Last night in the pub someone said the word "mither" (pronounced my-ther or mai-ther), which i always thought was a northern (uk) term for "pester". i.e. "Don't mither me" = "Don't pester or bother me"

A cockney said he had never heard of it, and so where did it come from. We all sat there bemused and without a clue, cos it's always been there. The cockney said it must have derived from 2 words or more but what where they? No one knew, so it was time to Google Please note, i didn't leave the pub to do this, i just called my brother, for him to do the research

Anyway's, he couldn't find the history of the word, so i'm no wiser Although someone else in the pub thought it was from Welsh (any welsh speakers)?

Seeing as at TV, we are located all over the world, i thought it would be interesting to hear what words you get brought up with, which are localised to your area. And if you know the origin, that would be even better

Yorky will probably know.. he's always coming out with strange northern words..

totster

Yorky will probably know.. he's always coming out with strange northern words..

totster

But you should know some good farming ones Oooo Arrrr

Last night in the pub someone said the word "mither" (pronounced my-ther or mai-ther), which i always thought was a northern (uk) term for "pester". i.e. "Don't mither me" = "Don't pester or bother me"

A cockney said he had never heard of it, and so where did it come from. We all sat there bemused and without a clue, cos it's always been there. The cockney said it must have derived from 2 words or more but what where they? No one knew, so it was time to Google Please note, i didn't leave the pub to do this, i just called my brother, for him to do the research

Anyway's, he couldn't find the history of the word, so i'm no wiser Although someone else in the pub thought it was from Welsh (any welsh speakers)?

Seeing as at TV, we are located all over the world, i thought it would be interesting to hear what words you get brought up with, which are localised to your area. And if you know the origin, that would be even better

mither 1

mi·ther

(past and past participle mi·thered, present participle mi·ther·ing, 3rd person present singular mi·thers)

verb U.K. regional

1. vt pester somebody: to pester or annoy somebody

2. vi fuss: to worry or fuss

[Late 17th century. Origin ?]

mither 2

mi·ther

(plural mi·thers)

noun

Scotland Same as mother1n (sense 1)

[Late 18th century. Variant]

Thank you Colonel

[Late 17th century. Origin ?]

Anybody know the origin? I think Wales but not sure

Came across this on my travels through cyberspace..

Everyone locally knows what "mither" (my-thur) means. Elsewhere in the UK, most people don't. The word isn't listed in my dictionary, nor does a google search list it other than as a corruption of mother.

Here, the word mither is used to mean annoy. I'd be most interested to know if the word is recognised and used elsewhere. I vaguely recall that Shakespeare uses the term "bemither", but can't find a reference.

And then this as an answer

mither verb (intrans.) dialect, chiefly N. English make a fuss; moan: oh men - don't they mither?

trans. pester or irritate (someone).

ORIGIN late 17th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with Welsh moedrodd 'to worry, bother'.

totster

Please note, i didn't leave the pub to do this, i just called my brother, for him to do the research

An ex-fiance used to use this term which is how I came to know of it.

She came fom Newcastle..

Great to think we can make a thread about Something out of Nothing

Thread title, when I first saww it , made me groan with "oh shit... the klown gonna have to joke around on yet another thread!"

Thread title, when I first saww it , made me groan with "oh shit... the klown gonna have to joke around on yet another thread!"

Don't mither me with yer jokin' around!

yeah, I saw you learnt a new word this morning!

yeah, I saw you learnt a new word this morning!

Nah, we use this one in Ireland as well as the north of England. Of course in Ireland we pronounce it 'mydder'

Where I come from Mither = Mother

To mother someone could be seen as bothering someone.

Where I come from Mither = Mother

I was going to mention that but OP said word is pronounced my-ther.

the word "mither" (pronounced my-ther or mai-ther)

Your mitherings are going to smitherings when my mathering of the last word has you crying to your mothers !

Your mitherings are going to smitherings when my mathering of the last word has you crying to your mothers !

Don't you "mither" us with your last word thread, in this thread. You'll drive us all "barmy"

Barmy, Meaning #1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular [syn: balmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky]

I came here to see something. All I got was a lot of mither and mathering! It's barmy.

Crikey!

Yorky will probably know.. he's always coming out with strange northern words..

totster

Eyup, narthen sithi.

What yer goin on about, yer divvy?

Well I'll be buggered.

If tha ever does owt for nowt, make sure yer do it fer tha sen.

Translation in RED

Eyup, narthen sithi. Hello, now then, see here

What yer goin on about, yer divvy? What are you talking about, you fool

Well I'll be buggered. Well, i'll be darned

If tha ever does owt for nowt, make sure yer do it fer tha sen. If you ever do anything for nothing, make sure you do it for yourself

Blimey - U.K. expressing amazement or shock: used to express amazement or shock ( informal )

Blimey, that's expensive!

Late 19th century, alteration of blind me! or blame me!