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"Summonemz gorragerroff" (a bus conductors cry? when there used to be bus conductors)

"Tantad nowt dunnatitt as I nose"

"Comforuz atarpastate"

"Eedursnt purrized underworter"

and . . . .

"Gerrarri tergeeyandweeitt"

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Excellent stuff

Gettoff someone,The Bus is too full

The car has never had to be repaired as far as I know

Come round to our house at 8.30pm, and well go out for one

He can only swim on the top

Harry will help you if you ask him?

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Well done Mick! a real Nottingham lingo expert! I do not hear those words these days, its more of a "Gi Day, mate" or "She'll be right"

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Interestingly some phrases can only refer to one thing even tho its not stated.

"Ar Ya Gooin Dahn?" or just "Gooin Dahn?"

Are you going to the match? (Forest or County)

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I'll bet the vast majority pronounce their "aitches" too these days. "summut we never did as youngsters"

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London's not that far from Nottingham hawarden

But we were closer to Yorkshire than London, and had a lot of "Yorkie" in our speech and accent.

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Over the years, a bit of Scots and Geordie thrown in too, I think!

When I was underground at Snibston Colliery in Coalville, it was more common to see "Celtic" or "Rangers" written on the rings than any local team!

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London's not that far from Nottingham hawarden

Put "Hawarden" in Google Earth and see where I am. . . .

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IOWA?

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or Preston or Bury or Canterbury?

Not Preston or Bury or even Iowa, but Canterbury??? Try North Canterbury . . . . .

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Doubt that appears in many go........ogle searches, as it's still listed as a secret base!!!! It's where they used to build Wellingtons in the war, and where they make the wings for Airbus to this day.

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  • 12 years later...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0674l4b

 

 

"Mardy"a poem based on Nottingham dialect. From Radio 4 Poetry Please - Tongue and Talk.

 

More here:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4xDyV5CQKLMDPcrnyWMBLj8/an-ear-for-an-aye-listening-to-englands-dialect-poetry

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That's a great second link Siddha. Just had a flip through and listened to all the different dialects. Took me raight back to when Ah were a lad. Thank you !

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