Dialects/accents

Frank the tank

Southern mate of mine insits he

Cats the grarse,and buses are basses. :roll:

Whereas I

Mow me lawns and bass's are fish.

bompington

Here in Dundee you go to the pie shop & say "Eh'll hae a peh".

disgruntledgoat

Round my way you would greet your friend and enquire after his health by saying "Areet marra, how's tha fettle?"

You would indicate your intention to return home by saying "As gan yam"

Frank the tank

disgruntledgoat wrote:

Round my way you would greet your friend and enquire after his health by saying "Areet marra, how's tha fettle?"

You would indicate your intention to return home by saying "As gan yam"

'round here that would be;- Aye up mi duck and Amoffom (I'm off home).

With whom was he keeping company with:- Who worrywe.

guilliano

Eyez goin back ta ma crib innit = I'm going home, my mother who is 12 years older than me doesn't let me stay out after dark

Oi bruv/cuz/blood, ya got doze sick/phat V12s = excuse me, do you stock the only pedals I've ever heard of for my JJB fake BMX that I stole yesterday?

deptfordmarmoset

With whom was he keeping company with:- Who worrywe

Reminds me of the S Yorkshire:

Who wor tha' wi'? Wor tha' wi thissen?
(Who did you go with? Were you on your own?)[/quote]

Frank the tank

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

With whom was he keeping company with:- Who worrywe

Reminds me of the S Yorkshire:

Who wor tha' wi'? Wor tha' wi thissen?
(Who did you go with? Were you on your own?)

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My dialect/accent (Nottinghamshire) is offten mistaken for a south yorkshire one by people from outside those two areas.

pottssteve

Around here it's all (phonetically speaking):

Lah ho ma, ho leng jai? = How are you, handsome young man?



Mind you, it's always directed at my son!

fungus_the_muffin_man

Where I live we say "Hello"

mingmong

My mate's from Hull

5 is pron 'farrve' :-)

pedrojake

‘Alrite mate, bout yee?’

Hello my friend, how are you keeping

Anonymous

Can't get my head round the geordie accent. I'm sure you are all lovely, kind people but your accent gives me the runny shitz.

tgardi

Glasgow (Glesga) has to be the best:-

"Takyurhonaffmabum" - please remove your hand from my posterior
"Scummindooninbuckets’ - It isn't half raining heavy
"Geeza punna burra furrra murra" – Give me a pound of butter for my mother

Finbar Saunders

Glaswegian goes into a cake shop and asks "Is that a donut or a meringue?". Guys says "no you're right, it's a donut"

Aggieboy

tgardi wrote:

Glasgow (Glesga) has to be the best:-

"Takyurhonaffmabum" - please remove your hand from my posterior
"Scummindooninbuckets’ - It isn't half raining heavy
"Geeza punna burra furrra murra" – Give me a pound of butter for my mother

Thai surely - "Vuuntinglikkkydikkky?"

markos1963

Around here a donkey is a 'dickie'

Aggieboy

markos1963 wrote:

Around here a donkey is a 'dickie'

And as you're in Norfolk the proposal probably means the same then!!

RyanB

The generic term of greeting over here is "schweet wee lahd, know mean lyk nall"

For which you will probably get a boot in the head for you trouble.

Anonymous

whityesayintaeithtedaythen ?

translation;

What are you saying to it today then ?

Further translation;

Hello.

If you live in Irvine.

cee

i live in edinburgh.....the city of no accents.

but my accent is more northern than that....cross between 'deenshire and west of scotland...giving a good mix of lilt and lult

STEFANOS4784

Oye-oye, owbe-ahn?
Hello, how are things?

Nofreebaaaad!
Ok thanks!

jc4lab

To a Yorkshire man with a sheep.".Are you shearing it?"..Nay lad, go catch tha own

AMcD

I love the northern word 'mither'. My mum was always telling me off for mithering her .

Having moved to Fife from Manchester I can't get used to a man calling me 'mate' instead of 'luv' or, indeed, me saying 'thanks, mate' to a man. Sounds really strange to hear or use that word directed at a 'lady' or by a lady . Also asking the gardeners to leave an extra 'flag down me ginnell' got me nowhere, but hubby asking for a spare 'slab to be left down the close' brought results .

By 'eck, don't ya just love the UK dialects?

dbb

when i moved to the UK, i had the expectation that English would be spoken here. :shock:

and for a bit of Aussie participation; a standard greeting would be,

"G'day mate owyago'n - djaavagoodweegend"

STEFANOS4784

I love all accents exept irish, tatartatey, think it has something to do with my childhood but who knows........ :arrow:

wiffachip

disgruntledgoat wrote:

Round my way you would greet your friend and enquire after his health by saying "Areet marra, how's tha fettle?"

You would indicate your intention to return home by saying "As gan yam"

bit of pitmatic going on here, i'm guessing 'yam' is in a pit village in Durham - Bearpark ?

and you have a sharp lowse on a friday ?

Mothyman

....oki doke then.....

White Line

Awright fannybaws! How ye dain? As jist up eh Cathkin n seen these mad lesbos fucken gawin it it! Shood ah seen it mate! Bit, it turnt oot tht ah wiz pure trippin coz eh aw tht acid ah took mind?

Translation:

Hello my friend. How are you? I was just visiting the Cathkin Park there when I seen two striking young women having sexual intercourse. You should have seen it. But, it turned out that I was just imagining it because of the large amount of LSD I had taken previously, remember?

takethehighroad

Eee there love, put wood in't'ole will thee, its feckin baltic in 'ere.

Translation:
Excuse me fine lady, could you please close the door, as it is cold in this room.

chriskempton

wohthaworritwha? = Was that what it was? To which one might reply:
thawohworritwha = That was what it was

NGale

down here in Devon it's 'international talk like a pirate day' everyday!

I can understand the incommers and indian call centres before I can understand someone from Okehampton just 22 miles away :shock: