| cogito17:42 UTC23 Jun 2007 | I sometimes use this as a starter for teaching a poem ("unrelated incidents" by Tom Leonard) which includes a lot of phonetically presented dialect, to political effect. Can anyone add to my repertoire with a new bit of dialect from another region?
This one's from Nottingham... overheard on a bus
"Worreewiyerrorworreewiyoo...eewerrwiyerrwontee?"
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| cogito17:45 UTC23 Jun 2007 | here's the poem, by the way
this is thi
six a clock
news thi
man said n
thi reason
a talk wia
BBC accent
iz coz yi
widny wahnt
mi ti talk
aboot thi
trooth wia
voice lik
wanno yoo
scruff. if
a toktaboot
thi trooth
lik wanna yoo
scruff yi
widny thingk
it wuz troo.
jist wonna yoo
scruff tokn.
thirza right
way ti spell
ana right way
ti tok it. this
is me tokn yir
right way a
spelling. this
is ma trooth.
yooz doant no
thi trooth
yirsellz cawz
yi canny talk
right. this is
the six a clock
nyooz. Belt up.
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| shona05:51 UTC24 Jun 2007 | owaryagoingmateoright? This is an Australian greeting, not heard so much these days but it used to be common.
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| cogito06:06 UTC24 Jun 2007 | Oh, the one in the OP translates as "Was he with her, or was he with you? He was with her, wasn't he?"
My A level language set are surreptitiously recording lots of conversations locally (in Somerset) for literal transcription.
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| nutraxfornerves10:37 UTC24 Jun 2007 | When Fishermen Meet
"Hiyamac"
"Lobuddy"
"Binearlong?"
"Coplours"
"Cetchenny?"
"Goddafew"
"Kindarthay?"
"Bassencarp"
"Ennysizetoom?"
"Couplapowns"
"Hittinhard?"
"Sordalike"
"Wachoosen?"
"Gobbawurms"
"Fishanonaboddum?"
"Rydononaboddum"
"Whatchadrinkin?"
"Jugajimbeam"
"Igoddago"
"Tubad"
"Seeyaroun"
"Yeahtakideezy"
"Guluck"
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| fatabuna15:07 UTC24 Jun 2007 | <blockquote>Quote
<hr>"Worreewiyerrorworreewiyoo...eewerrwiyerrwontee?"<hr></blockquote>
LOL!
Well I love the Texan way: "Lyast noight I hyad some pyasta and cuorn..." Howdy partner!
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| lizzie7reeve00:01 UTC27 Jun 2007 | <blockquote>Quote
<hr>This one's from Nottingham... overheard on a bus<hr></blockquote>
Jookkee i dont speak like that!!
but heres some that teens in notts use:
'Wargwarn'- this is actually jamaican slang but people have started saying it, its for 'Whats going on' used when greeting someone.
'innit'- meaning 'isnt it'
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