norfolk dialect
From dailt telegraph:
Among those to have been added to the wordbank are bobowler, a Birmingham and Black Country term for a large moth, tittermatorter - or see-saw, in Norfolk - and tranklements, another Black Country expression meaning ornaments.
Some of the words have been in existence for generations. For instance, bishybarnabee ? a Norfolk term for a ladybird ? is thought to derive from a notorious bishop, Edmond Bonner, known as "Bloody Bonner" for his role in the persecution of heretics under the Catholic government of Mary I in the sixteenth century.
The phrase "Bishop Bonner's Bee" is believed to have come into use, either because of the colour of the clothes he wore or because the insect's red and black appearance was associated with blood and death, with which the clergyman himself was associated.
any other norfolkisms? I remember being told not to be naughty "or you will get wrong".
Posted By: conkers on July 3rd 2011 at 08:45:51
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- norfolk dialect (NCFC) - conkers, Jul 3, 08:45:51
- Slumockin great mawther! (n/m) (NCFC) - Kirrie, Jul 3, 17:50:15
- assa Poomer boi (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge 5mal1, Jul 3, 17:02:45
- Storn the crows bor. Set yew down an' mardle. Thass a rum ol dew (n/m) (NCFC) - fareastcanary, Jul 3, 14:28:38
- Wass goon arn in trynun then, Neeeel? (n/m) (NCFC) - tim berry, Jul 3, 13:43:05
- Rum 'un old bor t' av a set o stones (n/m) (NCFC) - harry boulders, Jul 3, 12:20:06
- Although it's not a Norfolk term--- (NCFC) - willy the pimp, Jul 3, 11:41:11
- 'are yow goo (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 3, 11:16:51
- Heh yar fa'r got a dickey, bor? (n/m) (NCFC) - Marty McFly, Jul 3, 10:56:36
- He hev, an' he want a fule ter ride ut. Will yew come? (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 3, 11:59:25
- ^^^ Norfolk shibboleth. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 3, 11:59:52
- Yew dew talk squit (n/m) (NCFC) - harry boulders, Jul 3, 12:21:45
- ^^^ Norfolk shibboleth. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 3, 11:59:52
- He hev, an' he want a fule ter ride ut. Will yew come? (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 3, 11:59:25
- Thas a rummon. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Jul 3, 10:54:20
- The bloke who lived alone next door to my nan was all ways a bit "soft" (n/m) (NCFC) - Clean Shirt, Jul 3, 10:42:07
- dew yew mean he were a bit sorft ?? (n/m) (NCFC) - Marty McFly, Jul 3, 10:46:20
- "I'll Crown Yew"-As To Get Hit... (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Jul 3, 09:20:29
- on the huh - not quite straight (Norfolk) (NCFC) - conkers, Jul 3, 08:47:52
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