Phrases or words slipping out of common parlance

[Barlow Boy]

My dad used to call me bugger lugs.

, yeah mine too. I sometimes call the dog it now

[psquithy]

Common one from when I lived in Leeds. 'Them what eats t'most pudding eats 'tmost meat'. Never really understood how it worked. 'Pudding' being Yorkshire pudding of course.

Think it's to do with Yorkshire Pudding as a starter (always was in our house) and if you don't eat it you are not getting much of the Sunday joint on your plate.

We fight over Yorkshire Pud in my family - absolutely no chance of it not getting eaten.

[kk white]

I loved Billy Connolly's story about old phrases. His dad used to say 'Do that again and I'll take my hand off your face." Billy said he didn't mind that at all, it was putting in on at great force that worried him.

[Selby White]

Common one from when I lived in Leeds. 'Them what eats t'most pudding eats 'tmost meat'. Never really understood how it worked. 'Pudding' being Yorkshire pudding of course.

Think it's to do with Yorkshire Pudding as a starter (always was in our house) and if you don't eat it you are not getting much of the Sunday joint on your plate.

We fight over Yorkshire Pud in my family - absolutely no chance of it not getting eaten.

Well I was never short of meat, loved Yorkshire Pud as a starter with plenty of gravy

[mapperleywhite]

Common one from when I lived in Leeds. 'Them what eats t'most pudding eats 'tmost meat'. Never really understood how it worked. 'Pudding' being Yorkshire pudding of course.

Think it's to do with Yorkshire Pudding as a starter (always was in our house) and if you don't eat it you are not getting much of the Sunday joint on your plate.

We fight over Yorkshire Pud in my family - absolutely no chance of it not getting eaten.

Well I was never short of meat, loved Yorkshire Pud as a starter with plenty of gravy

My mother - a daughter of Hull - sometimes used to serve Yorkshire pudding as a dessert with fresh squeezed orange juice and a bit of sugar. There's a certain logic to as the batter is the same as for pancakes.

[mapperleywhite]

Does the Yorkshire credo still get used?

"See all, hear all, say nowt; eat all, drink all pay nowt"?

[Selby White]

Common one from when I lived in Leeds. 'Them what eats t'most pudding eats 'tmost meat'. Never really understood how it worked. 'Pudding' being Yorkshire pudding of course.

Think it's to do with Yorkshire Pudding as a starter (always was in our house) and if you don't eat it you are not getting much of the Sunday joint on your plate.

We fight over Yorkshire Pud in my family - absolutely no chance of it not getting eaten.

Well I was never short of meat, loved Yorkshire Pud as a starter with plenty of gravy

My mother - a daughter of Hull - sometimes used to serve Yorkshire pudding as a dessert with fresh squeezed orange juice and a bit of sugar. There's a certain logic to as the batter is the same as for pancakes.

Pancakes are a starter

[Selby White]

Does the Yorkshire credo still get used?

"See all, hear all, say nowt; eat all, drink all pay nowt"?

You can buy plenty of things such as t shirts, tea towels, etc with it on if you visit the touristy shops in York.

[NottinghamWhite]

He’s got more money than you could shake a stick at ( why would you shake a stick )

[NottinghamWhite]

Just remembered one I’m ganning yam. I’m going home.