It has been used since I was a kid in the 60's except nobody used the "H".
Same here
Used ‘Hiya’ since I was a kid too (1960s), if anything, I’ve noticed that that has been shortened to ‘Hi’ somewhere along the line, which incidentally, I find a bit grating, maybe similar to you with ‘Hiya’, especially if it’s done in that fake , smiley, high pitched tone from some gurning gimp, each to their own I guess mate.
Even worse than inside a shop are those “meters and greeters” in Greece, Spain etc who stand outside the restaurant and pounce should you happen to stop and then recite the whole menu to you line by line in English on the off chance you may be illiterate.
For me personally, I guess it was more a working class term than anything, and a term I/we were familiar with, was weird going into ‘posher shops’ and people calling me ‘Sir’, still dislike people calling me that and ask them not to, and now I don’t have to, I NEVER call anyone ‘Sir’.Ok, guys, as an “immigrant”, I'll bow to your superior wisdom on Manctalk. I'm genuinely curious, though. Did shopkeepers in bakeries, clothes shops, hardware stores and suchlike use that as a term of greeting to you in that period?
Maybe I just lived in a sniffy part of Greater Manchester (Hazel Grove, then Heaviley) ;-)
I'll also ask my blue-supporting friend who's exactly the same age as me. He grew up in Ashton.
Good use of the word “mithered” when I was a kid it wasn’t in the dictionary but it’s made it’s way in now, great word, Mrs H’s best friend sadly deceased used to say “midering” always made me smile.I would walk straight out too. Cannot stand being mithered as soon as I walk into any store.
I don’t like being addressed as “Mr Hammond” I always say please just call me Mark, it’s a throwback to a different era but not necessary, we’re all equal regardless of financial and social status , aren’t we?For me personally, I guess it was more a working class term than anything, and a term I/we were familiar with, was weird going into ‘posher shops’ and people calling me ‘Sir’, still dislike people calling me that and ask them not to, and now I don’t have to, I NEVER call anyone ‘Sir’.
And yes, having lived in Heaviley/Davenport, it’s definitely a a bit ‘sniffy’ round there :-D.
I think it is, it’s all too “Yes Mr Cholmondley Warneresque” from yesteryear for me, and I’m very similar, I’ll just say “calling me Harry is more than fine, mate”.I don’t like being addressed as “Mr Hammond” I always say please just call me Mark, it’s a throwback to a different era but not necessary, we’re all equal regardless of financial and social status , aren’t we?
Annoyingly, I still get the spell checker red line when I write it, first time it happened I was like “ WTF ! Don’t be trying to tell me Mithered isn’t a proper word”!Good use of the word “mithered” when I was a kid it wasn’t in the dictionary but it’s made it’s way in now, great word, Mrs H’s best friend sadly deceased used to say “midering” always made me smile.
There are other ways of spelling it too.Good use of the word “mithered” when I was a kid it wasn’t in the dictionary but it’s made it’s way in now, great word, Mrs H’s best friend sadly deceased used to say “midering” always made me smile.
Only ever been familiar with the ‘my-the ring’ pronunciation in English, unless it was my mates Irish Mams, then it would be ‘Moiderin’ :-).There are other ways of spelling it too.
Moidering and mardering are two more I heard when I was a child.
Mithering as in withering was common and also pronounced as my-thering.
And when I was a kid in the 40s as well. Usually without the H. :-)It has been used since I was a kid in the 60's except nobody used the "H".