Postcards Glossary


Ah - I

 

Aye - Yes, Okay

 

Allus - Always

 

 

Ah'm - I am

 

Cat Hawed (pronounced cattored) - Drunk

 

 

Eyup - Hello/Hi/

 

Fratch - Quarrel, row, argument

 

Gaffer - Boss, master, in charge

 

Gi' ower/Geeoer  - Give over, stop, behave, desist

 

Gradely - Nice looking, attractive, bonnie

 

Mardy - Miserable, awkward, stubborn

 

Maungy - Spoilt, peevish, crabby, bitchy

 

Mekking - Making

 

Nowt - Nothing

 

 

Naw - No

 

 

Narked - Annoyed

 

Ower - Over

 

Reet - Right

 

 

Skelping -Smack/Spank/Slap/Wallop

 

Summat - Something

 

Straif - Flotsam and Jetsam

 

Ta - Thank you

 

Tekking - Taking

 

Tha/Thi - You

 

Thowt - Thought

 

Wark - Ache

 

 

Wi' - With

 

 

Whemmeled Ower - Shaky/Unsteady