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What about Sheffield folk???
2006-11-14 01:00:29 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Sheffield
As a Sheffielder I can confirm that Sheffielders are indeed known as Sheffielders.
2006-11-16 07:54:25 · answer #1 · answered by footysphere 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sheffielders
2006-11-14 01:07:35 · answer #2 · answered by femaledrillsergeant 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People from Sheffield are called Sheffielders. They are also colloquially known to people in the surrounding towns of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Chesterfield as "Dee-dars" (which derives from their pronunciation of the "th" in the dialectal words "thee" and "thou").[7] Many Yorkshire dialect words and aspects of pronunciation derive from old Norse[8] due to the Viking influence in this region.
Year Population[9]
1801 60,095
1851 161,475
1901 451,195
1921 543,336
1941 569,884
1951 577,050
1961 574,915
1971 572,794
1981 530,844
1991 528,708
2001 513,234
At the time of the 2001 UK census, the ethnic make-up of Sheffield's population was 91.2% White, 4.6% Asian, 1.6 mixed and 1.8% Black. Sheffield also has large Polish, Somali, Slovak, Yemeni and Kosovar populations. In terms of religion, 68.6% of the population are Christian and 4.6% Muslim. Other religions represent less than 1% each. The number of people without a religion is above the national average at 17.9%, with 7.8% not stating their religion.[10] The largest quinary group is 20- to 24-year-olds (9.2%), mainly because of the large university population (45,000+).
2006-11-14 01:02:53 · answer #3 · answered by Johny0555 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've heard this answer before, but i'll be damned if i can remember, LOL.
All i will say, is damn, those Sheffielder's have some THICK accents! I'm American, and my fiance whom is English took me up to Sheffield, for the day. Anyways, we needed directions to the Wisewood Cemetary in Hillsborough, and asked several locals.. And jesus, neither one of us could understand anything. Sheeshhh... it was worse than the Manchester folks!!! hahahaha...
*Gotta love Sheffield....
2006-11-14 12:20:38 · answer #4 · answered by debs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sheffield Wednesday replaced into shaped onWednesday 4th September 1867at a gathering of The Wednesday Cricket club, - named after the day the gamers ,usually craftsmen, took 1/2 time off artwork to take area. subsequently the remarkable wednesday revolution replaced into born.
2016-11-24 19:04:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I refer to us as Deedars. I don't find it offensive, but I know a load of Sheffielders (another 1) that have never heard of this term. And I can't say I've ever said 'dee' or 'dar' in my life when talking normally!
2006-11-18 00:56:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To us who live a little further North in God's own County they are just called Southerner's.
But something i bet you did'nt know there is actually a drink called a Sheffield.
2006-11-14 01:40:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My husband works with people from Sheffield and they are known as 'Northern Cockneys'
He thinks it is because they speak with a very slight southern accent blended in with the Yorkshire accent
2006-11-14 06:01:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm from Sheffield and never given that any thought nor do i have an answer to offer! but I think you will get soem derogatory ones!
good question though!
2006-11-14 01:02:07 · answer #9 · answered by Nigi-magic 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have forgotten, but its something to do with steel, which used to be the major industry in Sheffield.
2006-11-14 03:19:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋