Talking of vernacular words, I learned “a wee nyaff” when I went to live north of the border. No equivalent in Yorkshire,
When I moved north of the border - that is from Cornwall into England - I had to adjust to all the English names for vegetables. There are still a few vernacular words in use in Cornwall and you do occasionally meet a genuine Cornish accent, but increasingly rare. The words that persist tend to be the ones for which there isn't really an English equivalent, or not a simple one, like emmet, launder, dreckly, catchpit and ope. The habitual 'do' (as in "I do reckon" or "he do say") is still quite common - not sure they know that the rest of England does't say it. A bit like the Bristol 'L' where they tack an 'L' onto the end of words that actually end with 'A'. I think most real Bristolians don't know there is a difference between an idea and an ideal. And no one calls their daughter Eva.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Twitten, ginnel, jitty, wynd, lots of words for the same thing, I love collecting them!
Teaching practice many years ago in Ripley, Derbyshire, all the kids coming into school,
"Ay oop!", "OoP thissen!". Someone in a pub queue getting restive "Dinna fash thissen!", Now, was that Scottish in a Derbyshire accent, or what?
Sheep fairs on Hartington Moor, had to really listen hard to all the old farmers theeing and thaaing away "Doesta?" Year old sheep are theaves there, but in other parts they are hoggets, which is why the holes you sometimes see between fields, in the bottom of drystone walls, are hogg(et) holes and nothing to do with pigs
Pick up words everywhere, useful ones like clarty (for boots) and slarty (for puddles) and fettle, pother, mardy, nesh, skryke, mither, wuthering, are all from folk I've met along the way, plus a goodly few from on here!
... The habitual 'do' (as in "I do reckon" or "he do say") is still quite common - not sure they know that the rest of England does't say it.
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Still said (and written) by the older generation in North Suffolk ...particularly 'he do say' ... especially when coming out of the doctor's surgery and telling anyone interested '...the doctor, he do say that thar's nothin wrong with I '...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Pansy - MG was banned but then allowed back but misbehaved and was banned again.
I use lots of northern English terms my OH (Worcester) is still learning. Possum now says "put t'wood in th'ole'" in her generally BBC accent. All wrong but funny. I also use "Belgicismes" which have my new friends very intrigued or amused as my accent is clearly English.
I rather like Clare Balding but as it's sport, I don't know or care if she knows what she's about. Sport is for doing, not watching, unless it's supreme horse riding or dancing. Can't cope with the horrid gear and all the sweaty bits in the other sports, nor the desire for acting oscars so often expressed on a football field.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Still said (and written) by the older generation in North Suffolk ...particularly 'he do say' ... especially when coming out of the doctor's surgery and telling anyone interested '...the doctor, he do say that thar's nothin wrong with I '...
How interesting - opposite ends of the country.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I'm glad that you're all doing your bit for language conservation. Unfortunately, I don't think there's much left to save here or maybe it's so ingrained that we don't know our language is varietal
... The habitual 'do' (as in "I do reckon" or "he do say") is still quite common - not sure they know that the rest of England does't say it.
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Still said (and written) by the older generation in North Suffolk ...particularly 'he do say' ... especially when coming out of the doctor's surgery and telling anyone interested '...the doctor, he do say that thar's nothin wrong with I '...
I think you mean ‘ee do say. 😀 Emmet is the Cornish word for ant referring to lots of tourists, the Devon equivalent is Grockle.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
When our Manchester friend came visiting, she talked about some people she knew who kept "an outdoor". To me, this was an unfinished sentence, begging the question, "an outdoor what?". Turns out they ran an off licence. That's a shop that sells alcoholic drinks for consumption elsewhere.
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A bit like the Bristol 'L' where they tack an 'L' onto the end of words that actually end with 'A'. I think most real Bristolians don't know there is a difference between an idea and an ideal. And no one calls their daughter Eva.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I use lots of northern English terms my OH (Worcester) is still learning. Possum now says "put t'wood in th'ole'" in her generally BBC accent. All wrong but funny. I also use "Belgicismes" which have my new friends very intrigued or amused as my accent is clearly English.
I rather like Clare Balding but as it's sport, I don't know or care if she knows what she's about. Sport is for doing, not watching, unless it's supreme horse riding or dancing. Can't cope with the horrid gear and all the sweaty bits in the other sports, nor the desire for acting oscars so often expressed on a football field.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Emmet is the Cornish word for ant referring to lots of tourists, the Devon equivalent is Grockle.