E's awa up the pairk wi the aller eens fer the plooin.
He's away up to the field with the older ones for the ploughing.
Wur nae haein ony a they fisher fowk, ther nae ees.
We're not having any of those fisher folk, they're no use.
I was laughed when my daughter told me that she doesn't like to flush the toilet during the night because it "gies her a fleg". Local dialect for 'gives her a fright' She's getting it from her childminder who's quite 'couthy' as they say up here.
"Bawbag, gee-us sum oh them chips afor ah come oher there and drop ye we a flyin drop-kick tae the solar-plexus"
"Twos-up on that smoke"
"Nah, dowts"
"Dowts? Twos-up or yoor getin the malky"
Teenage years in Perth circa 1985, dont think much has changed.
Local to where I'm from (North Oxon):
Oim goin' dayn tayn, moi duurk.
(Trans: I'm popping into town, darling)
Local to where I am now (Manchester):
Ayyyye-yerrrrr. Ah shot 'im wiv me lickle ****in' shootoh
(Trans: Hello. I used a small pistol to shoot him)
I'm not sure which is work: yokel or scally.
<hijack> Was it a Mr Poddy I saw cycling towards Ash Vale station today at around 17:20 ? BIG socks were being sported....
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Alright m'duck.
Oim in tha gardin, your in thee ouse
( I'm in the garden, you're in the house )
I've only just realised that Brummies have different ways of pronouncing 'the' dependant on the noun following starting in a vowel or consanant - and yes I am aware that I've droppped the consonant from the front of house.
