FYESS TEE FYESS – Face to face.

FREETENT TEE DEETH – Frightened to death.

FETTLED – Two meanings – repaired, mended or in a fix.

NYEN FETTLED – Really up against it.

FROZZEN – Frozen.

FOWER – Four.

FOND AS A GATE – Really silly.

FOND – A popular word with many meaings.

FRUNT – Front.

FEMMW – Frail, feeble.

FOTNETH – Fortnight.

GANZEE – Sweater.

GIV OWER – Stop it, give over.

GANNEN EE LITTEL RUM – Shrinking, used to denote someone who is seriously ill.

GANNEN YAM – Going home.

GALLASSES – Braces for trousers.

GRUND – Ground.

GALLOWAY – Pit pony.

GRITT – Great.

GARPEN – Gaping.

GUD LUCKEN NOWT – Handsome waster.

GETTEN IZ LIKENESS TYUN – Having his photograph taken.

GYUSSGOBS – Goose berries.

GANNEN IN A KINK – Going hysterical.

GEEN UP – Given up.

GIZ YAN – Give me one.

GOWK – Apple core.

GLISHEE – Sharp outlined sun. (Forecast rain).

GOWLD – Gold.

GERRAIREDONT – Get hold of it.

GIZ AIRED – Let me hold it.

GORBON – Exclamation of surprise.

GIZ A BULLET – Give me a sweet.

HEED – Head.

HIGH SHINY – Top hat.

HEERD TELL – Heard about.

HAARD THI WHISHT – Shut your mouth.

HOWWEE MAN – Come on man.

HIM OD HOSS – The man on the horse.

HARRERWAY – Go away.

HOYED IT ID BECK – Threw it in the river.

HOW – Hoe.

HOWWEN – Hoeing.

HING ON – Hang on.

HINGEN – Hanging.

HAREDENS – Hardly.

HANNEL – Handle.

HOWWEE GET THE PIPE A BIT – Come and rest awhile.

IBARL – Eyeball.

IN BY – At the coal face.

ID YUVVEN – In the oven.

IMPITTENT – Impertinent.

IMPITTENT FOND – Very impertinent.

ID MEOURNEN – In the morning.

IT DEPENDS WATTEN A YUMMER IZ IN – It depends on what sort of temper he’s in.

ID NINE OLE – In the “nine hole” – I have never been able to find out what the “nine hole” is or was, but it was obviously not a good place to be! 

IMMATERAL – Immaterial.

JARP – Used to describe knocking hard boiled Easter eggs together.

ARL JARP THE – A challenge to see who has the hardest egg.

JARRS – Jaws.

JILLESS – Jealous.

JEZZLER – A good ‘un.

JAELL – Piece of wood, board or plank.