tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post5838352794135072565..comments2024-03-29T01:58:40.773+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: VocabularyYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48458056862363409992020-10-02T13:17:47.167+01:002020-10-02T13:17:47.167+01:00When F arrived in London (and lived afloat there) ...When F arrived in London (and lived afloat there) she had friend who lived in a barge called Argie. ' seemed a perfectly legitimate thing to call a barge. It wasn't a craft our plastic boat was in any condition to argue with.Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-26704010095034242482020-09-27T11:06:54.065+01:002020-09-27T11:06:54.065+01:00I have seen that yard sign in Whitby Thelma. Thank...I have seen that yard sign in Whitby Thelma. Thanks for that tidbit of knowledge.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-516189894280624952020-09-27T08:36:55.145+01:002020-09-27T08:36:55.145+01:00He is getting on a bit!!He is getting on a bit!!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-36420973189644200232020-09-27T07:38:55.721+01:002020-09-27T07:38:55.721+01:00I go by the feel of words 'argie-bargie' h...I go by the feel of words 'argie-bargie' has a harsh tone, which maybe explains its meaning. Funnily enough 'Argument Yard' in Whitby had nothing to do with arguing but was the name of the person who owned a house down there.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10844718710606950762020-09-27T06:19:57.136+01:002020-09-27T06:19:57.136+01:00I understand that the term was first coined in Sco...I understand that the term was first coined in Scotland and that the "argy" part of it was indeed derived from "argue" or "argument". Your idea about "bargaining" makes sense to me but I have not seen such a suggestion before.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-27346077586145532412020-09-27T06:14:47.277+01:002020-09-27T06:14:47.277+01:00Sounds like the REverend Macdonnell was a good man...Sounds like the REverend Macdonnell was a good man but did he enjoy battered cod?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4986992049910728822020-09-27T02:29:47.565+01:002020-09-27T02:29:47.565+01:00I was thinking that argie-bargie was a shortened f...I was thinking that argie-bargie was a shortened form of arguing and bargaining. Then I read Hilltop’s statement that it had a j or soft g sound instead of a hard g, and my theory went out the window. But it fits argle-burgle. What think you?rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88751971034688002422020-09-27T02:22:06.899+01:002020-09-27T02:22:06.899+01:00Interestingly - one of the last heresy trials in T...Interestingly - one of the last heresy trials in Toronto involved a minister of the church I attend. This took place around 1876.<br />http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/macdonnell_daniel_james_12E.html<br />Margie from Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103835021764804099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-18860989248114778842020-09-27T00:42:15.973+01:002020-09-27T00:42:15.973+01:00There will be some argy-bargy in The Senate about ...There will be some argy-bargy in The Senate about the president's pick for The Supreme Court!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-57412369759851128872020-09-26T23:26:13.491+01:002020-09-26T23:26:13.491+01:00Good grief. I had to look up argy-bargy, pronounc...Good grief. I had to look up argy-bargy, pronounced, apparently, with the j or soft g sound and also argle-bargle, which it is taken from, which is apparently pronounced with a hard g sound! Then I read all the comments and now my head is completely muddled. I'd better have a cuppa joe to clear it up!Hilltophomesteaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926731207526014550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-23393548828509072302020-09-26T23:18:43.662+01:002020-09-26T23:18:43.662+01:00She is getting along fine Jennifer. Thanks for ask...She is getting along fine Jennifer. Thanks for asking. Now 26 weeks pregnant. Time marches on.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-41375355727850517342020-09-26T23:16:37.467+01:002020-09-26T23:16:37.467+01:00I am proud to have been the one who introduced you...I am proud to have been the one who introduced you to the term "argy-bargy" and hope that you will use this helpful expression in everyday communication. Some "argy-bargy" with your telephone line provider seems in order.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-20771884203850228102020-09-26T23:13:46.036+01:002020-09-26T23:13:46.036+01:00I get on fine with the vicar though we never broac...I get on fine with the vicar though we never broach such subjects as God or Christianity. He is a good bloke and surprisingly practical for a man of the cloth. He has climbed half the Scottish "Munros" and hoped to climb the rest in retirement but he has a very painful knee that may need surgical intervention - unless of course there is a miracle!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46634164634186643882020-09-26T22:23:53.208+01:002020-09-26T22:23:53.208+01:00Maybe the word gansey instead of coat.Maybe the word gansey instead of coat.Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85993111840874018392020-09-26T21:51:13.368+01:002020-09-26T21:51:13.368+01:00"Argy-bargy" is a new one on me! We have..."Argy-bargy" is a new one on me! We have lots of expressions around here that leave newcomers mystified, I'm sure. <br /><br />How is Frances getting along? I guess everyone is excited for the arrival of the baby!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-52840877748674188952020-09-26T21:13:19.387+01:002020-09-26T21:13:19.387+01:00Never heard of argy-bargy or argie-bargie or argle...Never heard of argy-bargy or argie-bargie or argle-bargle, but I figured out OH in about two seconds flat on my own. I am, as you say, brilliant (but only in certain areas).rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60772336560591632882020-09-26T18:34:57.868+01:002020-09-26T18:34:57.868+01:00Ask The Micro Manager about "argy-bargy"...Ask The Micro Manager about "argy-bargy" if some of her Englishness remains.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-55200650566736257392020-09-26T18:34:41.008+01:002020-09-26T18:34:41.008+01:00How are you getting on with the vicar these days? ...How are you getting on with the vicar these days? I expect he was happy to let you pay the tip out of the wad you found on the floor. Mind you it should have been at least a tenner for four of you in there for three hours but then he would leave it to you and observe in silence what you left. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3164660579475267202020-09-26T18:16:18.093+01:002020-09-26T18:16:18.093+01:00Of course there are plenty of differences between ...Of course there are plenty of differences between American English and English English and both are forever evolving - which is pretty exciting.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66844875333041567032020-09-26T18:14:49.636+01:002020-09-26T18:14:49.636+01:00For a moment I thought your nickname was Jolly Mol...For a moment I thought your nickname was Jolly Molly but I do not wish to expand upon that thought for fear of causing offence.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79027203552684649052020-09-26T18:13:24.139+01:002020-09-26T18:13:24.139+01:00"Argy-bargy" is not an exclusively a nor..."Argy-bargy" is not an exclusively a northern expression - it is used throughout Britain - but in that moment with the bearded waiter I realised that it is probably an expression that is fading away. You could well be right about auto-correct but I don't think so. If you mis-spell "heritage" when typing you don't get "heresy" back.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-19423300906450694462020-09-26T16:58:57.564+01:002020-09-26T16:58:57.564+01:00I wonder if "heresy" was an auto-correct...I wonder if "heresy" was an auto-correct mistake. (Was the menu typed or handwritten?) If someone said argy-bargy to me, I'd have no idea what they were talking about. It's not something I've ever heard in London! Not that I am yet an expert on the many dialects of England.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43163175710808022942020-09-26T16:55:46.297+01:002020-09-26T16:55:46.297+01:00You'll be pleased to know I knew what argy-bar...You'll be pleased to know I knew what argy-bargy was. I grew up with a word (jolly-Molly) that was very much used used in our house. When I started at university, I told people to put any rubbish in the jolly Molly. Nobody had any idea what I was on about. It turns out it was the name of the company that made pedal bins and my family had taken on that name to mean a pedal bin. Embarrassment all round.ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28440576318297961732020-09-26T15:19:00.363+01:002020-09-26T15:19:00.363+01:00Well, I have never heard of "argy-bargy "...Well, I have never heard of "argy-bargy "either. Now the Hersey-heresy one takes a keen spotter to catch.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-71820877258826383082020-09-26T14:47:40.668+01:002020-09-26T14:47:40.668+01:00I don't even know what an OH is, much less an ...I don't even know what an OH is, much less an argy-bargy. <br />I just looked up OH. I see- other half. I thought it meant Old Husband. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com