Post by: on July 09, 2006, 10:03:20 am
Does anyone have any examples of dialect from their own area?
I'll start us off with some Nottingham gems:
Wor e we is sen? = Was he by himself?
Didjugadahn? = Did you you go to see Nottingham Forest play?
Did yer gerowt? = Did you meet any nice ladies?
Post by: EasterBunny on July 09, 2006, 12:14:37 pm
Norfolk
I aren't sure= I don't know
I got wrong= I was told off
on the wonk= not straight (wonky)
hang you on= wait a minute
pollywiggles= tadpoles
And in Norfolk they "look at" the television or a book rather than "watch" or "read"
Post by: Forth Bridges on July 09, 2006, 12:19:37 pm
ay I dina ken hen what on o boot =
I have no idea what she is taking about woman
Post by: on July 09, 2006, 12:27:32 pm
Post by: EasterBunny on July 09, 2006, 12:37:09 pm
If you love pollywiggles, try these Norfolk creatures see if you can work them out:
Bishy-barneybee, Sukey, Mavish, Coney, Dodman, Erriwiggle, Fresher, Mouse-hunt and Sea-Pie (you should know that one)
There is a Pollywiggle Close in Norwich, I really wanted to live there, even looked at a house there because if its name!
Post by: on July 09, 2006, 01:08:21 pm
bishy baneybee - some sort of insect, presumably not a bee. Since ladybird is the most popular insect i'll go for that but it's a guess.
Erriwiggle - earwig?
Sea-pie - Oystercatcher (the bird that got me into birdwatching!)
Don't know the others
Post by: smurfboy on July 09, 2006, 01:37:01 pm
'It's looking black over the back of Bill's mother's' - It looks like rain
'She had a face like fourpence' - She looked really pissed off
'She wants hitting with a red-hot stocking full of sh*t' - She needs some sense knocked into her
Post by: on July 09, 2006, 03:07:27 pm
We have an expression, 'It's Black over Bill's Mother's' too.
However the pronounciation is completely different from standard English. For example, the o in mother's is like the o in hovers.
We have some other phrases:
'Gee it some ommer!' 'Give it a kick and it will work'
'Come in or'll fetch ya one round't tab. Come in or I'll give you a clip round the ears.
'Well I'll goo to ahrouse!' Gosh what a a surprise!'
Post by: phyllisbermann on July 09, 2006, 03:13:12 pm
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Post by: oldspice on July 09, 2006, 05:31:45 pm
As black a Newgate's knocker (he/she was dirty) - an east London saying.
Old boy - anyone male, whatever their age - Fens saying.
I didn't get back while Three o'clock (I didn't get back until 3 O'clock) - seems to be characteristic of the region north of Lincoln
Post by: EasterBunny on July 09, 2006, 05:59:03 pm
Bishy-barneybee is indeed a ladybird,
Sukey= a hare,
Mavish= a thrush,
Coney= a rabbit,
Dodman= a snail,
Erriwiggle= an earwig of course,
Fresher= a frog,
Mouse-hunt= a stoat, i like that one
and Sea-Pie, Bounty was right an Oyster Catcher
Post by: wjp666 on July 09, 2006, 08:55:21 pm
Post by: loulou on July 09, 2006, 11:40:49 pm
Post by: phyllisbermann on July 10, 2006, 12:09:30 am
Post by: on July 10, 2006, 07:30:19 am
not quite the same, but has anyone ever eaten a dorset knob?
I think GC may have done!
Post by: goldencup on July 10, 2006, 06:48:21 pm
Quote from: wjp666not quite the same, but has anyone ever eaten a dorset knob?I think GC may have done!
Oh I've had many a Dorset Knob!
Seriously yes, they do sell them around here - strange scone-like things.
Post by: oldspice on July 10, 2006, 06:50:07 pm
Post by: kevvosa on July 12, 2006, 11:25:01 am