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Sue H
Sue H
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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.
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Karen Pugh
Karen Pugh
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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
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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?

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Karen Pugh
Karen Pugh
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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.

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Roses
Roses
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quotePosted at 16:16 on 17th June 2008
On 15th June 2008 14:34, Peter Evans wrote:
How about a butty, Wesh for male friend.


a butty?  i no butty as in a bacon butty!
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Ruth Gregory
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quotePosted at 02:37 on 18th June 2008
On 15th June 2008 14:34, Peter Evans wrote:
How about a butty, Wesh for male friend.


Hi Peter:  Could this word have evolved into "buddy?"
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Denzil Tregallion
Denzil Tregallion
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quotePosted at 09:30 on 18th June 2008
Thats very plausible Ruth. Said Andy.
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Ray Stear
Ray Stear
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quotePosted at 10:51 on 18th June 2008

Hi Andy,

I said I would find you a policeman. Will this chap do??

Ray 

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Ray Stear
Ray Stear
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quotePosted at 11:04 on 18th June 2008
Oh sorry, he has not appeared yet. Must be drinking tea down at the station.
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Andy Edwards
Andy Edwards
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quotePosted at 11:58 on 18th June 2008
Hello, hello, hello, Scarecrow Festival, Ellerker, East Riding of Yorkshire
Picture by Andy Edwards


Hello, hello, hello! What's goin on ere then?
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