things we have heard in the office...

[aumentou]

are these genuine yorkshirisms, or just my office?

Two while five - from two oclock until 5 oclock

Aw boo - something slightly bad has just happened / an expression of sympathy

Reet used to mean good or surprising or both eg. "Thats a reet catch" "reet film"

Comments

[chiv.livejournal.com]

I always though that 'reet' was from further north, could just be that I've made extreme efforts to avoid learning/developing a yorkshire accent and haven't noticed.

[astatine210.livejournal.com]

Not sure about "Aw boo", but I know the others are pretty genuine.
Pronunciation of "Reet" varies from town to town; where I'm from it's more "Reyt". No, I've no idea what it originally meant :)

[glitterybint.livejournal.com]

I always thought something was "reet good" though, so it seems they are missing out the good bit.

yep!

[delanthear.livejournal.com]

Yep, all sheffield things... Reet is just 'Reet Good' but shorted.

[gwengothelf.livejournal.com]

Yep - all genuine yorkshire...


For a pratical demonstration of the word 'While' see

first and Last and Always by the Sisters of Mercy - a song on there is called 'Nine While Nine'