Fish and Chips

denis567 | 23:23 Tue 14th Jun 2011 | Phrases & Sayings

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When I was a youngster (many years ago) we used to call fish & chips, fish & nerks, and we used to go to the nerkery for them.
Was this just a local slang term, or did other people use the name nerks for chips?

What does this mean.......

(sic)

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craft1948

I'm in Yorkshire and I've never heard of that.

Mamyalynne

http://www.lovepotato...cts/the-chip-tionary/

mike11111

I think it must have been local. I have eaten fish and chips the length and breadth of these islands and have never heard that word.

craft1948

lol mamya it's called that in Leeds.............they're common in Leeds (waits for ayg)

mrs.chappie

That's a new one on me too (Yorkshire).

Buenchico

In Sheffield it's simply 'chips' but they always come before the fish. (e.g. "chips 'n' fish twarce, pliz luv)"

mike11111

"they're common in Leeds"
No need to wait for AOG, I'm laughing already!

craft1948

"pliz ducks" surely..............

craft1948

No Mike ayg is askyourgran (she's from Leeds)

Buenchico

Sorry, Craft, it's definitely 'luv' in Sheffield. A lot of male visitors to Sheffield are surprised when they hear male bus drivers, and many others, addressing them as 'luv' ;-)

craft1948

Oh okay Chris...............I used to play in a table tennis team with 2 girls from Sheffield and they always said "ducks".

denis567

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Thanks, mamyalynne, for the link. I lived about 12 miles from Leeds at the time, but I had relations who actually lived in Leeds, so that is where I must have got it from.

mike11111

Sincere apologies Gran, I thought that there was a sub-text to the post.

mike11111

There was a thread on here a few weeks back which I can't be arsed to dig out, but it concerned the free scraps of batter put on chips and the various regional names for them. I thought it was quite interesting.

JonnyBoy12

I have never heard them called that, and have been all over the U.K. many times.

bookbinder

My late mother was born in Leeds (1908) and lived there until about 1936. She then moved to Bradford, where I was born. She called fish and chips "fish and fernerks", but I never bothered to ask her for an explanation.