Good morning Mastodon. I hope you're having a nice day.
In my head, when I saw the sign, this was very funny. I accept the possibility that it's only funny to me, but just in case...
Well, that's me telt!
Jokes based on dialect words travel much better than I expected on Mastodon.
As a couple of people have asked, and I know you can't always see conversations with other people, as far as I know it's mainly a northern English dialect word for 'something'. Possibly specifically Yorkshire, but I'm afraid my linguistic knowledge isn't great.
@eclectech brumwards, it's summit/summat depending in which way you're facing at the time. rural lincolnshire was summat.
now wondering on the linguistic root at play here
@evilstevie yeah, I’ve just been down a huge linguistic rabbit hole while trying to find a sample of someone saying it. I know nothing of linguistics but it’s always an interesting deep dive to get diverted by.
@eclectech ooh, contraction of either some that or some what. originating NE england, Yorks/Lancs. it's spread well :)