Used all the time in Yorkshire…never occurred to me we use it till reading this thread. My sister is our Carol
When I was a child I stayed with my Great Aunt for a while one school holiday - this was in a small Leicestershire village. One day, in the village shop, my Great Aunt introduced me to the shopkeeper as ‘our Annie’s lad’s girl’ (Annie being her sister and my Grandmother). It still makes me smile now.
I seem to recall someone in my extended family calling me “our” when there was something to brag about. I guess the rest of the time I’m not spoken about.
No the only time I’ve heard it is on Tv I think it’s a northern thing, Liverpool, Yorkshire?
Well it’s certainly ‘A Northern Thing’ up here in Lowland Scotland…To My Bro’s & Sis’…I’m ‘Oor May’…They to Me are…oor Sam,oor Marion,oor Suzanne,oor William & oor Angela…same with My Children/Grandkids/Grt Grandkids,
Now you’ve just reminded me of a comic strip I used to love reading in The Sunday Post!
I was never called “our” in England and I have never heard it used in Australia.
My mother was known as “Say” which originated from my old man using the expression, “I say” when he wanted to attract her attention. Eventually everybody called her “Say”
That’s a funny one! My mum’s sisters and granny sometimes called her “our Mare” so I’m glad I’m “our Mary”
Oh yes!!..