letsavagoo 961 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 I gave some talks to several local history societies in recent years and it was suggested that I avoid using the term ‘ladies and gentlemen’ as gender assumption is a can of worms. As my audience were general older people I didn’t perceive a problem but it was given when at a ‘council’ venue and I complied. The term ‘duck’ was very common in the Radford of my youth but with the young now it seems absent. Referring to friends as ‘fam’ is common where my grandson lives in Eastwood and elsewhere I suspect. An older woman in Birds at Eastwood always serves by asking ‘now then my duck’ never ‘me duck’. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 Never heard of 'fam', utterly another irritating phrase is the Mid-atlantic term 'Bro'. Why do people not speak English anymore? There's an announcer on BBC2 who never uses 'th' , he refers to programs coming on in firty minutes, or fought and fink. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 Like it or not we have to accept that our language is continually evolving. We don’t all have to go along with the flow though. Some of us like to maintain the standards of ‘received pronunciation’. Dost thou not agree? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 Indubitably! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 On 11/6/2015 at 8:39 AM, carni said: Ayupmeduck On 11/6/2015 at 11:17 AM, broxtowelad said: Eyupmeduck Is it Ayup or Eyup? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 It’s Ey up but sometimes spelt Ay up. Derives from ancient Nordic language apparently so it’s quite alright to be used in polite company! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,408 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 Nah, maybe the posh version where yo is, its Ey. But proper folk say Ayup like wot I do... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 How does the Queen say it then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,408 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 Don't know, I'll ask her next time she nips round to borrow a cup of sugar.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 511 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 My father was an absolute stickler for spoken English and used to criticise news readers on telly all the time. Apart from Angela Rippon and Moira Stuart who both had beautiful speaking voices and were his favourites. Being a McDonald his favourite gripe was calling folks north of the border Scotch not Scots. That doesn’t stop me though using Notts lingo being born and bred in the county. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Brew said: But proper folk say Ayup like wot I do... Ayup Brew, You can be in my gang Miduck. Cos I'm posh Annawl. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 825 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 5 hours ago, philmayfield said: How does the Queen say it then? If you wish to sound like Liz then substitute a sounds with e sounds. It ectually works!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,408 Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 Sounds like it would be e reel pein in the erse... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,079 Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 Nottingham words We tend to ask for a sucker when we should say ice lolli, and yet when we lived over in South Africa they also called them Sucker's. What they did not like though, went into a green grocer's and ask for half a pound of nobby greens, of cause they did not know what they were. If you do over to Germany never ever ask for "Mushy Peas" it is a very rude word, little story Went over to my brother's who ives in Germany for the "IRISH FOLK FESTIVAL" which is in Aug and what was for you to eat!!! yes Fish n'Chips with Mushy Peas!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 When I worked at QMC we were told to never call anyone "duck" as in "would you like a cup of tea me duck?" Can't remember anyone taking any notice though & no one ever complained to gaffers AFAIK..... When on an underground visit to the National Mining Museum near Wakefield my wife called me duck & the guide took the micky out of us. Mind you he took the mickey out of me big time when he learn't I was on the underground loco's down Hucknall pit: he kept shining his light at me & asking if I was still awake? The cheeky so-&-so... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 961 Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 I’m not 100% but aren’t males sometimes referred to as ‘love’ in Yorkshire. By other males that is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 I was surprised (and relatively old) when I first heard Nottingham males speak to each other as 'duck'. I'd always thought it was only used to members of the opposite sex. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Newarker 22 Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 You can certainly expect to be called Duck in Newark but perhaps by an older generation or within family. Philmayfield probably mixes with the higher strata of society! In reply to letsavagoo, isn't "Me old love" a Yorkshire saying? "Me old flower" was the catchphrase of Yorkshire comedian Charlie Williams. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,270 Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Newarker said: "Me old flower" was the catchphrase of Yorkshire comedian Charlie Williams. Great comedian and a good footballer, I remember seeing him play for Doncaster Rovers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kj792 21 Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 After migrating to Australia in 1956 I started my trade course at Ultimo Technical College in the heart of Syney.One day I went to the store and asked the storeman for a"6 inch clamp". Son I don.t understand what you are saying,hang on I get someone else ,I repeated my request only to get the same response. Better write it down,which I did. Mate you want a "Claaaamp" you were asking for a "Clump" or something like that no wonder we didn,t understand. Just shows how a "Nottingham " accent was difficult to understand "Downunder" More broader English accents were even more difficult for the Aussies. From that day on I changed and today nobody picks me for a "Pommie" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 On 4/7/2022 at 8:27 AM, DJ360 said: Reminds me of 'Cross-Chockled', which as far as I can determine..has similar meaning, but derives from St Helens. Always remember hearing the word Nesh and didnt understand, i was about 4yrs old standing at the bus stop with my sister and i was crying because it was the middle of january and very frosty , my sister said to me , shut up you mardy baby you're nesh you are !!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 Anyone heard the expression serri ? Cerri ? As in yo alrete serri ? Always recall having to stay in the stable lads hostel in Nottingham racecourse , we'd travel there with 4 horses running over the two day meeting , as we settled in for the night the hostel porter asked one of the lads ,yo want another pillow me duck ? The lad turned round to me and whispered is he gay or summat ? I had to explain to him , no its only an endearment term around these parts ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 1 hour ago, David sheridan said: Anyone heard the expression serri ? Cerri ? https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/10208-serry/?tab=comments#comment-142332 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 961 Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 I was chatting to a friend the other day and this topic came up. A few years ago we visited Victoria on Vancouver Island. My wife was with her dad so I left them to spend time together and I wandered off through the local China town and way out off the beaten track. I window shopped and went into one of those arty type shops selling dream catchers and all manner of ‘new age, hippy’ type stuff. One of the assistants asked what I was looking for and she recognised my English accent. She too was English although she had picked up the local accent. To cut a long story short she mentioned she’d lived in Lincoln for some years lecturing at the university. My son attended Lincoln uni and it turned out she remembered him well and had been one of his lecturers. Any one else had a small world experience. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 A few years ago, our friends from Radcliffe on Trent were visiting us. We took them to the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix. It is a huge place with about 6 different trails to walk. We were on one trail, chatting away, when a young couple came towards us. The fella said, English voices, as he heard us talking. We stopped to chat, he told us he originated from Lancs, said he used to live in Phoenix but moved to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I said, my daughter's friend moved there, but is now moving to Lancashire to get married. He said, Tina? I said yes! He said, if you know Tina, do you know her friend Heather? I said, that's our daughter! Turns out when he lived in Phoenix he went to the English pub, The George And Dragon. Tina and Heather worked evenings there. Wecould have been on any other path and never spoken. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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