# What does this mean?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/691700>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 26, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/691700 "2014-06-26T15:04:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/691700/21 "2014-06-27T06:16:06Z")

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> [@njtt](#):
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> It is Yorkshire dialect, and it means “On Ilkley Moor, without a hat.” It is from a traditional song…

Some years ago, I knew a woman from Yorkshire. After a few drinks, she was likely to break out into this song. I can still remember her singing it.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/691700/22 "2014-06-27T19:01:37Z")

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From an old episode of “Monk,” in which he overhears the victim making this statement shortly before his death. And Monk spends the rest of the hour trying to discover the statement’s meaning, thinking that it’s crucial to solving the case.

“This isn’t my raincoat.”

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/691700/23 "2014-06-27T20:03:44Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> From an old episode of “Monk,” in which he overhears the victim making this statement shortly before his death. And Monk spends the rest of the hour trying to discover the statement’s meaning, thinking that it’s crucial to solving the case.
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> “This isn’t my raincoat.”

I must admit that [this](http://randomoverload.org/this-isn%e2%80%99t-my-raincoat) doesn’t aid my understanding. 🙂

Could it be a hieroglyph maybe?

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