Dialect words used in Hull
Simon Green of Hull has very kindly and expertly compiled a fascinating list of dialect words used in Hull and given permission for us to use it within our research and publish it on the blog. This document arose in response to an interesting conversation we had a few weeks ago. Rachel and I were stumbling over a number of curious local terms such as tenfoot (back alleyway) and more familiar words that had alternative meanings in Hull such as fussy (to be pleased. eg: ‘she was really fussy about your present’).
June 29th, 2011 at 12:54
There are many other words us Cods use such as:
Tansad- a push chair.
Siling – raining.
Croggy – to ride on the seat or handlebars of another persons bike.
And many many others
July 10th, 2012 at 16:30
What about kincough – whooping cough; Split ‘is ‘ed open – a cut, usually minor to the scalp; Back passage or just passage – alley to rear of premises; When playing marbles you would negotiate a ‘set’ – one marble back for every so many sent down; Flags – paving slabs; ‘oss -horse; Open pronounced oppen; Water was watter – or Corporation pop;
October 4th, 2012 at 21:59
just thought i could give you 1 or 2 more hull slang, our lass (sister,girlfriend,wife(my wife hates the word:)) our kid usually brother or male family member