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Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 16:32 on 15th June 2008 We in the educated part of England known as Oxford, drop our H's which makes my surname both now and before I got married very interesting. |
Karen Pugh Posts: 858 Joined: 21st Dec 2006 Location: UK | quotePosted at 21:19 on 15th June 2008 A tangle in your hair is called a Cotter in our neck of the woods Yan means One - so does Un - and innit is isn't it I will put it all in a sentence. That yans a laal un innit. Writing it down is harder than saying it. And we tend to put Like at the end of a sentence as well. Crackers we are
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Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 21:33 on 15th June 2008 Hi Karen: I think I saw you use "Aye" in one of your notes. I always associated that with Scotland, but Frank from W. Yorkshire used it too. It's a North England word then? |
Karen Pugh Posts: 858 Joined: 21st Dec 2006 Location: UK | quotePosted at 21:43 on 15th June 2008 Aye lol, we probably pinched it form the scots or Yorkies somewhere down the line. I'm down in South Cumbria, but the further you go up north, the lingo (dialect) gets worse, even I can't understand those people at times. |
Roses Posts: 470 Joined: 9th Mar 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 16:16 on 17th June 2008 On 15th June 2008 14:34, Peter Evans wrote:
a butty? i no butty as in a bacon butty! |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 02:37 on 18th June 2008 On 15th June 2008 14:34, Peter Evans wrote:
Hi Peter: Could this word have evolved into "buddy?" |
Denzil Tregallion Posts: 1764 Joined: 26th May 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 09:30 on 18th June 2008 Thats very plausible Ruth. Said Andy. |
Ray Stear Posts: 1930 Joined: 25th Apr 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 10:51 on 18th June 2008 Hi Andy, I said I would find you a policeman. Will this chap do?? Ray |
Ray Stear Posts: 1930 Joined: 25th Apr 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 11:04 on 18th June 2008 Oh sorry, he has not appeared yet. Must be drinking tea down at the station. |
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 11:58 on 18th June 2008 |