'Ee by gum !'

[derekpara]

Do people up north still say this ? And what does it mean ?

[Zhukov]

ta,jno

[Mosaic]

No wonder he'd upchucked.

[nescio]

jno,

Ha Ha Ha - nice one !

My mum used to love pobbies .

[Mosaic]

Not be confused with..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zqeahogswE

[missprim]

nescio I'm sorry I have given you the wrong opinion about myself. I was born and bred in Manchester and still live here. My brother married a Derbyshire girl and I lived in Derbyshire for 18months about 6 years ago.
The reason I said 'Places like Yorkshire' is because I am sure that Ee bah Gum probably originated from there and I suspect it is still used in Yorkshire, Derbyshire and 'other places like these' I use it myself sometimes although I don't have the Yorkshire accent.
I do feel you were rather harsh with me over this and I would ask again which part of my post was incorrect?

[Zacs-Master]

I'm from God's county and found nothing in your post which offended me missprim.

[missprim]

I would also like to add this Hale and Pace sketch as it's one of my favourites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm6VC5gdaFA

[nescio]

missprim,
I took umbrage at the seemingly dismissive way in which you categorised Yorkshire - it did appear patronising.
I could take you to task on your representation of typical Yorkshire-speak, but as you are from t' wrong side o' t'Pennines, I will let you off ;-)

There is no need for you to apologise to me.
Anyway, for the record, Yorkshire people do not have accents ¦-)

[missprim]

I did feel the need to apologise as I would hate to think you had a bad opinion of me nescio. Hope you enjoy the clip of Yorkshire Airlines I put on.
We don't have accents here in Manchester either :-)

[Zhukov]

I shouldnt bother if I were you.Somebodies takin" the mickey!

Anyway,as I understand it.You can always tell a Yorkshireman,but you cant tell him much!! ;-)

[Furthernorth]

Just jumping in re pobbies. All our family enjoyed it as youngsters and I made it for my little ones now and again. Hot milk, sugar and white bread cooked for around 6 mins. Very YUM! In Scotland where I live now they call it saps. Also, you should check out Samuel Laycock's Lancashire poem Bonny Brid. It goes something like, 'Thour't welcome little bonnie brid, but shouldn'ta come just when tha did, times are bad. We're short of pobbies for our Joe, but that o' course tha didn't know - now didta lad?' Worth reading the rest.

[pretty_snowdrop]

I am from Yorkshire and i use the expression 'EE by Gum' all the time and hadn't really thought of it's meaning until now. Like others have suggested i can imagine it being used to replace 'oh my god' or 'jesus christ'. An example of using the expression would be, Ee by gum it is windy outside or Ee by gum that shopping bill was expensive.

[annadomino]

For the record, they also feed pobbies to bains by enclosing it in a muslin cloth, and letting the bain suck that.
And folks dont retch, they 'boke', it's a rum place tha knows

[nubster]

Ee By Gum is a dialectical corruption of the name Eboracum, the Roman name for York (Jarvik).
Chris
Salisbury
England