LONDON (Reuters) – Help is at hand for foreign doctors working in Yorkshire whose patients complain of sore “lugholes” or say they’re feeling “jiggered” and can’t stop “gipping”.

Health officials in Doncaster, South Yorkshire have compiled a guide of local dialect and slang to help a group of seven Austrian doctors — all fluent English speakers — better understand their sometimes thickly accented patients.

I miss Yorkshire. I loved hearing the local dialect when we were there last year. The last entry in my travel journal is staring me in the face from last year – literally propped up in front of the keyboard at home all this time, awaiting inspiration and a whole lot more photos to edit.

Other terms include “doofer” for penis, “tackle” for testicles and “popped his clogs” for dead.

Very useful information – I knew about “wedding tackle” but “doofer” is new to me. Well, that’s not strictly true, but never mind about that now.

As yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the day we met, my husband David and I are going out to dinner. I’m happy to have all these interesting new topics to keep the conversation peppy. 😉