Guest Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Alpha said: What about int - isn't want - wasn't nowt and owt wunna/wunt - wouldn't canna/ **** (sounds better in context! e.g. "I **** open it)- can't dunt - doesn't Are they East Midlands things? I use dunt, wunt, want, **** and int. I've tried to cut them out as it sounds like full on bumpkin talk. You don't hear "eh up..." much in the south either? Eh up mate, yeah i'm alright ta duck. Int this weather ***** Don't forget "shunna" as in I shunna really be out this late (shouldn't) and 'shanna" as in I shanna be coming here again. (Shan't). Common when I was in Derby but I'm over 70 now and things change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 We speak oddly around here too. Here are some loose translations and explanations of everyday talk To have many a beach sipped = Been around To lap up death from a shell = Live by very meager means To play chess with the pope = To poop To let someone feel the tea water = To let em have it To let the knee follow the belly = To follow through (Nigel Clough VS Billy Davies comes to mind) With the hook in the arse = Returning from a fishing trip without a catch I´m going to thread out your intestines now = I'm going to interrogate you I'll show him where David bought the ale = I'll get him (Have no idea of the origin or identity of this David) To have a bone in one's nose = Tough as nails You are such an asshole = You are so adorable To take someone to the bakery = To reprimand someone harshly He´s no blue water = No weakling All dead lice fall from my head = Astonished It lies in eyes upstairs = It's so obvious There are many strange things in a cow's head = There are many strange things in a cow's head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 When I was a mere lad in the 1960s my Dad's generation in Derby used some great sayings but we didn't use them. Old gits used them so I fear they may have died out my favourite is "I'm just gunna turn me bike rahnd" said in a pub when going for a slash. If it's no longer used we should bring it back! then there was "well I'll go to the foot of the stairs" (pronounced as Well I'll gutta futta the stairs) to indicate disbelief or shock and "it's dark over Bob's mother's" pronounced as It's dark ovver Bob's mother's (rhymes with "bother) to indicate rain clouds come to think of it I seem to recall mother rhymed with bother and father rhymed with bather at least it was in the rough Cotton Lane area. But pronunciations change over years. Here I am now living in London in my dotage but still say that I'm gooin to turn me bike rahnd when going to the pub toilets in memory of me old Dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Was Bill's movvers raaahnd ah way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 where's @Owd miner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 16 minutes ago, Strange yearnings said: When I was a mere lad in the 1960s my Dad's generation in Derby used some great sayings but we didn't use them. Old gits used them so I fear they may have died out my favourite is "I'm just gunna turn me bike rahnd" said in a pub when going for a slash. If it's no longer used we should bring it back! then there was "well I'll go to the foot of the stairs" (pronounced as Well I'll gutta futta the stairs) to indicate disbelief or shock and "it's dark over Bob's mother's" pronounced as It's dark ovver Bob's mother's (rhymes with "bother) to indicate rain clouds come to think of it I seem to recall mother rhymed with bother and father rhymed with bather at least it was in the rough Cotton Lane area. But pronunciations change over years. Here I am now living in London in my dotage but still say that I'm gooin to turn me bike rahnd when going to the pub toilets in memory of me old Dad Kick at panty door. (There’s not a lot for dinner) am just gunna check pressure in me bike tyres. (Also going for a slash) am not as green as I am cabbage looking ( I’m not stupid) art comin or what? (Do hurry up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 4 minutes ago, Boycie said: Kick at panty door. (There’s not a lot for dinner) am just gunna check pressure in me bike tyres. (Also going for a slash) am not as green as I am cabbage looking ( I’m not stupid) art comin or what? (Do hurry up) You may want to edit panty bit.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 3 minutes ago, mozza said: You may want to edit panty bit.. Unless he's eating off the furry plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 3 minutes ago, mozza said: You may want to edit panty bit.. What a bloomer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Wonder what people call cherry knocking where they are? Heard it called knock-a-door run before but think that's a Yorkshireism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 1 hour ago, reveldevil said: Op-pen do-er. Open door round Ilson way. Shove th' wud int' 'ole = Please close the door. There used to be some amusing cockney notices in a pub near where I worked in London. One which springs to mind was 'Don't thow yer oilies on the Rory. Please use the ashtrays.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 9 hours ago, Boycie said: What a bloomer! i was thinking more of a **** up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 1 hour ago, JoetheRam said: Was Bill's movvers raaahnd ah way. You're right. It was Bill not Bob. And in the 1950s there were piclate stalls in the market hall. I never heard of crumpets (far inferior and smaller) until years later when I moved to Brum, where I first heard of baps (they were cobs in Derby.) still have my Derby accent though Its a long time since I lived in my homeland. Do they still say " a pint of cooking" for bitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Never heard anyone outside of Derbyshire misuse the words call/calling/called as much as some of you Belper/Kilburn lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Accents change over a very short distance. Derbyshire north of Derby is different to South Derbyshire. As far west as Utch people pronounce look as luck, yet 5 miles further, Tean, Alton, its definitely luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 hour ago, uttoxram75 said: Accents change over a very short distance. Derbyshire north of Derby is different to South Derbyshire. As far west as Utch people pronounce look as luck, yet 5 miles further, Tean, Alton, its definitely luke. So i can know which dialect to attempt to properly parrot when i come visit (and i will) Which one's consider themselves the accent purists? i bet it's the northern ones, it usually is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 8 hours ago, Coconut said: Never heard anyone outside of Derbyshire misuse the words call/calling/called as much as some of you Belper/Kilburn lot Never heard someone rant about it in a pub like you Littleover/Mickleover lot either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 6 hours ago, ramit said: So i can know which dialect to attempt to properly parrot when i come visit (and i will) Which one's consider themselves the accent purists? i bet it's the northern ones, it usually is Mid Derbyshire I’d say, the coal field areas. Mind you, a lot moved to south Derbyshire pits and took the accent weium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Its bost. I.e. it is broken. The item is defective. Loved it when i heard that again after a number of years away from mickleover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Hello = Hello Are you okay = Are you okay How are you = How are you You don’t want gravy on those chips, do you? = You don’t want gravy on those chips, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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