WHETHER you’re celebrating Yorkshire Day by taking a skeg (look) at a laithe (barn) conversion in the Yorkshire Dales or a terraced yam (home) in Bradford with a coil ‘oil (coal shed) in the garth (yard), Yorkshire Building Society is helping potential homebuyers make a reyt move in the region with a useful glossary of Yorkshire dialect.

Charles Mungroo, Senior Manager - Mortgages at Yorkshire Building Society, said: “We hope our Yorkshire dialect glossary will help anyone thinking of flittin’ to God’s Own Country to understand some of the local phrases they may come across when it comes to searching for a home in our beautiful county.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

“We are rightly proud of our Yorkshire roots and of helping people buy their own homes for over 150 years, but as we celebrate Yorkshire Day it is also worth pointing out that about 80 per cent of our business is done outside the region.

“So as we proudly fly the White Rose flag, we’re equally proud to help people save for the future and buy their homes all over the country.”

Yorkshire home buyers dialect glossary (Yorkshire term, Meaning)

‘Ack Roof

Addle Earn

Bog Toilet

Cadger Borrower

Causey Pavement

Coil ‘oil Coal shed or cellar

Cumly Good looking

Fettle To tidy/mend

Flit/Flittin’ Moving house

Gainest Nearest

Gander Look

Garth Yard

Gear Items/things

Ginnell Alleyway

Godspenny’s Money

Good ‘un Good one

Gradley Good/excellent

Laithe Barn

Latin Searching for

Luggin Carrying

Manky Not nice/unpleasant

Middin’ Muck heap

Middlin’ Average

Minging Horrible

Parlour Sitting room

Reyt Right

Skeg Look

Skoil School

Sneck Door

Snicket Alleyway/path

Skint Broke

Tew Work

Yam Home

Yoon Oven