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[wellinghall]

[Poll #843234]

Comments

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

I'd never seen or heard of haslet till I moved to Sheffield, and I wonder if it's peculiar to Yorkshire, since I don't think I've come across it anywhere else. I used to get it for my ex. He actually liked the stuff...

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

I've said "aye" but for given values of "aye" and the thing about Bill's mum's I found out the other day at work.

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

They have haslet in Sainsbury's.

It's definitely lurgy by the way :)

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

Oh and yes as didius mentions I know of Haslet from seeing it on various supermarket deli-counters

[tree_and_leaf]

Mind, I only know 'mardy' because someone mentioned it in the context of song lyrics. The rest of them, however, I know, and I use a frightening amount of them in daily speech. Not haslet, though... horrid stuff.

[wryelle.livejournal.com]

I ticked monkey as in "spanking the ~ ", which I don't think is what you meant, it is? :o

And charlie as in "a right charlie", or is there some other usage?

Mardy is a local (Notts) word. :D

WTF does Peedie mean?

[estiel.livejournal.com]

What on earth is this haslet??
(I know none of them except monkey as in small primate and aye as in yes.)

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

I'm now pondering if some context would have helped this poll, for instance by "monkey" do you mean as in "cheeky monkey" or the tv show? Or "charlie" do you mean the drug nikcname, the aunt or as in "a right charlie"?

[dreiviertel.livejournal.com]

I know only a few, seeing as I'm forrin. :) Will explanations follow?

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

You get it in Lincs as well- one of my childhood memories.....

Now you can even get it in the North East sometimes. I may also have a recipie somewhere.....

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

A sort of meatloaf type thing, made from Pork with some black pepper. Served cold and thinly sliced as a sandwich filling or whatever.

[mrkinch.livejournal.com]

Ditto, and please? I suspect that even the ones I think I know have meanings I couldn't possibly guess.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Ah - are you from Lincolnshire as well? I was born in Grantham, and brought up on the Leicestershire / Lincolnshire border.

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Yup- from Cleethorpes.....

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks. (Sorry--must respond w/ a vegetarian yuck!)

[romancinger.livejournal.com]

The saying I know is "black over Alf's mother's" and I'd never heard it until I went to Kettering. I think I came across 'mardy' then, too.

[bens_dad]

Mum often put it in my sandwiches. She got it from Booths.

Poll Answers

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all your answers / guesses / suggestions / comments. Several people have rightly pointed out that some form of context would have been helpful for some of these ...

Lurgi / lurgy: Illness, disease (often no more than a cold or rash)
Mardy: Cross, bad-tempered (of a small child)
Owt or nowt?: Anything or nothing?
It's black over (o'er) Bill's mother's: There are dark clouds, portending rain, in the middle distance
Monkey: Fox
Charlie / charlie: Fox again
Aye: Yes
Peedie / peerie: Little (Orkney / Shetland; but I like it)
Haslet / Harslet: I think the description of it as "pork meatloaf" is as good as any; you slice it and eat it cold in sandwiches etc