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Snicket was the most common, although both ginnel and gennal were both often used when I was a kid.
Any other names out there?
What word would you use?
Sep 23, 2017
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Jitty ?
My stepmother who lived much of her life in Somerset, called these drangways which I think is a local word. She also used dimpsey for what I know as dusk.
Back entry. I'm not being suggestive.
Both used here. A snicket is more open than a ginnel. Think passageway/alley between houses with gardens as opposed to one between buildings.
footpath, drive, alley, passageway.
Ope or opeway.
A vennel or a pend - depending on whether it's open to the sky or a tunnel through the buildings.
Owain
Ginnel where I grew up (Lancs, '70s). Snickelway in York. There is a book on the Snickelways of York.
IIRC Wikipedia has a page on all the different names, as you will have spotted there are many regional alternatives.
Jon N
In my part of the world (Sussex) it was a twitten.
Loke
Mike
Long Eaton and eastwards: twitchell Derby (8 miles to the west) - jitty. And we'd never even heard of "twitchell".
Snicket and ginnel in Huddersfield.
'Court' in Northern Ireland
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