philmayfield 6,089 Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 Christmas dinner! I didn’t know there was such a thing as Christmas until I was sixteen! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 Wots Christmas dinner chaps ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 It’s a feast every December to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Originally a pagan festival but stolen by the Christians. (Thou shalt not steal, so they say) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 Wots a feast ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 The collective term for a group of Women  Flock of geese, herd of sheep, school of fish, feast of women. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sunny Day 1 Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 Few in Ipswich can translate "hooworryweeworryweeissen" Also they have no idea what a pikelet is! Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 Trust me SD, there's a few in Nottingham wouldn't know either ! But why is it necessary to write it down as one word ? Ooh. worri wee? worri wee issen? It might be said as one long line but... Just sayin' And I were born and bred in Radford, learned all me swear words there ! PS. Welcome to NS. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 I said the same things on here ages ago, no idea why folk thing they have to create one giant word. I struggle to read some of them and I'm a Sneintonian cum Cliftonite Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 Never mind Brew, you'll get better. Cliftonite, isn't that what Superman is allergic to ?  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 I've often questioned translations as to whether they are accurate or not. For eg., eyyagorraweeya ? is is translated as " Is your wife/ mother with you ? When actually the person is saying, " Have you got her with you " ? Please forgive Nottinghamese spelling, never could figure how it's supposed to be writ. B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 Let's all be honest, I've never heard people speak like that, especially these days,  and I bet most people haven't. It's all a fantasy, and is fictitious to say the least. Maybe a couple of generations ago, when people knew which class they were in, and made little or no effort to better themselves. Even people who live north of Redhill have finally learned how to string a coherent sentence together these days ! Grrrrr ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 There are people north of Redhill? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 Yes, they're the ones with grazed knuckles and mullet haircuts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 I live NE of Redhill. Does that count? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 No Phil, it's only those on the west side of the A614 ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 Ok, it's safe to get out of bed then! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 35 minutes ago, philmayfield said: Ok, it's safe to get out of bed then! Â And style your mullet before you go out looking for a fight! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 I know a couple who used to live in Bulwell, born and bred. They have lived in Sussex for about 34/5 years and both are still broad Bulwell slang, and never lost it, unless of course she's answering the phone then it's all Hyacinth Bucket if you please. Not a dialect, but slang. Another angle in the opposite direction, a cousin moved from Nottingham up to Whitley bay. Within less than three weeks she was talking broad Geordie, as though she'd been there all her life ! On a personal level, I've tried to adapt, I no longer say yo or code and try to pronounce my h's in the right place, primarily to be understood. (My family used to say I'd gone posh !!). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 No, not posh, just plain normal ! Â I just can't grasp this desire in some folks to demean and denigrate themselves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 Agree, Mick Fleetwood on the one show last night! Top grammer school to pseudo yank! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 Grammar 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 51 minutes ago, MargieH said:  And style your mullet before you go out looking for a fight! I’m off to Lincoln to collect my car. They’re all barmy there. It always has to go back after a service to sort out what they’ve cocked up at the service. Three years, three services three returns. Back to German cars I think! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 4 hours ago, FLY2 said: Let's all be honest, I've never heard people speak like that, especially these days,  and I bet most people haven't. It's all a fantasy, and is fictitious to say the least. Maybe a couple of generations ago, when people knew which class they were in, and made little or no effort to better themselves. Even people who live north of Redhill have finally learned how to string a coherent sentence together these days ! Grrrrr !  You don't ride the tram that often then... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 3 hours ago, philmayfield said: I’m off to Lincoln to collect my car. They’re all barmy there. It always has to go back after a service to sort out what they’ve cocked up at the service. Three years, three services three returns. Back to German cars I think! Make sure you've got all your wheels on when you get back Phil.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Okay M'Duck 5 Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 Yo's in the fields, kickin' up his heels, if yo want him, yo go fetch him... while I keep conk Yeah yer can tell I went to Peveril School too! On 10/24/2014 at 10:40 AM, PeverilPeril said: Keeping conk was a regular term in Radford/Hyson Green for keeping a look out. Usually it was keeping conk for park keepers, coppers on the beat, teachers, spirit tapping or for another street nicking your bonfire rubbish.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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