Question regarding what the piggies call us

Don't know whether I've led a sheltered life or what, but where does the term 'dingles' come from?

and does anyone find it remotely offensive?

 

Emmerdale and absolutely not-it's not even based on Barnsley nt

 

RE: Emmerdale and absolutely not-it's not even based on Barnsley nt

well that just sums them up (clown)

I'd thought it could be from Emmerdale but couldn't work out any link between people from Barnsley and the family of Emmerdale.

 

RE: Emmerdale and absolutely not-it's not even based on Barnsley nt

well that just sums them up (clown)

I'd thought it could be from Emmerdale but couldn't work out any link between people from Barnsley and the family off Emmerdale.

 

West Brom call Wolves fans Dingles, its supposed to be derogatory to where the fans come from, although it has no base.

now Dee Dar, at least that has reason behind it, and not a random concoction such as Dingle. fecking pigs

 

the only link was Stan Richards RIP was from Barnsley

just to clarify for any Pigs snouting around</p>

Thanks to the popular Yorkshire TV soap opera of the same name, the fictional "Emmerdale" (formerly "Emmerdale Farm") is perhaps nowadays one of the most famous "places" in the whole of the Yorkshire Dales - even though it doesn't really exist (!) </p>

At present the TV show is filmed on a purpose built set on the Harewood House estate near Harrogate, though title sequences for very early episodes of the soap (when it was called "Emmerdale Farm") were filmed up at Arncliffe in Littondale, (from where it is believed the series derived its title - "Amerdale" being the ancient norse name for Littondale). </p>

For a long period the village of Esholt (near Bradford in West Yorkshire's Bronte Country - not actually even part of the real Yorkshire Dales area) - was used as the fictional village of Beckindale (where most of the action in the series is set). </p>

 

references

Demography </p>

People from Sheffield are called Sheffielders. They are also colloquially known to people in the surrounding towns of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Chesterfield as &quot;dee-dars&quot; (which derives from their pronunciation of the &quot;th&quot; in the dialectal words &quot;thee&quot; and &quot;thou&quot.</p>

[23] Alexander, Don (2001). Orreight Mi Ol': observations on dialect, humour and local lore of Sheffield &amp; District. Sheffield: Northern Map Distributors. ISBN 1-901587-18-5.<span class="Z3988"></span> </p>

 

It's nothing to do with it being based in Barnsley

It's just a derogatory word for a bunch of inbred yokels that they like to think we are.

 

The Wendies call us Dingles because they want us to be perceived as thick.

Don't think Emmerdale Farm is the most difficult thing to get your head around, though.

 

That said, 'dee-dar' is hardly the height of wit.

Won't stop me singing it to them, though.

 

And the Dingles keep Pigs, so they are saying they are below us in the pecking order nt

 

i agree with Fatty Boy

 

no and its a area in southern eire

 

A bird at work is from Dronfield and her surname is Dingle.

Cant do with Pigs, all stupid thick in their head inbred cocky cnuts.

 

But I thought that the Dingles wer witten in to Emmerdale as moved there from Barnsley

Imay be wrong..often am

 

They're from Lancashire

Every single one of 'em has a Lancashire accent. Marlon &amp; Caine have even got season tickets for Man Ure. ALl the actors/actresses were born in Lancashire apart from those who married into the Dingle family.

 

There's only one South Yorkshire Dingle

and that's Elvis Dingle played by Bobby Knutt. Who does Knutt support? The blades.

 

Quite funny actually,

I bet 40-50% (if not more) of their fans are from Barnsley.

 

Zac is from Burnley, years ago the PNE and Blackburn fans

started calling their fans Dingles, Sheff w picked up on it, so its not even originaal, *******