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Re: Old local expressions
'Stop traipsin' abaht' - Stop moving about with no apparent purpose.
'Ah've oerfaced misen' - I have eaten too much.
'Ah'm sogginwetthrew' - I am soaking wet.
'Stopped for bobbins' - Unable to complete the task through lack of material.
'Throw your cap in' - Give up.
'Shape thisen!' - Behave properly!
'Yon mon keeps harpin' on abaht it' - He refers to it incessantly
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'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.'
Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.
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