catfan 14,793 Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 "gerrin there youth" ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martyn 303 Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 wassa marra wi ya, yo git daan va kllnic elst yo wi kop it from our Mam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martyn 303 Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 On December 3, 2017 at 6:45 AM, meeowed said: gerrof te beeroff und gu through twitchell Alley way between the back to back houses Meeowed Entry and Twitchell - got to be only in Nottingham 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 I'm finding written Nottinhameze far more difficult than spoken. In the above examples, if I annunciate the text, it all comes back to me. I'll soon be back speakin it like a gud 'un. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Very true, Jonab. It drives my IPad nuts. . If I ever try to write anything in the Notts dialect it immediately flags it as a misspelling and tries to change it. Usually change it to something totally irrelevant to what you are trying to say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martyn 303 Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 2 hours ago, IAN123. said: Martyn...it replaces f....in hell! “kinell” mi ode serry 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,284 Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 I would give first place for Nottinghamese to Benjamin for his - Entenyonyergorrenyonyer? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martyn 303 Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 7 hours ago, PeverilPeril said: I would give first place for Nottinghamese to Benjamin for his - Entenyonyergorrenyonyer? Peveril Took me a minute, but got it - but ayentgoroteonmi 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martyn 303 Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 entgototebtdandelionandburdock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martyn 303 Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 I listen to Audible books while riding my bike and last night I finished “Cold in Hand” by John Harvey (recommended by this site). The book was pretty good but the English narrator could not get the accent. For example he pronounced Basford as B“ass” instead of B“ace” and Sneinton as Sn“ain” instead of like Sn“ent”. I just downloaded “Darkness, darkness” and there is a different narrator. The story takes place in the mining towns in north Notts, which if I recall correctly, has more of a Sheffield accent. Lots of gewin t’t pub etc than the much more refined accent from us city dwellers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 I think it's worth mentioning that soldiers who'd been away in the war bought back some words which crept in to everyday speech. My dad hadn't been in the army as he was in the NFS during WW2 but still said Jaldi meaning hurry up. There were others but I can't recall them now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 Let's have a dekko, for a look. Also the newspaper was coggage. He was in India during the war. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 I like what my wife said when we got home once. The bin men hadn't collected the bin and declared 'bin men ent bin" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 On 30 May 2018 at 8:55 PM, IAN123. said: Best one i ever heard was in the Two Beavers Cafe on Alfreton Rd. Young girl came in looking for a soft drink. "Gorranypoporowt"? I recon Two Beavers cafe was run by Mrs Barry St Ives. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Small basic cafe, somewhere just below the Clarence. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Dunc 8 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 I have been showing my wife this thread. She is Greek and she is an English teacher. The look on her face! Talk about baffled. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,601 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Probably not all Greek to her Big Dunc Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 On 11 September 2018 at 12:02 PM, Big Dunc said: I have been showing my wife this thread. She is Greek and she is an English teacher. The look on her face! Talk about baffled. Gerreronere she'll lurn Sumat. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,421 Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 Dad always used 'shufti' as in let's ave a shufti (to look at something) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 My dad said that, he was in Burma and India during the war, wonder if it was one of the words he brought back with him, like coggage for newspaper, decko for look etc. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,421 Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 According to dad it's an Arabic word he heard whilst serving in Egypt although I bet no Arab ever pronounced it the way we do. Following Jonabs post - why do we run all the words together when writing Nottinghamese? As in: Entenyonyergorrenyonyer? It's easier if we write : Ent eny on yer gorr eny on yer and it makes sense...…..? Just a thought.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Re SNAFU and FOOBAR (that should read FUBAR). I thought they were British army acronyms. As a kid, I remember a cousin (big-wig in the army) using them liberally and me getting a clip round the ear when I asked what they meant. There were others but they weren't so popular and I've forgotten them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,601 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Those acronyms were used all the time during the American/Vietnam war, then it was called "Namspeak" Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,601 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Can think of some that need fragging Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 LOL.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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