"Ay up!" says Arthur.
"Ay up!" replies Bill.
"Ows ta bin?"
"Middlin"

What does "middlin" mean? Well actually it means pretty good . If Bill had been feeling down, he would have said "nobbut middlin", or if just OK, then maybe "fair t' middlin", but the unqualified "middlin" is only one step below "Can't complain"!

One day my mother met an old lady outside the village shop.

"Hello Mrs. Dyson," says mother, "looks like rain.".
"Ee love," comes the reply, "we shall atter let it.".

The other day I overheard two old ladies as they passed each other in Morrisons. Without any preamble, without stopping, and without any subsequent conversation the exchange went like this -

"Int it dreadful?"
"It is!"