Eyup isithee?


A few more Sheffield colloquialisms for you.
Eyupsithee – general purpose greeting, broadly equivalent to “Hello, are you all right?”
Nardenluv – alternative to the above.
’Supwidee – impertinent enquiry as to what ails one’s interlocutor.
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Hide AdGeddesenoff or Geddesenaart – indication that one does not agree with what has just been said.
Geeor – please desist.
And sitch – etcetera.
Tifarno – indication that one does not know the answer to the question posed.
No oil in thee lamp – displaying no initiative.
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