General Chat

Caz, love your dialect!

Sue in Somerset the line you quoted ""If I'd a-know'd I 'ooden never a-went" could also be from the Forest of Dean.

when I met my OH he had a lovely south Devon accent but it has almost disappeared now although we both have a vague sort of heinz variety West Country accent. mine is Hampshire/Gloucestershire and his is Devon/Gloucestershire.

Ann
Glos

I never thought I had an accent until new work colleagues commented on my Sussex accent. Since then I have heard myself lean towards 'oi' when saying words with 'i'. eg. foive instead of five.

Here in Norfolk they call ladybirds bishy bishy barnabees...don't ask me why i've only lived here fourty years and still have me south london accent...so haven't been accepted yet!!! No honestly!

My grand mother a typical Cornish maid and lived in Plymouth most of her life , used to say "Where be gwain " instead of where are you going. and "What be up to"
But she is the only one that I know that used to never
measure any ingredients when cooking all was chucked into a bowl and always came out great !!

went to geordieland yesterday,

they really are a friendly sort,

why aye man!

WW,

I have many ancestors from Co Durham to tyneside.

Trimdon, Easington, Sunderland, Newcastle.

'Ear all, see all, say nowt,

Eat all, sup all, pay nowt,

An if ivver tha does owt for nowt,

Allus do it for thissen.

Maria xxxxxxx West Yorks

There are local dialects, which are lovely, and there, are common, slang, dialects. Working with kiddies, the slang dialects, make me cringe!!

We can all speak properly, using local dialects. It is when local dialects become too common, that we have to consider where, to draw the line.
This is maybe just me, because I had an English teacher at High School(Scotland), who taught me the importance of our excellent language, and how best to use it.

Thank You to John Anderson (Bellshill Academy).

Gail x

Yes local dialects are lovely, and they don't make me cringe at all.

I have an A level in English (Grade A) and an up to date Adult Literacy O Level (Grade A) but I completely applaud embrace and adore my local accent. I work with children too, and know very well the importance of Language & Communication.

Maria xx

UP here in Scotland, most of the ones under 40 seem to speak through their noses, what we call NEDS. None Educated Delinquents.
Goto Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ayr, Aberdeen, Greenock, God even Inverness they all have the same basic vocab.
Any Buckie big man. Got spare change.

I like the way that the Scots folk say " Theres you " when they give you your change in the shops.

EE by gum !

Whatever that means !!

Did you know.. MUGABE

is eebah gum backwards?

ee bah gum thas a nice lass.....

In Suffolk, we say "shew" instead of "showed".

eg. "I shew him where to go!"

instead of....

"I showed him where to go!"

Apparently, when I talk to my mum/aunt/grandad, my Suffolk accent, which I don't think I normally have, appears! Some people I meet think I come from London, and when staying with friends in London, they've laughed hysterically at my strange Suffolk accent - go figure!

nay lass t'accents int gone

awrite my bab, how be doin

I thought it was in the T and Cs of Genes that you have to speak English on these boards!!!!!
I'm from Cardiff and donlt think I have an accent at all until I go somewhere like London when I am immediately identified as a Taff. The Cardiff accent is quite harsh though - very hard on the "A" - in fact there are different accents for most of the suburbs of Cardiff but when you move further North, just a mile up the road from me in fact, the accent is far more Welsh = Cardiff is more cosmopolitan and always has been because of the Docks - or should I say The Bay which has gone all posh these days

My late mum was originally from Glasgow and when I used to cry she'd say, "stop that greetin ma wee wayne" I'm probabley going to be put right in the spelling of that...but it was many years ago. Another thing I remember, she was talking about my grandad having hurt his leg, and instead of saying he's got a limp, she said "och yes he drags a leg now you know." That always made me smile.
She was lovely.

Yorkshire phrases for tourists;

Middads gorrajag = My father owns a jaguar motorcar.
Tintintin = it is not in the tin.
Pleezthachuffin sen = its your choice.