Old local expressions

[cashman]

Always been Left Footer as far as i know.

[garinda]

Don't know if it's already been mentioned. Apologies if it has.

'Moss nor sand'.

Said when you can't understand something.

'I've read the bleedin' instructions twice, and I still can't make moss nor sand of 'em.'

[garinda]

I've forgotten which words and phrases have already been brought up, in the various threads.

Another good Lanky word though, 'moidered', meaning worried.

'She's not seen hide n'hair of him since last Friday, she's reet moidered now.'

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by garinda

I've forgotten which words and phrases have already been brought up, in the various threads.

Another good Lanky word though, 'moidered', meaning worried.

'She's not seen hide n'hair of him since last Friday, she's reet moidered now.'

You probably misheard - 'moither' not 'moider' is the word I remember.
moither - Wiktionary

[janloot]

always remember my granma say if you was stood in front of her and she wanted to see, thad mek a better door than a winda

[flashy]

i still say that now, i think a lot of people do

[walkinman221]

My grandad didn't like to swear so he used to say" blood and sand" when anything went wrong.

[flashy]

mi gran (being catholic) used to say 'Jesus, Mary and Joseph' instead of swearing

[susie123]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

You probably misheard - 'moither' not 'moider' is the word I remember.
moither - Wiktionary

Yep Margaret, me too... or mither as in mithered.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

You probably misheard - 'moither' not 'moider' is the word I remember.
moither - Wiktionary

I've got perfect .

I've heard both moither, and moider.

To me moither is more usually used to mean bother.

'Stop moitherin' me, I've got to get this finished.

Moidered to me means worried, upset.

Moider - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

[garinda]

Originally Posted by susie123

Yep Margaret, me too... or mither as in mithered.

The thing with dialect is there really is no right, or wrong.

It was, is, an ever evolving, spoken communication, that could very, very localised.

Usage could be different, in areas separated by a few fields.

I've heard both mither, moither, and moider used.

With moither and moider being used for slightly different meanings.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by walkinman221

My grandad didn't like to swear so he used to say" blood and sand" when anything went wrong.

My Dad did too.

I never, ever heard him swear, but when he said that, you'd know he was really mad, and so gave him a wide berth for a bit.



I've mentioned it before, and no one really knows where it came from, even though it's apparently not uncommon.

Some think it was from a film, of the same name.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Another one was 'Blood and Stomach pills'........or 'Crikey Moses'......and my gran used to say 'Sugar', in a very exasperated tone of voice....it wasn't swearing, but sounded like it was.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by flashy

i still say that now, i think a lot of people do

I use it often Shaz, especially when footies on TV

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Another one was 'Blood and Stomach pills'........or 'Crikey Moses'......and my gran used to say 'Sugar', in a very exasperated tone of voice....it wasn't swearing, but sounded like it was.

Hell my mum used to say both Crikey Moses and Blood and Stomach pills Margaret