'Aye Up Cock

[ijjysmith]

Right.

Even though I grew up north ish I never really caught the lingo. And now I'm basically a faux suvorner so I have a question about the phrase 'aye up cock' or 'cocker'.

Where on earth does this derive from?

If I said 'hello cock' down here I'd be punched. And rightly so.

Is it a Lancashire thing? A Yorkshire thing? What??


I could ask my old man, but thought I'd ask the GOT family.

Thanks.

 

[Allezfan]

Isn't your old man from ipswich? How would he know?

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

St. Helens mate.

Everyone is cock in St. Helens.

 

[heatmeiser]

I think it's something to do with penis.

 

[DanEFC92]

Never heard anyone utter these phrases in my life.

 

[chrissyjack]

Isn't " Ey-up" or " Aye -up" a Yorkshire thing ? Can be used as a greeting or a way of grabbing someones attention

 

[ijjysmith]

Isn't your old man from ipswich? How would he know?

Just because he's very good with language and is generally very clever.

 

[noharmdone]

 

[Allezfan]

Isn't " Ey-up" or " Aye -up" a Yorkshire thing ? Can be used as a greeting or a way of grabbing someones attention

Yeah, I work with a bloke from barnsley who always says that. I've started picking it up, myself, to be honest.

 

[noharmdone]

Yeah, I work with a bloke from barnsley who always says that. I've started picking it up, myself, to be honest.

A Yorkshire lad I worked with used to always used to say " Ey-Up Youth ! "

 

[chrissyjack]

Yeah, I work with a bloke from barnsley who always says that. I've started picking it up, myself, to be honest.

Does he call you "love" and "duck " ?

 

[peteblue]

It's a wool phrase mate, just ignore it, we do........

 

[ijjysmith]

Oh it bloody is as well isn't it?!

 

[Kurt.]

it's what yer mar says with a huge smile on her face when I go round her house......ey up........ cock !!

 

[Woolly Blue]

Aye up is Yorkshire. The correct ( Lancy ) pronunciation is Ey up.

Cock is optional and more likely to be Yorkshire.

Ope that's reet.