MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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1. Post two short lines of dialogue (ie a conversation), written in any regional (UK) dialect with which you are well-acquainted. Correct spelling not allowed, obviously. Spell it 'eggzACKtlee azit sowndz'*
2. If you can guess someone else's, then [i]quote it in reply[/i] and then re-type the dialogue underneath in (as close as can be) correct English, along with the guessed location.**
* ie:
[b]P1: amyowgodsaft?
P2: ar-ahmussbee-ar...[/b]
**Guess it at town/village level = mega-win-triple-bonus
P1: m'ailin
P2: ist ginYam?
^ it was never going to be easy!
P1: "Fit like mannie, foos yer doos?"
P2: "Aye chavin' awa, chavin' awa."
whitestone - at a guess
P1) I feel ill
P2) Are you going home?
North East somewhere?
Wahgwanmibredren?
Correct with the translation but South Cumbria though I suspect it's fairly similar to North Cumbria and Northumberland.
Wors gadgee?
Tinfut!
A clash of cultures.....
P1: Goat ony rammies?
P2: Rammies? Och! Ye mean hectors?
Bonus points for naming the two towns
Wahgwanmibredren?
Rastamousefarian?
Wahgwanmibredren?
Eton College?
Eton College?
Pretty much!
Trustafarian/Jafaican.
A clash of cultures.....P1: Goat ony rammies?
P2: Rammies? Och! Ye mean hectors?
Bonus points for naming the two towns
I'll have a go.
P1: Do you have any glass soft drink bottles?
P2: Rammies? Oh! You mean glass soft drink bottles?
I'll say that P2 is from Motherwell, and P1 is from somewhere adjacent. I'll guess Wishaw, but might be Hamilton or Bellshill.
Sooo close. 😉
Rammies are a Coatbridge / Airdrie thing.
Hectors are a Motherwell / Wishaw thing.