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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Ar'll sithee -?

Hi

I've just come across with a fresh post (in some internet community) that had 'Ar'll sithee' in the end, before the name of its (UK) author.
I've never met this (obviously, slang) phrase before and falied to find out what it stands for/what it can mean.

Could you decipher that Ar'll sithee for me?

Thanks
Nika
  

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Hi, Google gives no results. But maybe it's not something that really doesn't exist, something someone made up. org/wiki/sithee So it's probably some kind of dialect (Yorkshire).

— Kooyeen

  • Hi, Google gives no results.
  • But maybe it's not something that really doesn't exist, something someone made up.
  • org/wiki/sithee So it's probably some kind of dialect (Yorkshire).
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Hi,
Google gives no results.

But maybe it's not something that really doesn't exist, something someone made up. Look:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sithee

So it's probably some kind of dialect (Yorkshire).
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This is my guess.

Ar = I
'll = will
si = see
thee = you.

It's probably something from a regional dialect, and it just means "Good-bye".

CJ
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Thank you!
Especially for Ar = I (I knew ‘thee = you' (and even learnt thyself Emotion: smile),
but 'Ar = I' was a surprise for m
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Ar'll Sithee

Translates to "I'll See You" in Lancashire or Yorkshire (I will see thee)

Often contracted to just "Sithee" - its a local way of saying Goodbye

You can personalise it by "Sithee Lass" to a woman or "Sithee Lad" to a Man

The opposite of "Sithee' would be "Ay Up" - which is "Hello" (masculine or feminine!)

Sithee Nika
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