Does you speak proper England like?

[big_si]

Originally Posted by Can't beat 'em, join 'em

How long did it take you to put that together?
It took me four attempts to decipher it!

I'm not sure where it came from but one of my friends occasionally said it... She's a nutty Welsh bird if that's a factor

[ianfirmin]

Originally Posted by Gram43

When we moved to Northumberland last year (although we'd been visiting the area for 7 years) we got to really like the accent here and during this year we had some local tradesmen in doing work for us. We gutted the house and had everything renewed. However we had a plasterer do various jobs and the phrases he always used were:
"aye, nee botha" and "I divvent na", great as it took us a while to understand what they meant - "yes, no bother" and "I don't know!"

I'm a newcomer to Northumberland. If you are thinking of coming here, don't. It's horrible. If you are already here you "know what I mean . It's reet greet like".

One amusing thing to me is that daan saaf a Chav (Cheltenham Average) is a chav (short A). Up here it's a Charve or charver (long A). Since most other words like bath and path etc have a short A up here and a long A in the south I'm interested to know the etymology of this.

ATB
Ian

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by ianfirmin

Since most other words like bath and path etc have a short A up here and a long A in the south I'm interested to know the etymology is this.

ATB
Ian

The what? What are ye gannin' on aboot? Had yer gob.

[ianfirmin]

Originally Posted by Buoyant Babe

The what? What are ye gannin' on aboot? Had yer gob.

Or I'll hoy ya doon the stars?

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by ianfirmin

Or I'll hoy ya doon the stars?

Aah'll bost yer plimpet.

[Gram43]

This all sounds like fighting talk from where I come from, what does it mean again?

Originally Posted by ianfirmin

I'm a newcomer to Northumberland. If you are thinking of coming here, don't. It's horrible. If you are already here you "know what I mean . It's reet greet like".

One amusing thing to me is that daan saaf a Chav (Cheltenham Average) is a chav (short A). Up here it's a Charve or charver (long A). Since most other words like bath and path etc have a short A up here and a long A in the south I'm interested to know the etymology of this.

ATB
Ian

Originally Posted by Buoyant Babe

The what? What are ye gannin' on aboot? Had yer gob.

Originally Posted by ianfirmin

Or I'll hoy ya doon the stars?

Originally Posted by Buoyant Babe

Aah'll bost yer plimpet.

[ianfirmin]

Originally Posted by Buoyant Babe

Aah'll bost yer plimpet.

OK, OK, youse win. Appen I give up....aaaalreet?

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by Gram43

This all sounds like fighting talk from where I come from, what does it mean again?

Haven't a clue mate!

Originally Posted by ianfirmin

OK, OK, youse win. Appen I give up....aaaalreet?

Actually 'bost yer plimpet' isn't fighting talk. My Dad used to use it in the context of telling you not to strain too much if you were lifting heavy loads "watch out or you'll bost yer plimpet" he'd say. No idea where it came from but he was raised in South Shields by a Northumberland Grandmother.

I do like dialect and colloquialisms. I was never brought up to be 'broad Geordie' but the older I get the more I use local dialect. It feels like 'home'.

[Arfie]

Done and did! Another footballer quirk often added to the dropping of "ly"

"He done brilliant"

No, no, no!!

"He DID brilliantly" (unless he played for England )

Arfie

[MATTBIN]

I had a colleague who used to drop in "like you say" at odd points of a conversation, the odd thing is I always tried to remember when it was and how I had said what he refered to, plain truth was I never had said it, most confusing.

Matt