The Enid Blyton Society

Rob Houghton wrote:Barmpot is a good old northern saying. They use it sometimes in Coronation Street.

Yep, along with eey oop, is 'e 'eckers like and yer daft 'apeth. Showing my Mancunian roots now

What's yer daft 'apeth?? (Or 'eckers, for that matter?)

An 'apeth is a fool so it's 'you daft fool'

Is 'e 'eckers like is can expression of disbelief:

person 1 "it's snowing outside"
person 2 "is it 'eckers like, it's summer!"

Both 'eckers and 'apeth would really have a 'h' where the ' is, but the h goes. 'home' and 'hospital' for instance would be 'ome and 'ospital

Ah, I see. Is 'apeth an h-less version of ha'p'orth, as in short for half-penny-worth?

Yes it is