Faithful reader Jo brings up one of my favorite Yorkisms - tinfoil!
She wrote recently: "Here's a 'York-ism' to consider that I heard from a native Yorker today. 'Tin foil.' As in aluminum foil. I must admit I have not heard that expression in a very long time."
I love the word tinfoil. That's what I call it. I can't say al-um-in-um. I say "al-um-nim-um" or something dumb like that. So tinfoil works better.
But do you remember what I don't like? People who SAVE their used tinfoil. Bah, humbug to that!
We reuse on the same container. i.e. cover the mac and cheese dish with tinfoil and use that same piece until it's all gone. At the same time I know people who would put new foil on each time they'd take some out of the container. To me that's just wasteful.
Any kid from the 80s should remember Pee Wee's big foil ball!