardy: Moody
Mashin’: Making tea
Mi’sen: Myself
Mithering: Bothering
Monk on: Grumpy
Nesh: To feel cold
Nowt: Nothing
‘Ow do? How do you do?
Owt: Anything
Parky: Cold
Phummock peeping out of an ivy bush: Untidy hair
Put wood i’th’oil: Close the door
Reight: Very
Shuft up: Make more room
Silin’: Raining heavily
Si ‘Thi’ later: See you later
Snicket: Passageway
Spice: Sweets
Tha: You
Thissen: Yourself
Wittler: A worrier