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Post by Jazz on Feb 15, 2011 19:58:40 GMT 1
I was thinking about Geordie words and ones that you don't hear anymore. I know language, words, constantly change but some dialect words are lost.
Three words that my parents used were:-
Glaikey, meaning a bit simple, soft, daft, "away with the fairies" sort of thing.
Femmer, meaning fragile, weak, easily broken but used to describe a person, man or woman.
Boodies, meaning pieces of broken pottery that kids used to play with years ago, but used in later times as "poor payment" for work done.
A funny personal story relates to the last word.
My ex wife was meeting my parents for the first time. My Dad was talking about the jobs he had and mentioned that he "worked for boodies" at some part of his life.
Ex wife pipes up to say "Oh, is that the builders behind the Central Station?"
She thought he meant he'd worked for Moodies......much laughter when all was explained! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2011 13:22:45 GMT 1
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Post by Jazz on Feb 17, 2011 18:37:30 GMT 1
Well , I got some words every now and then but most of it could easily have been in a foreign language!
I find it fascinating the amazing numbers of dialects, words we have in this country and the fact that accents change every few miles. When you think of the Wearside accent, the Geordie accent & the South Northumbrian accent all within a short distance of each other! Plus there are differences within each of these dialects.....such as the notorious case of "Wearside Jack" in the Yorkshire Ripper case....they narrowed his voice down to the Castletown area of Wearside.
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Post by Jazz on Feb 17, 2011 18:41:31 GMT 1
"Weyse Keys are theyse, Loweyse?"..........."Whose keys are these Louise?" Mackem to English!   ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2011 19:03:29 GMT 1
Must ern us daren't fut talk lake yon jurt t'owd un's
Most of us don't talk like him only the old ones.
It would be a pity if all accents disappears, we all be talking like me perish the thought.
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Post by Jazz on Feb 17, 2011 19:25:04 GMT 1
Aye, agree there, Milky.....I would have loved to have been one of these "dialect" experts such as the one in the Ripper case.
"Howay, man, hinney divvent gan up a height, thas ower many clarts!"
"Come on , love, don't go up there, theres too much mud!"
Geordie to English!
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Post by Shadow on Feb 17, 2011 22:38:39 GMT 1
Well , I got some words every now and then but most of it could easily have been in a foreign language! I find it fascinating the amazing numbers of dialects, words we have in this country and the fact that accents change every few miles. When you think of the Wearside accent, the Geordie accent & the South Northumbrian accent all within a short distance of each other! Plus there are differences within each of these dialects.....such as the notorious case of "Wearside Jack" in the Yorkshire Ripper case....they narrowed his voice down to the Castletown area of Wearside. I agree that its funny how accents change within just a relatively few miles travelling distance.My best friend went to Middlesborough Polytechic in the eighties and on my first visit I heard someone on about what sounded to me like "her". It was actually hair As kids,on our way to Germany on the Newcastle-Peterborough-Harwich trains it was fascinating how the accents changed as people boarded at Durham,Darlington,York and Doncaster. Let alone the accents from Peterborough to Harwich.I loved hearing the different dialects |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2011 18:54:10 GMT 1
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Post by Jazz on Feb 18, 2011 19:08:19 GMT 1
They're a lovely group....always liked their accents. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2011 21:08:59 GMT 1
Ere ya gan get yer lugs roond this lot................... CWL  |
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Post by Shadow on Feb 18, 2011 22:36:25 GMT 1
Whoa dont accents change? I learned this as a kid and the only familiar thing is the kids bits www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNDltwH14zMI thought it was swalleed cows for starters. And hoyed it doon the well  |
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Post by Jazz on Feb 18, 2011 23:38:43 GMT 1
Whoa dont accents change? I learned this as a kid and the only familiar thing is the kids bits www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNDltwH14zMI thought it was swalleed cows for starters. And hoyed it doon the well Aye, a knaa wot ye mean, Shads, same here, the kids have got it right.....some of these "professional" Geordies try too hard.....leave it to the bairns! |
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Post by Shadow on Feb 18, 2011 23:51:51 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2011 10:57:14 GMT 1
Ere ya gan get yer lugs roond this lot................... CWL That was brilliant, see how much I've learned next Saturday  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2011 11:31:17 GMT 1
I doubt you've ever heard of "Half Time Children" When a child got to secondary school they could become a "Half Timer" starting working in the cotton mill at 6am, then attending school in the afternoon. Although it was supposed to have been stopped in 1918 it went on until the early 1930s. My mother was a Half Timer, when my grandfather ran off with another woman leaving my grandmother with four young children, she had no choice................the good old days! www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-l-XYlv12E |
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