Groucho's Fact Hunt

[davep]

Welcome, Dave Khamen.

 

[summerisle]

 

[kev]

Shepherds used to use number names years ago. Slight variations developed in different areas.
This is the version from Swaledale, Yorkshire.
1 to 20 -
Yan, Tan, Tether, Mether, Pip, Azar, Sazar, Akka, Cotta, Dik
Yanadik, Tannadik, Tetheradik, Metheradik, Bumfit, Yanabum, Tanabum, Tetherabum, Metherabum, Jiggit.

 

[summerisle]

 

[Bluesaint]

Shepherds used to use number names years ago. Slight variations developed in different areas.
This is the version from Swaledale, Yorkshire.
1 to 20 -
Yan, Tan, Tether, Mether, Pip, Azar, Sazar, Akka, Cotta, Dik
Yanadik, Tannadik, Tetheradik, Metheradik, Bumfit, Yanabum, Tanabum, Tetherabum, Metherabum, Jiggit.

I think that's the names of the shepherd's kids. Surname is Utterthwaite.

 

[canuckblue]

Shepherds used to use number names years ago. Slight variations developed in different areas.
This is the version from Swaledale, Yorkshire.
1 to 20 -
Yan, Tan, Tether, Mether, Pip, Azar, Sazar, Akka, Cotta, Dik
Yanadik, Tannadik, Tetheradik, Metheradik, Bumfit, Yanabum, Tanabum, Tetherabum, Metherabum, Jiggit.

A lot of diks and bums there.

 

[summerisle]

 

[summerisle]

 

[Rita_Poon]

We're in the wrong game Everton...

 

[verreauxi]

Shepherds used to use number names years ago. Slight variations developed in different areas.
This is the version from Swaledale, Yorkshire.
1 to 20 -
Yan, Tan, Tether, Mether, Pip, Azar, Sazar, Akka, Cotta, Dik
Yanadik, Tannadik, Tetheradik, Metheradik, Bumfit, Yanabum, Tanabum, Tetherabum, Metherabum, Jiggit.

I seem to recall on one of these dialects the number 20 was “gun a gun”.

 

[degsy]

Moose can't see the colour red

 

[AndyC]

Moose can't see the colour red

* joins the queue to become a Moose

 

[marnie]

Marmite gets its name from the French word for cooking pot.There is a cooking pot on every jar.

 

[summerisle]

Marmite gets its name from the French word for cooking pot.There is a cooking pot on every jar.

Yer ma mite

 

[davep]

Moose can't see the colour red

Meese???