How yer fetlin come from....?
Im from Lancashire and my dad used it a lot, but I dont think it came from there also what do you think it means....
2006-10-01 11:20:39 · 11 answers · asked by The Exorcist 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
well to fettle is from Durham and if you fettle something you mend it
2006-10-01 11:26:18 · answer #1 · answered by Jane S 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A fettle was a special loom needle and fettlers where highly prized mill workers who could mend a faulty peice of cloth from the loom with no perceptable mending scars.
Because fettling was complicated mending work the word came to have a double meaning as greeting to those had been ill recently. Over the years, presumably as mill work has all but gone in your county and the health of the nation has improved it has grown to mean a simple, "How are you doing". Hope this helps.
2006-10-01 18:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by bumbleboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on whom I've heard using the phrase, or something very similar, I reckon it comes from the other side of the Pennines, the place that Lancashire is better than, supposedly! :-)
2006-10-01 18:34:31 · answer #3 · answered by greybeard2323 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Fetlin" comes from fettle meaning shape or condition. Fettle is also a term for removing a mould used to shape a clay or metal object.
Basically the saying means "Are you in good health?" or "Are you on form?"
The word fettle comes from the Middle Englsih word for shaping something.
2006-10-01 18:31:54 · answer #4 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like Kentucky
2006-10-01 20:27:44 · answer #5 · answered by Richard K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fettle is from Middle English fetlen, "to set in order," originally "to gird up," from Old English fetel, "a girdle."
2006-10-01 18:31:00 · answer #6 · answered by Gritty Shaker 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure of the origin but I'm from the N.E. of England & we use it here.
2006-10-01 21:11:01 · answer #7 · answered by Xima 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeh im agreeing cos i live in scotland and they say hoes the fetle? ie how is your mood today
2006-10-01 18:24:35 · answer #8 · answered by surfergirl 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
norh east
2006-10-01 18:29:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
WELL I,M FROM LANCASHIRE AND NEVER HEARD THAT ....IT MIGHT BE SCOTTISH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-01 18:23:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋