BaaLocks Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 I was working with someone from France the other day and ended up explaining to them what the word 'nesh' means (double strange this one, as I never heard it when I lived in Derby but it came into use after I left). I know we have 'mi duc' and the like but wondered what other words we have in Derby that are specific to at least the East Midlands. Some that come to mind: Mardy Bolched (getting your hair cut really short and being told 'blimey, you've been bolched') Nongy (only the Welsh, who call it a dunkie, have a better name for it) Boca (probably generational but anyone who looked a tramp, in honour of Mr Wright) Ote and note Jitty Tea (the evening meal) sheeponacid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Never heard of Bolched and Nongy. The obvious missing one is 'Cob'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 11 minutes ago, BaaLocks said: I was working with someone from France the other day and ended up explaining to them what the word 'nesh' means (double strange this one, as I never heard it when I lived in Derby but it came into use after I left). I know we have 'mi duc' and the like but wondered what other words we have in Derby that are specific to at least the East Midlands. Some that come to mind: Mardy Bolched (getting your hair cut really short and being told 'blimey, you've been bolched') Nongy (only the Welsh, who call it a dunkie, have a better name for it) Boca (probably generational but anyone who looked a tramp, in honour of Mr Wright) Ote and note Jitty Tea (the evening meal) Cob= bread roll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstand Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 54 minutes ago, Foreveram said: Cob= bread roll Cob = Circle Of Bread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, cstand said: Cob = Circle Of Bread No good for sausage cobs 🌭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 1 hour ago, BaaLocks said: I was working with someone from France the other day and ended up explaining to them what the word 'nesh' means (double strange this one, as I never heard it when I lived in Derby but it came into use after I left). I know we have 'mi duc' and the like but wondered what other words we have in Derby that are specific to at least the East Midlands. Some that come to mind: Mardy Bolched (getting your hair cut really short and being told 'blimey, you've been bolched') Nongy (only the Welsh, who call it a dunkie, have a better name for it) Boca (probably generational but anyone who looked a tramp, in honour of Mr Wright) Ote and note Jitty Tea (the evening meal) Hang on - we are the only ones who say "Tea" for evening meal? Surely not? I'm Derby born and bred and I've never heard "bolched" ever. The rest I am well aware of, fer mi sins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 1 hour ago, BaaLocks said: I was working with someone from France the other day and ended up explaining to them what the word 'nesh' means (double strange this one, as I never heard it when I lived in Derby but it came into use after I left). I know we have 'mi duc' and the like but wondered what other words we have in Derby that are specific to at least the East Midlands. Some that come to mind: Mardy Bolched (getting your hair cut really short and being told 'blimey, you've been bolched') Nongy (only the Welsh, who call it a dunkie, have a better name for it) Boca (probably generational but anyone who looked a tramp, in honour of Mr Wright) Ote and note Jitty Tea (the evening meal) "Boltched/Bolched" is right there, at the very back of the rear shelf of my memory bank. Must be 50 years since I heard/said that! Never would have come up with that without your reminder. 👍 Boca and Nongy were very common during my schooldays. (born Jan '63, left school '79). Jitty is still the only word I use to describe a... erm... well... jitty! Obvs! Dinner at lunchtime Tea at tea time! Afternoon tea is for the well-to-do. Never been able to afford supper! Others not mentioned... not sure how exclusive to Derby they are... Duds (sweets) Chungy (Chewing gum) Treetards (Supporters of Nottingham Forest FC)! 🤣 Was in T'Barnsleh only this morning... ordered a bacon cob out of habit. Well, you can imagine the conversation that followed! Ended up with bacon on a "tea-cake"... When I asked where the currants were... well, you can imagine the conversation that followed! 🤣 BaaLocks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 40 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said: Hang on - we are the only ones who say "Tea" for evening meal? Surely not? I'm Derby born and bred and I've never heard "bolched" ever. The rest I am well aware of, fer mi sins 'Tea' in the context of a meal is the short version of 'high tea'. It's less of a geographical thing and more of a class thing, being eaten after a day's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffLuff Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) Phrases and dialect change depending where you are in Derbyshire and it can overlap with the counties that surround us, so because we are surrounded by a lot of different places it means there is a lot of overlap with what might more of a Birmingham phrase or even a Lancashire or Cheshire phrase. I quite like the word mithered, which if you look online is a derbyshire phrase but I think pretty much anywhere north of Birmingham uses it! Edited June 23, 2023 by TuffLuff I know nothing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Is it native Derbonian to say Wunt - wouldn't Dunt - doesn't Int - isn't C¢nt - couldn't ? I know nothing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Your main meal of the day is your dinner, doesn't matter when you have it. How can tea be a meal? Tea is a drink made by pouring hot water over an evergreen shrub grown in Asia. That's right up there with the word breadcake / barmcake. The word cake has no business being attributed to bread, it's an entirely different foodstuff. Ewe Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 4 hours ago, Stive Pesley said: I'm Derby born and bred and I've never heard "bolched" ever. The rest I am well aware of, fer mi sins Same as me with 'nesh' - I never even heard it used till I met someone from Derby who used it and was amazed I didn't understand it. As for cob - we've been here before so I won't put petrol on the fire of that one. These are pumps though, no debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 14 minutes ago, BaaLocks said: Same as me with 'nesh' - I never even heard it used till I met someone from Derby who used it and was amazed I didn't understand it. As for cob - we've been here before so I won't put petrol on the fire of that one. These are pumps though, no debate. Until the elastic goes...then they're Binned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 29 minutes ago, BaaLocks said: These are pumps though, no debate. When I worra lad, our family called them "Yer best shoes"! 🤣 Steve How Hard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffLuff Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Alpha said: Is it native Derbonian to say Wunt - wouldn't Dunt - doesn't Int - isn't C¢nt - couldn't ? Someone once said to me that the Derbyshire ‘accent’ is just making your point as quickly as possible, and what’s the point in using 2 syllables when 1 will do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 1 hour ago, TuffLuff said: Someone once said to me that the Derbyshire ‘accent’ is just making your point as quickly as possible, and what’s the point in using 2 syllables when 1 will do! You mean wan’ll Andrew3000, TuffLuff, I know nothing and 3 others 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Ram Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 We always used to say ‘Bolched’, in fact I’ve said it recently. my mum used to say ‘he’s a right megrum’, when someone was ugly. your face was your ‘clock’ ‘I could eat a scabby hoss’ when you’re hungry. If you’ve burnt something, you’ve ‘bont it’ BaaLocks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram59 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 9 hours ago, BaaLocks said: I was working with someone from France the other day and ended up explaining to them what the word 'nesh' means (double strange this one, as I never heard it when I lived in Derby but it came into use after I left). I know we have 'mi duc' and the like but wondered what other words we have in Derby that are specific to at least the East Midlands. Some that come to mind: Mardy Bolched (getting your hair cut really short and being told 'blimey, you've been bolched') Nongy (only the Welsh, who call it a dunkie, have a better name for it) Boca (probably generational but anyone who looked a tramp, in honour of Mr Wright) Ote and note Jitty Tea (the evening meal) Mardy and Tea are used in the West Midlands, anorl. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 9 hours ago, Srg said: Never heard of Bolched and Nongy. The obvious missing one is 'Cob'. Here you go, from urban dictionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 My Mum, who wasn't from Derby said I when I first was at school I used to consider the past tense of the verb to treat to be tret. As in "I got tret really bad at school today". If I did, I don't do that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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