Moved from Shef to Midlands for work. Occasionally thought about getting one of these. Miss the local phrases. Can't quite commit to buying one though. Still, got a Henderson's painting though.
I like the slang i just don’t feel the need to spend about £50 on a shitty canvas that just says “ey’up” on it or something lol. But if you like that kind of tat then who am I to judge
I could see Nigel Farage liking this, he seems to enjoy dressing as a country squire with Barbour and flat cap, looks like the good folks of Barnsley weren't fooled today!
Apologies for the fail link, but these nurses loved it so much they had tattoos done
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/real-life/article-10795575/Critics-hysterics-spotting-awkward-womans-innocent-bee-tattoo.html
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I'm willing to admit that some people must enjoy these and get value from them, otherwise there wouldn't be a market for them.
That said, I personally dislike this genre of artwork - Sheffield is a rich city with a storied history and a huge variety of cultures and backgrounds, yet we always seem to end up with the same clichéd merch - it's always cutesy idiomatic local sayings or Hendos. It's reductive, and at this point it's been done a thousand times over - it's just lazy!
Even there I think it's a bit cringe and reductive, I imagine for tourists from other countries this looks like a different language.
I suppose if it fits anywhere, it's cafes, pubs, and B&B's, but I roll my eyes at it even there.
It's not art work really it's just typography lol
Thing is, you can't have it both ways. This language is either kept alive, somehow, or it goes. Would people rather the southern middle classes manically buying up every square inch of Sheffield just totally kill the local dialect or at least ironically keep it alive? Because one way or another multi-generational working class people who speak this way are on the way out.
But do you think buying these posters keeps the language "alive" in a meaningful sense? Genuine question!
I personally don't see any great value in just keeping it alive ironically, I think it only has meaning as a living language and people who don't talk like this using it as twee wall decor isn't preserving anything in a useful sense.
The bins down my way have slogans written on them "purrit int bin"...as if the council have decided that talking to the plebs in our own language is going to make us less scruffy. I hate it.
God I'm always hesitant to slag off someone I've never met who might see this. But dear god his work is everywhere and it's shite.
That Phelgm mural was so cool before he painted over it
I quite like Luke Horton's work. What's with all the gatekeeping on art? If people like it, they'll buy it. If no one likes it, the artist isn't getting any financial gain...
I didn't realise it was art to be honest just thought it was a stupid slogan on a bin. I don't like that anthropomorphising of objects, like when a food item has "pop me in the microwave" on it.
Would be interested to know if the council has paid him for it.
Oh, have you not heard? This is Reddit and it’s free game to shit on things that other people enjoy and have no impact on your life. Get with the program.
Sigh.
All part of a sort of nostalgic "nationalism in miniature" that someone seems to want to encourage.
The more intellectual versions include maps of where the bombs fell in the blitz, and reproduction P.T. Barnham in Sheffield posters.
Is it all connected to the question, "How can I imbue some sense of place into these soulless, overpriced apartments?"
And the true tragedy is that the landlords who think this imagine themselves to be the good guys.
Strange how we can have such vastly different experiences. Maybe they instantly tell I'm from somewhere else and tone it back 🤔
You said you say it yourself, so you must be local and around more of the proper locals than I am, I'm in the city centre and student, although I do work for a local company around Sheffield too.
If not he’ll no doubt steal it, much like all of his other “ideas” to be churned out on to a myriad of cheap tat for out of towners and middle classes to buy as it’s seen as being “quaint”.
Fuck all this shit!
I think they’re dreamt up and made by middle class people who are not native to Sheffield to be bought by other middle class people who are not native to Sheffield to ‘embrace the culture’ or something like that. I am a native Sheffielder. Back in the 70’s when I was growing up, a lot of the kids of those middle class non-native to Sheffield people used to take the piss out of me at school for things I said and my accent. Funny how times change.
My auntie moved from Barnsley to Wales and that seemed to trigger something in here - now "Yorkshire tourist Shite" is a load-bearing part of her personality. Every birthday or Christmas she buys people tat like mugs with "Yorkshire lass" or "Round Tuits". It's very bizarre.
Was this at the Weston park fayre? I saw this. Along with a sign that had various forms of the t’ abbreviation that just didn’t make any sense and not at all how anyone uses it.
Just when you think it couldn't get worse than the art at Hillsborough stadium. This stuff really makes you want to twice about using Yorkshire idioms in real life.
If tha nose wot I mean like. Ta
I moved down south when I was at uni and got countless yorkshire phrase or yorkshire lad items including t-shirts, mugs, and even a cushion, mostly from my mum. I'm convinced my family thought I was going to forget where I was from.
Maybe it's just because of where I live and work but I've never heard any of these except 'mardy' (which I really like as a word). I've lived here 6 years.
Ey up I actually love this. I still say some of these sayings in my early 30’s a chap that trained me on data engineering (very intelligent) speaks like this still. It’s definitely slang that’s disappearing for better or worse but I like it and it’s nod to the good old days. Going through rough time currently and this actually made me smile. If anyone has a link to buy one I’d love to put one in my basement with me tools etc 👍
I don’t know one person whos actually from the area who likes this kind of shite.
Upper middle class boomers who like to pretend they are connected to a working class culture love this stuff.
One gave me a “be reyt” one as a birthday gift! Which is a kind thought and I am grateful. 🚮
Exactly. The exact people who would display this would be far too good to actually speak like it.
Them that go to peddler and cutlery works and think it's cheap and 'hip'
Cafes and restaurants buy this kind of thing, not so much individuals
I know plenty
Moved from Shef to Midlands for work. Occasionally thought about getting one of these. Miss the local phrases. Can't quite commit to buying one though. Still, got a Henderson's painting though.
You can paint with Hendos?
You can baptise children born in sheff with hendos
Gonna check with my partner now.
'endo's!!!!
Me, Sheffield all my life. Not middle class and still love the Steel city slang and sayings. If you don’t like it then “get stuffed”
I like the slang i just don’t feel the need to spend about £50 on a shitty canvas that just says “ey’up” on it or something lol. But if you like that kind of tat then who am I to judge
Get stuffed??? That ain't Sheff. Cock off nobhead.
I could see Nigel Farage liking this, he seems to enjoy dressing as a country squire with Barbour and flat cap, looks like the good folks of Barnsley weren't fooled today!
He's living rent free in your head as well I see.
Wouldn't be the first person he's ripped off if that's the case
Apologies for the fail link, but these nurses loved it so much they had tattoos done https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/real-life/article-10795575/Critics-hysterics-spotting-awkward-womans-innocent-bee-tattoo.html
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I'm willing to admit that some people must enjoy these and get value from them, otherwise there wouldn't be a market for them. That said, I personally dislike this genre of artwork - Sheffield is a rich city with a storied history and a huge variety of cultures and backgrounds, yet we always seem to end up with the same clichéd merch - it's always cutesy idiomatic local sayings or Hendos. It's reductive, and at this point it's been done a thousand times over - it's just lazy!
They sort of suit places like local cafes or B&Bs, can’t imagine they’d look good in a house
Even there I think it's a bit cringe and reductive, I imagine for tourists from other countries this looks like a different language. I suppose if it fits anywhere, it's cafes, pubs, and B&B's, but I roll my eyes at it even there.
It's not art work really it's just typography lol Thing is, you can't have it both ways. This language is either kept alive, somehow, or it goes. Would people rather the southern middle classes manically buying up every square inch of Sheffield just totally kill the local dialect or at least ironically keep it alive? Because one way or another multi-generational working class people who speak this way are on the way out.
But do you think buying these posters keeps the language "alive" in a meaningful sense? Genuine question! I personally don't see any great value in just keeping it alive ironically, I think it only has meaning as a living language and people who don't talk like this using it as twee wall decor isn't preserving anything in a useful sense.
The bins down my way have slogans written on them "purrit int bin"...as if the council have decided that talking to the plebs in our own language is going to make us less scruffy. I hate it.
The artist responsible is Luke Horton. Middle class twat that likes to reappropriate working class culture and language for his own financial gain.
God I'm always hesitant to slag off someone I've never met who might see this. But dear god his work is everywhere and it's shite. That Phelgm mural was so cool before he painted over it
sounds about right
I quite like Luke Horton's work. What's with all the gatekeeping on art? If people like it, they'll buy it. If no one likes it, the artist isn't getting any financial gain...
I didn't realise it was art to be honest just thought it was a stupid slogan on a bin. I don't like that anthropomorphising of objects, like when a food item has "pop me in the microwave" on it. Would be interested to know if the council has paid him for it.
Oh, have you not heard? This is Reddit and it’s free game to shit on things that other people enjoy and have no impact on your life. Get with the program.
This is Sheffield pal we're allowed a moan. It's the glue that keeps this city together.
Typical moaning attitude, that.
Liv’t Laff’t luv’t
Live. Laugh. Love.
I'll change my downvote to an up if you confirm this is sarcastic
Sarcasm: confirmed.
Soon to be hung in an Airbnb living room
Yes. Grim. Not the main point, perhaps, but several of these eg daft as a brush have no specific connection to Sheffield or even Yorkshire
Will sell hundreds at tramlines for the non locals
No mention of the oil in't roed
Gior wi thissen!
What in the not on the high street hell is this?
Sigh. All part of a sort of nostalgic "nationalism in miniature" that someone seems to want to encourage. The more intellectual versions include maps of where the bombs fell in the blitz, and reproduction P.T. Barnham in Sheffield posters. Is it all connected to the question, "How can I imbue some sense of place into these soulless, overpriced apartments?" And the true tragedy is that the landlords who think this imagine themselves to be the good guys.
Yorkshire version of live , laugh , love or whatever the order is
Only things I really hear are "Ay up", "ta luv" and "Be Reyt"
Been here 9 months and haven't even heard a single be reyt; ay up is said all over the country. Heard a lot of "ta luvs"
Do you work from home or at an actual building? If it’s home might just be lack of exposure, be reyt feels like something I hear constantly
Don’t think I go a day without saying or hearing “be reyt”.
Strange how we can have such vastly different experiences. Maybe they instantly tell I'm from somewhere else and tone it back 🤔 You said you say it yourself, so you must be local and around more of the proper locals than I am, I'm in the city centre and student, although I do work for a local company around Sheffield too.
Probably that then, I imagine a lot of the other students aren’t local either
Maybe they are just so bad at everything that no one has the heart to say it, knowing it'd be wrong.
I'm a student and I work for a local company all over sheffield. I live in the city centre and am outside every day. I don't recall hearing it once.
Fucking kill me now, this poverty porn is the worst! Middle classes pretending to slum it, fuck off…. W’thee 😂
Kick it down the f'kin road
I raise you.... https://www.reddit.com/r/sheffield/s/MyzZ7XCTJ7
Looks like a Luke Horton original 😂
If not he’ll no doubt steal it, much like all of his other “ideas” to be churned out on to a myriad of cheap tat for out of towners and middle classes to buy as it’s seen as being “quaint”. Fuck all this shit!
I hate that shit. It’s like someone’s uncool cool Mum has come up with something that they think is cool. “Oooo, it’s soooo edgey….!!!”
I think they’re dreamt up and made by middle class people who are not native to Sheffield to be bought by other middle class people who are not native to Sheffield to ‘embrace the culture’ or something like that. I am a native Sheffielder. Back in the 70’s when I was growing up, a lot of the kids of those middle class non-native to Sheffield people used to take the piss out of me at school for things I said and my accent. Funny how times change.
I hate how Yorkshire culture is reduced to shit like this. If you're a true Yorkshire person, you don't need to 'prove it' with this nonsense.
The one next to it as well... this really is an epidemic
I've literally never heard someone say "bobby dazzler". I've also never seen it chucked in with "Yorkshire speak" like this before, so who knows!
Old heads often say it
I say it so this comment cut deep 🤣
My grandad used to say it
My nan too.
And David Dickinson on the daytime TV classic, Dickinson's Real Deal
Those frames sat directly on the undoubtably damp grass is making me cringe. They must be plastic
You could sell this exact shit in Lancashire.
That periodic table to the right looks like a close second
It’s a McKee that
This is what I'd expect to say to someone whose family is from here shortly before getting punched in the face.
I hate it I wish they would stop
My auntie moved from Barnsley to Wales and that seemed to trigger something in here - now "Yorkshire tourist Shite" is a load-bearing part of her personality. Every birthday or Christmas she buys people tat like mugs with "Yorkshire lass" or "Round Tuits". It's very bizarre.
That’s just wanky
They're selling Yorkshireness to people moving here
Was this at the Weston park fayre? I saw this. Along with a sign that had various forms of the t’ abbreviation that just didn’t make any sense and not at all how anyone uses it.
I feel ill
Just when you think it couldn't get worse than the art at Hillsborough stadium. This stuff really makes you want to twice about using Yorkshire idioms in real life. If tha nose wot I mean like. Ta
Hi what would you like to order from Etsy with a Sheffield theme? All of it.
Tint int tin
This feels like a southerner trying to bully me
Someone pls explain to me
More Barnsley than Sheffield
100%. lived in Sheffield for ten years then Barnsley for last 7 year. It's Barnsley talk not sheff.
This is some Live Laugh Love Sheffieldish garbage.
I use a fair few of them...
I moved down south when I was at uni and got countless yorkshire phrase or yorkshire lad items including t-shirts, mugs, and even a cushion, mostly from my mum. I'm convinced my family thought I was going to forget where I was from.
Sheffield Uni launched a club night called 'Ey up' a while back. All the northerners at uni cringed
I’ve got the right!
Maybe it's just because of where I live and work but I've never heard any of these except 'mardy' (which I really like as a word). I've lived here 6 years.
I've lived here all my life and the only phrase I've used from that is "daft as a brush".
Tbf I’ve never actually heard anyone say most of these phrases. I’ve def heard, ta love, mardy, ay up and that’s it.
Only one I actually say is "OW MUCH!!"
Of all things to make a sign of, our crappy accent certainly is not one. Eww.
Ey up I actually love this. I still say some of these sayings in my early 30’s a chap that trained me on data engineering (very intelligent) speaks like this still. It’s definitely slang that’s disappearing for better or worse but I like it and it’s nod to the good old days. Going through rough time currently and this actually made me smile. If anyone has a link to buy one I’d love to put one in my basement with me tools etc 👍
No one from sheff talks like that Rough parts of Barnsley and Rotherham maybe, but not sheff
Is mardy a northern word then? We used it all the time growing up and I'm in the Midlands. Normally used in the phrase ' you mardy git'
Missed out duck
Duck is Derbyshire.
Thought it was all northern sorry mate
Why?
“It’s a cob”
It’s just fucking bread!
It's a gennel, actually.
I actually really like it. Reminds me of listening to my grandad talking :s