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Spell or splinter

101 replies

Itshotoutthere · 07/01/2023 18:48

When I told someone I had a spell in my finger, it sparked a debate, is the correct term a sprinter or a spell?

OP posts:
Ivecomeoutoflurking · 07/01/2023 19:09

Neither! It's spelk! 🤣

ShakespearesBlister · 07/01/2023 19:09

When snow white had one hers was a prick?

86Emily · 07/01/2023 19:08

Splinter

MyShrivelledGnarlyFinger · 07/01/2023 19:08

It's a Shiver in my part of England

Purplecatshopaholic · 07/01/2023 19:08

xyzandabc · 07/01/2023 18:51

Splinter or skelf if you're in Scotland

Never heard of a spell meaning a bit of wood in your finger

This for me too

FictionalCharacter · 07/01/2023 19:06

Depending where you are. I’m from the South of England and it’s a splinter. I heard spelk in the Northeast. Never spell though.

SinnerBoy · 07/01/2023 19:02

SameToo · Today 18:50

Spelk where I’m from.

Are you a Geordie? We call them spelks, but I also knew it was a splinter, from a young age.

I've never heard it called a spell.... this place is an education!

whiskypriests.bandcamp.com/track/my-father-worked-on-ships-2

My father worked on ships
They spelked his hands
Dusted his eyes his face his lungs

iliketartan · 07/01/2023 19:01

Spelk or Splinter (Yorkshire)

AFS1 · 07/01/2023 18:56

I never knew it was called anything other than a splinter. This thread is a total revelation!

Passmethecrisps · 07/01/2023 18:55

toomuchlaundry · 07/01/2023 18:54

So for those who don’t call it a splinter, what word do you use when I would say the plank of wood, ice etc has splintered

A plank of wood splinters. It might leave me with a nasty skelf in my finger.

Soapboxqueen · 07/01/2023 18:55

It's spelk

Passmethecrisps · 07/01/2023 18:54

Spelk or a skelf

toomuchlaundry · 07/01/2023 18:54

So for those who don’t call it a splinter, what word do you use when I would say the plank of wood, ice etc has splintered

JudithHarper · 07/01/2023 18:53

I've always called it a spell.

xyzandabc · 07/01/2023 18:51

Splinter or skelf if you're in Scotland

Never heard of a spell meaning a bit of wood in your finger

Hellocatshome · 07/01/2023 18:51

The correct term is splinter but spelk is used regularly. Never heard it referred to as spell.

GCITC · 07/01/2023 18:51

Splinter

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 07/01/2023 18:51

it’s a spelk

Whatmarbles · 07/01/2023 18:51

Not spell

RobinHumphries · 07/01/2023 18:50

Splinter

Whatmarbles · 07/01/2023 18:50

I have heard spelk, not spelk, used for splinter.

toomuchlaundry · 07/01/2023 18:50

Splinter

NEmama · 07/01/2023 18:50

Splinter

SameToo · 07/01/2023 18:50

Spelk where I’m from.

Y7drama · 07/01/2023 18:50

I only know splinter.