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The 21 words and phrases you’ll only know if you’re from Yorkshire
We asked you for your favourite words and sayings - here they are
Have you ever had to bail on a night out because you're jiggered, or been told to stop chelpin' because you're doing someone's head in?
Local dialect is still very much alive - even if some recent studies found that some words and phrases are dying out amongst the younger generations.
But, unless you know what's actually being said it can sometimes seem like a load of indecipherable gibberish.
On The Hoot Leeds Facebook page a while back, we asked our readers for some of their favourite sayings and phrases from Leeds.
Here are our picks of some of the best, in honour of Yorkshire Day...
Summat
Meaning: something.
Example: I need summat to do at the weekend.
Sithee / Sithi
Meaning: goodbye, see you later, contraction of ‘See Thee’.
Example: Aye lad, Sithee!
Reet
Meaning: right or very.
Example: We had a reet good night.
Misen
Meaning: myself.
Example: I don’t like cricket much mi’sen.
Bob into
Meaning: To go into
Example: Just gonna bob int' shop - do you want owt?
Radged
Meaning: angry.
Example: He were radged about his shed being broken into.
Ere mush
Meaning: Hiya, love
Example: Ere mush, how's you?
Tin Tin Tin
Meaning: ‘t’in’t in’t tin.. as in “It isn’t in the tin”
Ketty
Meaning: nasty or rancid, referring to raw meat, offal or rubbish. From Icelandic or Swedish origin.
Example: We can’t eat this chicken, it’s ketty
Bottle job
Meaning: Someone who backs out when the pressure is too much
Example: What a bottle job, he couldn't hack it
Jiggered
Meaning: Exhausted or broken
Example: I'm proper jiggered, gonna have to give tonight a miss mate.
Spogs
Meaning: Sweets
Example: Be good and I'll get you some spoggs later
Laik
Meaning: To play
Example: We've come to see if Kelly's laikin' out?
Ginnel
Meaning: Narrow alleyway, passage
Example: He just run down that there ginnel, I saw him a minute ago
Ey up
Meaning: ‘watch out’, ‘be careful’, or to be used as a greeting, especially when seeing someone/something you weren’t expected.
Example: Ey up lad! Not seen you in ages.
Capt
Meaning: Shocked, surprised
Example: You got me a present? I'm capt!
Buffet
Meaning: Stool / footstool (pronounced like "tuffet")
Example: Get your feet off that buffet!
Kegs
Meaning: Trousers
Example: 'Ere, 'ave you seen my kegs about?
Chelpin’
Meaning: talking.
Example: Stop chelpin’ and get some work done.
Ding
Meaning: to hit heavily, to knock.
Example: I dinged my car door on the wall getting out earlier. Gutted!
Dollop
Meaning: a lump of something, usually food.
Example: Can I have a dollop of mash wi me pie please?
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Leeds
Vinyl-only 1970s-inspired cocktail bar coming to Leeds from team behind some of the city’s best bars
Clementine Hall
A new cocktail bar is coming to Leeds city centre.
If you know a thing or two about cocktails, or just drinks in general, then you're going to be very excited about this news.
The very talented team behind Roland's on Call Lane and The Domino Club, just to name a few, are setting their sites on a brand-new venture.
Introducing Paper Plane, an intimate new cocktail bar that will be taking over the old Casa site in the city's beautiful Grand Arcade.
Paper Plane will be inspired by the glamour of 1970s air travel and will be a vinyl-only listening bar, serving a world-inspired cocktail menu alongside a carefully curated whisky collection.
The space will be lovely and intimate, with around just 40 covers, designed to transport guests somewhere completely different from the minute they step foot through the door.
And what a location too, joining a whole host of fantastic independents in the arcade such as Alfonso's Deli, Stuzzi and Sonder.
For now, we don't know many more details about the project, but we already know it's going to be exceptional cas anything these guys do turns to gold.
Not only has Roland's been consistently one of the busiest bars on Call Lane since they opened back in 2014, but The Domino Club was recently crowned one of the best cocktail bars in the world. Now that is some accolade worth shouting about.
We'll keep you updated with Paper Plane's progress, but Roland's have stated that the site is hoping to open this coming autumn. So we really don't have long to wait.
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When Yorkshire is due to get hot as a fourth heatwave of the year hits the UK
Danny Jones
Yes, ANOTHER heatwave is set to hit the UK - the fourth in 2026 so far - and, understandably, Yorkshire residents are already preparing for the latest blast of hot weather and wondering when it arrives.
Yes, in case you missed the news, more high temperatures are set to spread across the UK and Ireland this month and heading into August.
The increase will gradually build throughout this week, with Wednesday tipped to be the hottest day according to various meteorologists.
While Yorkshire thankfully isn't quite slated to get the sweatiest, parts of the Midlands and the usual suspects down south are set to hit the highest numbers, but the thermometers are still on course to reach around the mid-20s over the coming days.
When does the next heatwave hit Yorkshire?
As per data from BBC Weather and the Met Office, Yorkshire's heatwave started yesterday on Tues, 28 July.
Estimates of 26°C were predicted for this coming Tuesday, with the levels floating in and around 24/25 on the following Wednesday.
The heat is then due to drop off slowly, with top scores of no higher than 21°C on the cards for Thursday and Friday. Although the weekend forecast is less certain at present, one thing that has been announced is reduced rainfall.
Aside from a few more trickles today (Mon, 27 July), the showers or lack thereof cease rather soon, with some of the driest parts of the country already having various effects; for instance, parched parts of Wales have even revealed lost archaeological sites last Friday (24/7/2026).
It would be remiss if we didn't mention the obvious moorland fires across our region, which were sadly exacerbated by hot weather earlier this month.
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31st July 2023 
