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In another post @notts-joe was having a bit of friendly banter with @GrannyPie and I said to be careful he could get a clip round the tab. This amused @weymouthPIE who said if he said that down south they wouldn't know what he meant.


 


This got me trying to think of other words that are local to this area and people in other parts of the country would have difficulty understanding. Here are a few I thought of:


 


Cob = Bread roll


Causey = Pavement


Twitchell or Jitty = Narrow alleyway


Badly = Ill (as in I feel badly today so I'm not going to work)


Mardy = Grumpy or sulky


Rammell = Rubbish


 


I'm sure there are lots more, anyone else think of any?


 


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The other week one of my Mums work colleagues was telling her that a contractor needed something sorting, and she said "well he'll have to wait nore". Needless to say nobody had a clue what that actually meant lol

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Ey Up Mi Duck - Hello

^ I hate this, though I worked in a restaurant where fellow chefs would say it all the time. I've found myself doing it at times and I literally smack myself after. I also tend to say 'Love' a lot now.

There's more, my mums mum (don't get upset GrannyPie - You'll set me off) used to literally speak every sentence with something that would make me go huh?.. Funny the amount of times I asked my grandfather what she meant and he'd turn to say 'It's nothing, don't worry about it'. hehe

Also, Derbyshire is bonkers compared to us. Mix bizarre sayings with their accent!! Super Ram can be bad for this! especially when he replicates his lost accent.

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When I first went to work in Derbyshire (Ripley which is only just over the border) and mixed with Derbyshire folk I first heard the word "while" meaning "until". e.g. I am working 8 while 5 today. I had never come across that before.

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When I had been going out with Super for about 6 months we were walking along Alfreton High Street one Sunday afternoon when we met one of Super's dads mates..The conversation went something like-


 


Mate to us- 'Ay up youth ar't'gooin?'                              '  Hello young man/mate,how are you?'


 


.Super- All rate Chatty,ar's theesen'                              'All right,Mr Chapman,how are you'


 


Mate--'Musna grumble,tha nose'                                  'I Must not grumble,you know'


     


Super-'Wot time irrit plase'                                            'Could you tell me the time, please'


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Mate-''Ar its afe pass thrae ,                                              'Yes ,it's half past three.  


         an tell thee dad arve gorra cumber                          and will you tell your dad that I've got a cucumber


         an sum toms frim'                                                     and some tomatoes for him


All the conversation seemed to be spoken at a hundred miles an hour so Super had to translate.

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:rollonfloorlaughing:


 


@GrannyPie that is brilliant, I have sat here crying with laughing. Thanks for making my day.


 


That was another thing about Derbyshire that I had to learn. When you meet someone you don't say ayup like I was used to being a Nottingham lad you had to say "Aw rate"


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:rollonfloorlaughing:

 

@GrannyPie that is brilliant, I have sat here crying with laughing. Thanks for making my day.

 

That was another thing about Derbyshire that I had to learn. When you meet someone you don't say ayup like I was used to being a Nottingham lad you had to say "Aw rate"

I used to tell Super Ram to shut up and stare at him when he came home saying that!

Didn't like it. LOL

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I've just thought actually, I wonder why it is that in what is a pretty small country, we have so many different terms and phrases that mean the same thing. How is it that people 20 miles down the road say something completely different to what you would say but it means exacly the same thing? :question:  :unsure:


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icon_share.png notts-joe   I used to tell Super Ram to shut up and stir at him when he came home saying that!


 


STIR?-That's a new one :hyper:


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icon_share.png notts-joe   I used to tell Super Ram to shut up and stir at him when he came home saying that!

 

STIR?-That's a new one :hyper:

Shut up :P

Hope your eye feels better when you read this! My right eye felt like it was on fire earlier, felt I should go out in sympathy. (Not that it would have felt like you did) :(

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Super doesn't wear a shirt and trousers.,he wears a shot and britchers.


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It used to amuse Granny,when she was staying over at my parents house, when my dads uncle called round on Sunday mornings for a cup of tea and a chat.At the time he was well into his 70's and my dad in his 60's.He'd knock on our door,walk in and say to my dad 'Ay youth,arta gooin', My dad would reply 'Fair t' middlin,youth,ars theesen'


It wasn't until Granny pointed this out to me that I realised how comical it was. I still greet my mates in the same way after all these y :rollonfloorlaughing: years


Snaptin-Lunchbox


Ay up brud -Hello brother/mate


Wescot- Waistcoat


Tintintin- It isn't in the tin.


Poss -purse


Kwop- Co-op


 


I'll think of more ,I'm sure.


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Snap = food


Snaptin = lunchbox


 


Glad you mentioned that one @super_ram, I read somewhere that the miners used to take their sandwiches down the mine in tin boxes with strong springs on the lids and when they shut them they went snap. Hence the word snap for food.


 


edit to say: Just found this video


 


>http://youtu.be/OLrrs5MI8oM

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The guy looks just like my dad did when he stepped out of the cage(the lift that took the men up and down).


 


The first Xmas Granny stayed at our house my dad told her he'd  just had his first bath for 6months. She wasn't very impressed until I told her that he had a shower every day at the pit.


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This is funny! i did not realize we spoke like this, thought we was plain speakers. lmao

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Super doesn't wear a shirt and trousers.,he wears a shot and britchers.

I escorted my grandson to the toilet the other day, the conversation went like this:

Grandad: "av yer dun"

George: "yes"

Grandad: "right, pull yer britchers up"

George with an incredulous look on his face: "What are britchers"

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Excellent ,Tony :thumbsup:


 


I may have mentioned this previously but when I was at school and about 13, the teacher, during our french lesson,asked the class a question.I answered in my normal accent which caused her to comment-'oh god,what chance do I have teaching you French when you don't even speak English.


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Super always says-Watter (rhymes with fatter) instead of water.


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When I worked in the lace trade there was an Amercan(New York) who used to come over twice a year and make his base at our company for 3/4 days while on a european buying trip.He always commented on my 'quaint' accent and plain speaking, which he seemed to like.Anyway, he came to our office one day while I'd gone for a smoke.When I returned he jokingly remarked that I'd been trying to hide from him. i told him I'd just been for a ***.-   * see bottom of post. The look on his face at my comment was priceless and completely shocked him.I had to explain that a ***    over here is a cigarette and not an effeminate man/gay as in the U.S. Over the years this became a standing joke.At the end of his stay, when he came to say his goodbyes, he always came up to me and would give me some American cigarettes saying, with a broad  smile on his face,'Here y'are Barey(Barry), some fags'-Great memories.


 


* Seems there is some censorship here *** = fags singular


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Tha's because it's not at all parky today,Muddy


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This is quite a funny topic to read, i recognize a few of the differences myself but not all of them. Grannypies post was very confusing as it went along(derbyshire side of it) but very funny too.


Some of my family members used a few of the derbyshire words but mostly seemed nottingham words as far as i can remember. Where i am from is abit confusing if its meant to be in derbyshire or nottingham though as it has both parts relating the address and area.


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  tonyhateley  In another post @notts-joe was having a bit of friendly banter with @GrannyPie and I said to be careful he could get a clip round the tab
 
Lug'ole -Ear
 
Lug -Knot in hair
 
Put wood int 'ole - Close the door
 
It's gerrin a bit black ower  Bill's Motha's - Dark clouds are buiding up
 
Siling dahn - Raining heavily
 
It's starving ahtside - Very cold outside
 
It's rate back end  weather - The weather is really autumnal

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Slinging it down is a common one that we are all used to, but obviously to some people it would be strange.


It would be interesting to get some of the shrewsbury members on this topic to see what their slang/accent words are that we don't understand here in notts.


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