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17 Feb 14 - 10:48 AM (#3602233) Subject: Folklore: translations from 'the Yorkshire' From: GUEST,leeneia Recently I read some mysteries by English author Marjorie Eccles. She grew up in Yorkshire, and her stories are mostly set there. I'm setting out some language I, an American, found interesting for the Mudcat's explanation and enjoyment. [on eating chocolates] …another cracknel! She never learned, they were always the ones that were left. What's a cracknel? In America, we dread the raspberry jellies. ========= The original [wall] paint, magnolia from top to bottom. I see references to magnolia paint quite often. Surely it's not the sickly pink-purple of the flower on a magnolia tree, is it? ========== It was a long time since Rumsden Garth had seen such activity. I thought Garth was a Welsh masculine name. =========== 'Come in and have a cup of tea while I tell you. I've just mashed.' Is she cooking potatoes? ========== the best fish and chips anywhere in the northern union Hmm, I've heard of the union of Scotland and England, but what's the northern union? ========= …the cushions, which she insisted in leaving quatri-cornered along the sofa. quatri-cornered? ======== A quaggy four and half acres, overgrown with sycamore... quaggy? ========== Scotty was a slummocky type, not one of CID's finest. slummocky? ========= A kitchen pinger on the table… The 'pinger' is self-explanatory. Such a cute name for timer. We've taken to using it at our house. ============ He was huffed she'd gone off without leaving him a message.. huffed? |
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17 Feb 14 - 11:44 AM (#3602253) Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from 'the Yorkshire' From: IanC Cracknel = hard toffee magnolia is an off-white shade very commonly used as chepa paint for walls throughout the UK. Not particularly Yorkshire Garth (Home Close in Southern England) is a small enclosure close to the farmhouse where baby or sick animals (sometimes pigs) are kept mashing = brewing / stewing. In the rest of England it is used for the 1st process in making beer The Northern Union is another term for Rugby League and, by association, where this is played (as opposed to Rugby Union) Quaggy = boggy (from normal English "Quagmire" = bog slummocky = messy or untidy huffed is just the [verb/past tense] of huff in use throughout UK ("she went off in a huffed"). :-) |
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17 Feb 14 - 11:46 AM (#3602256) Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from 'the Yorkshire' From: IanC a huff !!! |
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17 Feb 14 - 11:59 AM (#3602260) Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from 'the Yorkshire' From: theleveller I'd go along with Ian on everything except cracknel. That's a type of praline made from hard toffee and nuts, a bit like peanut brittle but with smaller bits of nuts. In chocolates it's crushed and mixed in with the chocolate. The magnolia flower isn't always pink - I have one that's a delicate off-white, which is what the paint colour is. |
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17 Feb 14 - 12:48 PM (#3602276) Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from 'the Yorkshire' From: GUEST, topsie I would think 'quatri-cornered' cushions were arranged in a row with the corners top and bottom to make diamond shapes, rather than lined up with the sides parallel, or just thrown haphazardly (like mine). |
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17 Feb 14 - 01:14 PM (#3602288) Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from 'the Yorkshire' From: Willa He was annoyed (huffed) I've just mashed. I've put the tea (nowadays it might be teabags!)in the pot and it's brewing for a few moments. |
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17 Feb 14 - 01:26 PM (#3602294) Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from 'the Yorkshire' From: GUEST, topsie To go off 'in a huff' is used in the US - witness Groucho Marx: 'in a minute and a huff'. |
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18 Feb 14 - 01:11 PM (#3602590) Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from 'the Yorkshire' From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks, all. Ian, I never thought of the northern union in connection with sports. It's interesting that it's Rugby. I'm chuffed to hear about huffed. Garth - so Garth Brooks, the famous country singer, is named for the animal nursery? I wonder if he knows. Yesterday I was reading an archeology book that defined the toft, the garth and the croft. I never did understand exactly what the toft was. ========= We just 'updated' our Windows 8. It took a LONG time. How long, I can't tell you because I gave up, went to bed and let it run. We do seem to be back in business. |