So Daniel having been mates with the Northern Monkeys for a number of years now, you must have had a head start in understanding what the northerners were saying and bridging the language barrier that exists between the north and south?

I actually picked up a number of key phrases while I was up in West Yorkshire. Here are a few of them.

Some West Yorkshire phrases... "Put 't wood in 't 'oil!": Close the door!

"Ees proper shuck 'e is!": He's crazy, that one!

"Gerrod o' thissen, afore fatther braces thee": Sort yourself out before your father belts you.

"'E's double fisted an' threpple thrioted": Someone aggressive and a heavy drinker

"A brussen tup": Somebody full of themselves

"Ah, wi mud as weal": We might as well

"She's nobbut just got the 'ippins off 'er backside and she's courtin'": He's barely out of nappies and she's courting

"Like wot I does": As I do

What did you think of the northern birds?

Well FIT in the clubs/pubs

How would you describe the weather up north, particularly at Spitz's club Stones CC?

Northern Weather = Bloody Freezing - Like being in the Antarctic -40 degrees.

What was it like sharing a room with Neil 'The Salmon' Overington?

Couldn't take his snoaring all night - had to duck under the pillow and sleep with my stereo on - but apart from that he was ok I guess.

Did you experience the legendary northern wit while you were up north?

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST - A JOKE:

Cricket

A Yorkshireman had emigrated to America, but still used to receive news from home by mail.
One day, he got the following telegram:
'Regret father died this morning STOP early hours. Funeral Wednesday STOP
Yorkshire two hundred and one for six STOP Boycott not out ninety six.'


enjoy!!!

bishop