Contracting ooop North

[original PM]

I lived in St Helens for 30 years and have never heard of a Dagwood; not once.

weird - go to a sandwich shop it is normally a choice of bread.

Brown, White,Granary Baguette and Dagwood

I sh*t you not.

[dezze]

There isn’t one. Around our area it’s Stamppot Boerenkool, or kale and mashed spuds with chunks of bacon and a smoked sausage; a bit like Colcannon. Delicious.

They all used to eat raw herring from roadside stalls when I was there...

[thunderlizard]

Mither - OED

moider, v.

moider, v.

("mOId@(r)) Also 7– moyder, moidher, 8 moyther, 9 moither, moidur, -ar, mither, myther, meyther, meither. [Of obscure origin; possibly related to muddle v.]

1. trans. ‘To confuse, perplex, bewilder; to worry, bother, fatigue’ (E.D.D.). Chiefly pass. and refl. Also in pass., to be overcome or stupefied with heat.

"1674 Ray N.C. Words 33 Welly Moyder'd: almost Distracted. Cheshire." "1705 [T. Walker] Wit of a Woman iii. 29, I've been strangely moyder'd e're sin 'bout this same News oth' French King. I conno believe 'tis true." "1787 Grose Provinc. Gloss., Moider, to puzzle, perplex. N." "Ibid., Moytherd, confounded, tired out. Glouc." "1794 J. Williams Crying Epistle, etc. 20 Sure Common Sense is moider'd." "1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 349 One whose intellects are rendered useless, by being in the habit of taking spirituous liquors to excess, is said to be moidert." "1848 Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton vi. I. 90 Don't mither your mammy for bread, here's a chap as has got some for you." "1860 Geo. Eliot Mill on Fl. iii. viii, Scolding her for ‘moithering’ herself and going about all day without changing her cap." "1863 Mrs. Gaskell Sylvia's L. II. ix. 156 She's fairly moithered wi' heat an' noise." "1880 R. Broughton Sec. Th. ii. v, Moidering his brain with temperance meetings,+temperance papers, and such trash." "1900 M. O'Neill Songs Glens Antrim 4 This livin' air is moithered wi' the bummin' o' the bees."

[Fred Bloggs]

Here in the north west it is- "I'm mithered ta death". On a contract in Kent a while ago, no-one knew what I meant. But then again, they were all in bred locals around there, doubt anyone of them had been north of the Thames, ever.

[thunderlizard]

I'm from the North West and I always thought of it being spelt "moither", though of course it was never written down. Mark Radcliffe used to say "e-moithers" instead of emails on his radio show.

[Fred Bloggs]

I'm from the North West and I always thought of it being spelt "moither", though of course it was never written down. Mark Radcliffe used to say "e-moithers" instead of emails on his radio show.

Yes, depends partly on local accent I think. I don't use "e-mither" myself, but I have heard it.

[expat]

Dagwood

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagwood_sandwich

A Dagwood sandwich is a thick, multi-layered sandwich made up of a wide variety of meats, cheeses, and condiments. It was named after Dagwood Bumstead, a character in the comic strip Blondie, who frequently makes enormous sandwiches.

[suityou01]

moider, v.

moider, v.

("mOId@(r)) Also 7– moyder, moidher, 8 moyther, 9 moither, moidur, -ar, mither, myther, meyther, meither. [Of obscure origin; possibly related to muddle v.]

1. trans. ‘To confuse, perplex, bewilder; to worry, bother, fatigue’ (E.D.D.). Chiefly pass. and refl. Also in pass., to be overcome or stupefied with heat.

"1674 Ray N.C. Words 33 Welly Moyder'd: almost Distracted. Cheshire." "1705 [T. Walker] Wit of a Woman iii. 29, I've been strangely moyder'd e're sin 'bout this same News oth' French King. I conno believe 'tis true." "1787 Grose Provinc. Gloss., Moider, to puzzle, perplex. N." "Ibid., Moytherd, confounded, tired out. Glouc." "1794 J. Williams Crying Epistle, etc. 20 Sure Common Sense is moider'd." "1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 349 One whose intellects are rendered useless, by being in the habit of taking spirituous liquors to excess, is said to be moidert." "1848 Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton vi. I. 90 Don't mither your mammy for bread, here's a chap as has got some for you." "1860 Geo. Eliot Mill on Fl. iii. viii, Scolding her for ‘moithering’ herself and going about all day without changing her cap." "1863 Mrs. Gaskell Sylvia's L. II. ix. 156 She's fairly moithered wi' heat an' noise." "1880 R. Broughton Sec. Th. ii. v, Moidering his brain with temperance meetings,+temperance papers, and such trash." "1900 M. O'Neill Songs Glens Antrim 4 This livin' air is moithered wi' the bummin' o' the bees."

See, northern.

[Pogle]

In Stoke you dont have rolls or barmcakes you have baps.
You get called a nesh carrot if you're being wimpy.
You also get mithered.
And all males are called youther.

I remember when I worked for a consultancy down south and I asked in the office if "anyone wants a brew?" - I got blank faces all round.

I've lived in Manchester for over 20 years now, but I can spot a Stokey a mile away

[zara_backdog]

Mithered is used in the Midlands, something I always saying to the kids.

Always love the different ways of asking for a bread roll/batch/bap/cob from the local sandwich place where ever I go - never seem to get it right first time.

The only think I have found the same is a sausage roll - the one that come in pastry.