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?

Neither! It's spelk! 🤣

N.E England and we call them spelks. Howevee my old mate from Middlesbrough so only a few miles away called them spells

It's a skelf

Skelf for me too

It's a spell

Spelk

Definitely a skelf

Never heard any term other than splinter. South coast here.

I would say splinter now but remember also saying "spell" at school

Spelk. I know splinter as well but I would say spelk.

I say splinter. I've managed to reach 42 without knowing these other terms exist.

North east here, I'd say spelk. But I obviously know what splinter means. Never heard of spell.

Mine too.

It's a skelf

It was definitely a spell in the part of Yorkshire where I grew up.

And to dry wretch was to 'gip' - never even heard 'gag' until I was an adult in another county!

Shelf for me too.
Just as an aside did you know you can remove them with the oral syringes you get with calpol? If you put the hole over the wound where the skelf went in and pull the plunger back the end of the skelf comes out and you can just lift it out with tweezers. It's a total game changer, no more wrestling with needles and screaming wriggly weans 😁

Does "screaming wriggly weans" translate to screaming wriggly children by any chance? 😂

Ur a wizard Gary

Skelf in Northern Ireland too

@SinnerBoy i am, yes 😊

Skelf here

@Itshotoutthere yes, wean is wee-ane, little one.

My mum always called them spells

Skelf (scotland)

I've lived in various parts of England and it's always been a splinter to me.

When I was very little, we learnt basic maths by counting coloured wooden sticks called spills (not spells) - but they would be too big to get stuck in your finger.