Spell or splinter

[Itshotoutthere]

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

It's a skelf in my part of Scotland.

I only know splinter.

Spelk where I’m from.

Splinter

Splinter

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

Splinter

Not spell

it’s a spelk

Splinter

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

Splinter or skelf if you're in Scotland

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

I've always called it a spell.

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

Spelk or a skelf

It's spelk

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

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

Spelk or Splinter (Yorkshire)

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!

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

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.

This for me too

It's a Shiver in my part of England

Splinter

When snow white had one hers was a prick?