hutch6 550 Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Cob, woodland path, jitty and pork pie. A jitty is a new one on me. Where does that come from? East Midlands. According to wikipedia it's a Derbyshire/Leicestershire term. I was raised around Linc's/Nott's/Leic's. Colloquialisms have always fascinated me. I think it started when you're a kid and met other kids on holiday from all over the place. They'd ask if you wanted to play a game which you'd never heard of but when they explained the rules it was a game you had a different name for (and even some more rules but the principle of the game remained). For some reason we ended up calling football "togger" when I was growing up. "Are you playing football" morphed into "lecking togger?" I find it funny to look at the dialect even on a local level. For instance the pronunciation of place names. There's an old money type town in Nott's called Southwell. The local dialect would pronounce it Su-thle, but some folks can't bring themselves to speak so commonly and insist on South-well. Like a class difference. I guess like most folks I never perceived myself to have a dialect or accent but it's not untill dropped in a relatively foreign area that locals point it out. My dad managed to get himself on country file whilst doing some monitoring work on a local moss, we all gathered around the TV to watch it knowing he might be on. The standard laughter broke out as soon as we saw me old man and we all hushed to hear him explain what he was doing and what effect it had on the moss etc. "Ah well, I'm watching water (wat-er) levels so's I can see ah much water (wat-er) [BANNED TEXT] 'ad since ah last checked" My dad paused the programme and turned to us asking "Ah dun't speak lark tha' do'ah?" I nearly f***ing died!! It was the first time he'd heard himself talk and he always though he didn't have an accent, thought I had one but not him :D 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,638 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Technically speaking that lane ,,,,is an avenue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hutch6 550 Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Maybe we just keep things simple round here. a roll the forest an alley a pork pie lonning,snicket,ginnel and growler ....your making it up surely. Cross my heart Gnash!!! It's like a foreign language yet we're only up the road :D Lonning seems to be anywhere near "The Wall" but on the sunny side of it form what i cna make out. Us kids used to call is a snicket where as my grandparents and parents called it a ginnel so in one generation it had changed names and I've no idea why, a bit like the togger thing. I've always known it as a growler Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Astanley 11,580 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 A cob A rapists delight A jigger A pork pie 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurchers 2,878 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 A cob,,,,a lane,,,a gennel,,a pork pie,,,,, My mum calls cobs,,,,a bread bun,,,,she's a Geordie Thats why we know what that bread bun is ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
onion jonny 527 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) us scots are bad for sounding our words, a place called milingavie is pronounced milguy, strathaven is straven, or come ben the kitchen means come into the kitchen, a but and ben is a little or small house usually a holiday home. Edited February 25, 2016 by onion jonny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Cob.. Woods..gulley .. Pork pie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,377 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Us kids used to call is a snicket where as my grandparents and parents called it a ginnel so in one generation it had changed names and I've no idea why, a bit like the togger thing. I've always known it as a growler Some people need translators...............you need diagrams ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonah. 775 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Bap, path, gulley, pork pie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tb25 4,627 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 I thought growler ment a beat up pussy hole. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,555 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 a bun is a bun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neems 2,406 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Bap,muddy path,path,pie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,503 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 A Growler should have a bit of hair and a female attached 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
budharley 945 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Barm ,path,ginnel,pork pie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Bap, path, alley, pork pie The latter needs Stilton adding to the top. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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