Oztalgian 3,371 Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 Quit yer chunterin Stop yer mawnging E wor a rait rummon Shut yer fizzog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,723 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Just read an article in Nottinghamshirelive about Nottingham sayings, the most famous being “ey up mi duck”. There was one I didn’t recognise, just wondered how many other people know what they mean: Dobby Mardy Manky Nowt Summat Tint/Dint Mi-sen Gizza Twitchell Nesh Cob Gorra bag on - never heard this one myself Dinna/snap bit obvious this one, snap was used in South Yorkshire by miners to describe the sandwiches they took down t’pit. Tautuzz 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,279 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Know all of em...........me Dad alus packed his own 'Snap'............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,462 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 We offen played dobby an running up twitchel wuz part onnit. Weather dint really stop us but mardy boggers were proper nesh if it were coad . Some gorra bag on when it were manky and dint go out, specially if there were nowt else ter do but goz out the window Tint offen we ad cobs forrus snap, it were sarnies usually when I made em missen 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,032 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 I have heard them all, used them all and understood all that Brew wrote , not bad to say I was born in Surrey. Only moved to Nottingham to please my parents when they moved up here, mind you I was only 7 at the time. I went through a lot of hassle because I dint talk propa at fust. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,240 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 I used to live in Woodthorpe where everybody talked proppa! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,529 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Brew made his post in Cliftoneze which is a specialised branch of Nottinghameze. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,530 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 The majority in Arnold talked proper too! None of my family ever spoke with the Nottingham lingo, even the side of the family from the Meadows. Mind you, when calling a Nottingham friend I’ve always started with ‘Ay-up’. I understand all the words SG has posted but have never heard ‘gorra bag on’ ...... is it the same as ‘gorra gob on’? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,240 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 I worked in Basford for 25 years so I had to modify my accent to make myself understood. One of my co- directors, who was public school educated, often needed me to translate! My parents, both originally from the Meadows via Sneinton Dale never spoke with a Nottingham accent. Neither did their siblings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 The only one I haven't heard of is gorra bag on. My Mum and Dad often said most of the others on the list Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,279 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Gorra bag on.......=...in a mardy mood Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,529 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 I'm surprised so many people hadn't heard of "bag on". I remember it although I haven't heard it for a few years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,617 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 CT but where did the expression actually come from? .... it must refer to a bag of something not very nice as it’s a negative comment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,530 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 4 hours ago, benjamin1945 said: Gorra bag on.......=...in a mardy mood Ok, what I’ve always heard as ‘gorra gob on’ then. I’ve never used the expression though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,279 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Mouthing off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,462 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 The usual expression is "He/She aint arf gorra gob on her/him" or similar - meaning loud and, as Ben sez, prone to mouthing off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 968 Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 I believe that Nottingham had slight variations of accents in areas quite close to one another. My wife’s uncle born 1900 and lived Hyson Green all his life had a distinctive accent, different but not far removed from my Radford accent. When asked how he was he would always say “I’m all reet” At school it was common for some kids to say things like ‘is it yorn’ ”it’s mine un” “gerroff” “giz it ere” and “int it ot. I’m not saying I used these, my parents discouraged it and never thought I had an accent but going down south I’m immediately outed as a northerner. When I started work in Hucknall there was a very distinctive accent as have Mansfield, Worksop and Huthwaite. Many areas in Nottinghamshire had an influx of people from Scotland Wales and the Northeast to work in the mines and certain expressions and words creep in not strictly native to the local area. My grandsons live near Eastwood so I spend time there. I note those born locally will serve you in a shop and ask “what can I get you MY duck” where as the Radford of my youth it was always ME Duck. My wife still speaks to her childhood friend born, raised and still living in Radford and she still has her accent. It’s not full of geroffs and gizit ere’s but still distinctive. Now TV film and immigration have put paid to many local accents. My father in law still lives in Radford and the local accent is Hindi, Urdu and West Indian patois. My wife recalls that at school she was with Mr Cooke in class and asked to think of words beginning with C O. She answered code sir. He said no Jane you mean cold. No she said code like morse code. One nil I think. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,723 Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 From what I can remember wasn’t the Sneinton accent very distinctive? I can remember working with a girl who came from there and her accent was quite broad, although it is a long time ago and I might be wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,240 Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 I think that area did have its own peculiarities but the most indecipherable accents to my ears were those from the Eastwood, Awsworth and Jacksdale areas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 For almost 14 years, I lived in Brinsley at a time when many of the residents were indigenous. They could be difficult to understand at times due to their use of dialect words I'd never heard of. MY duck, as opposed to MI duck and even now some of it escapes me. From the gossip of years gone by, I understood there had been a lot of inbreeding which led to some rather strange outcomes but I suppose that would apply to any small village in times gone by. When I first moved there, virtually everyone I spoke to was related to the next person I spoke to! Quite disconcerting. The situation has changed as those residents have largely passed on or moved elsewhere and far fewer people who live there now were born anywhere near the area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 Just to add something that might throw some light on accents, a long term study going on this side of the pond, the group recording peoples accents across the nation before most disappear, found regional accents are different by approx one mile distance. They found this during the recordings they made in the north east states in rural areas. Most folk know a NY City accent is different from the Bronx area of NY, as New Orleans accents are varied from the blacks, to the "Cajun" accents. even here where I live we have varying Arkansas, border Missouri, Ozarks accents. When I moved from Nottingham to North Yorkshire and worked at Boulby Mine very close to Staithes, the amount of local accents from Middlesbrough to Whitby was pretty pronounced. Now being away from the old city many years, I'd probably notice different dialects far easier. Even when I was in Oz, I picked up many different accents/dialects, Tasmania was where I first worked, and mid state accents were different to north coast accents, then on the mainland, a Melbourne accent was different to a Sydney accent, add variations and you'd probably get thousands of accents. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,240 Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 When we moved to our village in ‘62 everybody seemed to be someone else’s cousin. With the advent of newer housing there are lots of people who work in Nottingham and just treat it as a dormitory suburb. I have to remember that I was an ‘incomer’ once and I’m still not the oldest inhabitant. There’s nothing wrong with incest as long as you keep it in the family! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,536 Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 The 'proper' Eastwood accent has almost disappeared now and has become infiltrated with that very ugly Derbyshire accent from Heanor and Ripley areas. The old Eastwood accent is very much the same as Nottingham accent but is much 'thicker'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 I worked with a youth from Ruddington he said I spoke the most Nottm he'd ever heard, he had to think about most things I said Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,279 Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 When i worked for a London (Tooting) based Security company ..as soon as i arrived in the Office it was all ''ey up Duck'' and ee by gum'' tha knows''' from all the Geezers...great bunch...loved my time with em............ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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