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.
“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
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