Your YEP has been asking readers if you weren't born-and-bred in the city, what's one expression that really threw you the first time you heard it. And you have responded in your droves. Here’s a selection of the best answers posted on the Yorkshire Evening Post facebook page. READ MORE: 21 famous faces who went to school in Leeds LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
!["Born in Leeds and lived in Yorkshire for 25 years . Since ,lived in Buckinghamshire for nearly the same number of years. My friends daughter had a plaster cast on her arm. When I asked when was she getting her pot taken off she didn’t have a clue what I was on about!" - Helen Jane Owen.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM2NTkwZmQ1LThiNWYtNDJlYy05MGI0LWEwNWU1NGU1ZGZkZjpkNTUyZDZjMy1jMDI0LTQxNmMtYTQyMS1lOTU1ZTM4NGE5YTU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Leeds sayings
"Born in Leeds and lived in Yorkshire for 25 years . Since ,lived in Buckinghamshire for nearly the same number of years. My friends daughter had a plaster cast on her arm. When I asked when was she getting her pot taken off she didn’t have a clue what I was on about!" - Helen Jane Owen. Photo: Tony Johnson
!["My family are Scottish and from a town in the borders. Walked into a butchers for some scotch pies to take home...said "thanks love".....and the poor lad behind the counter looked at me like I'd just proposed marriage. Way too familiar for them. Though maybe not just Leeds," - Tarynn Murray.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk1YzQ0YzQyLTYxMDYtNDdkMS04OThiLWFlYmVlZjU1ZTQ3ZTpmMGZjMzZmOS04MWI3LTQ3NjMtOWExOC0xZTA2Nzc2YTk3MzQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Leeds sayings
"My family are Scottish and from a town in the borders. Walked into a butchers for some scotch pies to take home...said "thanks love".....and the poor lad behind the counter looked at me like I'd just proposed marriage. Way too familiar for them. Though maybe not just Leeds," - Tarynn Murray. Photo: Steve Riding
!["Mash tea and chop chips to light the fire" - Joan Olbison Crossland.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmUwNmRhNGY3LWFkM2ItNGNiMC05ZTM3LTczNWJiZmUxZWNiZjozNzY4ZTE3OC0xZWNjLTRjZmUtYjk3OS04ZTJiNjU5ODY4ZWI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Leeds sayings
"Mash tea and chop chips to light the fire" - Joan Olbison Crossland. Photo: Justin Tallis
!["Don't know if it's specific to Leeds, but my dad calls a funfair the feast" - Sarah Coupland Jenkins.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI0YjkxNjY4LTAxZGEtNDdhYS1hZDhmLWM5OWRjNmZjNzVjZDpiYzUyZWI3OS1iZmUwLTQ4NzctOWI3Yi1kMTYwODUxOTUzNDA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. Leeds sayings
"Don't know if it's specific to Leeds, but my dad calls a funfair the feast" - Sarah Coupland Jenkins. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
!["Do you want a bread cake?" - Michèle Louise](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjkxOGY1ZGI3LTIzNTctNGM1My04ODM2LTc0ODhlZDk4OTQ1Yzo3OGRhZDRkNi0xYzQyLTQyZTctODk0OS03MTEwNmZiOTcxNTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
!["Twice and scraps" - Lucy Anna Parkinson.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjkzNDk5OGQwLWEyYzgtNDU3Mi05NGM2LTgwYjM4MTYzYjA3Mzo5MzU3MjYwYi0yMzczLTRhZGItOGI4NC1jM2QzMWZlOWIzNmI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)