Yorkshire sayings - can you all understand them?

[mrs_overall]

1. Are ye lakin'?
2. Back ginnel
3. He's a right geoff
4. Whearst tha gannin?
5. Whearst ma gansey?

[scotman]

2, 4 & 5 only

[craft1948]

I don't get 3

[mrs_overall]

A gansey is a knitted jumper

Calling someone a geoff/jeff is calling them a...ahem....barclays banker

[mrs_overall]

no. 1 is what you would say if you went to call for your friend as a child. It means "are you playing?"

Can also be used as an admonishment - stop lakin' about

[MarkRae]

1. Are you playing?
2 Back passage, in the architectural sense...
3. No idea
4 Where are you going?
5 Where's my jumper

[delphfolk]

yep understand all of them

[Buenchico]

That looks like North Yorkshire to me, Mrs O.

I lived in Sheffield for 20 years and I only ever heard 2 & 4 used there. (Actually in Sheffield, it's just a 'ginnel', rather than a 'back ginnel'). I know what 5 means though, and I think that I can guess what 3 might mean!

[Bobbisox]

are you looking
Back Lane?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Where you going?
Where's my jumper?

[lady-janine]

1. are yiu ready(?) i think
2. back alleyway
3. he's an idiot
4. where are you going?
5. where's my jumper
how am i doing?

[mrs_overall]

You lived in Sheffield Chris?

My condolences lol

[scotman]

What is the derivation of 3 then?

[Buenchico]

It could have been worse, Mrs O. I might have had to endure Leeds ;-)

[MarkRae]

http://www.odps.org/g...php?a=term&d=4&t=5375

[mrs_overall]

1. Are you playing?coming to play
2. Rear alleyway
3. He's a right idiot (or rhyming slang for banker)
4. Where are you going?
5. Where is my jumper/sweater?

[lady-janine]

have to admit background info was married to a yorkie for 20 years.