JennyMorgan Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/accents_are_under_threat_from_the_encroaching_estuary_english_1_4554190 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Thass loik what oi keep a'tellin on 'em. They don' know wassa cummin term! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 T' buggers hev orl reddy cum! I always regret not recording my Granny Colby, good old Pakefield name is that. Born about 1880 her dialect and more especially her vocabulary have all but disappeared over the last fifty years. Local accents do exist to this day but many words of my youth have been lost. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Well, moi hart aloive bor! Thassa rum'n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Now my old mawther she went to one of them posh scools. The noter darm in naridge. Do she was so broad she hed to hev electracution lessons. Thank god she did an all for you wunt hev understood wot she go on about! Andrew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Posh schools in Norwich & Norfolk, in my day, were the prerogative of rich Norfolk farmers, and occasional boatyard owners, for their sons and daughters. As one who went through the system I came out knowing how to drive a tractor and speak good Norfolk. Not quite what my dear Mum had hoped for! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 9 hours ago, JennyMorgan said: Posh schools in Norwich & Norfolk, in my day, were the prerogative of rich Norfolk farmers, and occasional boatyard owners, As the son of an occasional boatyard owner, I know what you mean. I went to prep school with Jimmy Key and Michael Mack. Yew orter a haard em! I picked the rest of it up in Hearts Cruisers' boatsheds, much to my mother's disappointment. Nowadays, they tell me I speak French with a broad Norfolk accent! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 French was never my strong point, dear Miss Mathers was not the most inspiring of teachers, bless her memory. On the other hand I did manage passable Latin, very useful, even with a Norfolk accent. At Taverham I did know a Mack, broad as they came, but whether his first name was Michael or not I have no idea. Mack's mum decided that he needed to tork posh so on a number of Saturday mornings he went into the City, as he proudly proclaimed, to have his RRRRRs rolled. Inevitably we gleefully chose the alternative meaning of RRRRRs. Good bloke was Mack, only like any Norfolk borr rolling his RRRRRs didn't come naturally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound2Please Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 19 minutes ago, Vaughan said: Nowadays, they tell me I speak French with a broad Norfolk accent! Well when I met you at spring meet your accent sounded true na folk to me Vaughan Charlie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 The Michael I knew was a Langley Junior, and farms near Blofield - sometimes to be seen in the Brick Kilns. Jimmy has gone now, I hear, but he founded the Strumpshaw steam museum. I forgot Peter Jeckells - yew orter a haard him an all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 5 minutes ago, Bound2Please said: Well when I met you at spring meet your accent sounded true na folk to me Vaughan Well, I am influenced by those around me of course! Seriously, like Wussername, I am rather proud to know the Norfolk dialect. I regard it as a precious heritage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 Re the Strumpshaw steam museum, I knew another of the leading lights, a Jack Tye. He used to sail Orchis, Waveney number 6. Jack was undiluted Norfolk aristocracy, a farmer that was never seen without his old cloth cap, whether he had hair or not I have no idea. When Jack went sailing then so did his cap, he never had one of those pretentious yotty caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, Vaughan said: Well, I am influenced by those around me of course! Seriously, like Wussername, I am rather proud to know the Norfolk dialect. I regard it as a precious heritage. A precious heritage indeed, as are our beloved Broads, a fact seemingly not considered by those in Authority. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 1 minute ago, JennyMorgan said: a fact seemingly not considered by those in Authority. Look yew owt - hair he goo agin! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 38 minutes ago, Vaughan said: As the son of an occasional boatyard owner, I know what you mean. I went to prep school with Jimmy Key and Michael Mack. Yew orter a haard em! I picked the rest of it up in Hearts Cruisers' boatsheds, much to my mother's disappointment. Nowadays, they tell me I speak French with a broad Norfolk accent! Boatsheds have a lot to answer for! I have spent many a delightful hour in the sheds at Martham, surrounded by good Norfolk talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, Vaughan said: Look yew owt - hair he goo agin! Troo though innit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 We hint haard a lot from that Pesky moderairter frum somewhere up north o' Kings Lynn. Oi rekun afore verra long he'll wa' er know what we're on about. He don't half mob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 He dew, dun ee! But anyone from North of Sutton Bridge tends to mob, can't help it, forriners! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Cor, look yew out, this thread a now gorn HOT! Oi rekun that there mod'll be hair any minit. eecrairze me, he dew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riyadhcrew Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Hoo kin ye mod when ye dinna ken whit yer modin? Mibee a wid get it rang an embrass ma sel. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Awe this gibberish izny haf makin readin the forum a voyage o discovery! Can yoos lot no speak guid engurlush like whit am typin ! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracie Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 For those of you who don't speak Scottish....... Eric said "How can you Mod when you don't know what your modding? Maybe I would get it wrong and embarrass myself" Iain said "All this gibberish isn't half making reading the forum a voyage of discovery! Can you lot not speak good English like what I am typing!" There, how clever am I? Jeez, what ever you lot are on today, can I have some? Grace 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound2Please Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, Gracie said: There, how clever am I? Jeez, what ever you lot are on today, can I have some? Grace Cold coffee Grace darlin here you are a free cuppa ........................... xx xx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 15 minutes ago, Gracie said: For those of you who don't speak Scottish....... Eric said "How can you Mod when you don't know what your modding? Maybe I would get it wrong and embarrass myself" Iain said "All this gibberish isn't half making reading the forum a voyage of discovery! Can you lot not speak good English like what I am typing!" There, how clever am I? Jeez, what ever you lot are on today, can I have some? Grace Dunno Grace, but we are going out for lunch with dear friends of ours. So it will be Becks Blue for me 0% The other four will know doubt blooter a couple of bottles of Chenin Blanc ! Iain 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 BTW Grace, am impressed wi yer translations. You can get a job up here oany tine you like ! As a linguist! Iain 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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