Dialect or Lazyness

[Bigmallly]

Those compliments were often heard in my family too - but without the "eeh lad".

I wouldn't mind the compliments if I had known what the 'eck he was talking about........

[VirginVegGrower]

Do you know when I was a young 'en growing up in my silly days (no comments please), mi old man used to say to me: eeh lad, your as thick as 2 short planks or your as daft as a brush (very complimentary, my old man.......).......Well for one, I have no idea how thick 1 short plank is never mind 2 plus I always found brushes to be quite intelligent.......

How many sandwiches are you short in a picnic. How many bricks make a full load?

[VirginVegGrower]

Do you think that might be related to a Mother-In-Law joke or wishful thinking?

Probably the former!

[VirginVegGrower]

Now on the south coast I'm from the Potteries originally and my OH is from London. My OH thought it best our boys said grarss instead of grass, barth instead of bath etc etc - when one of my adult sons moved to live in Yorkshire he was really gutted to be called a 'posh git' during a football match (he was the goalie) for the way he talked! I too understood everything!

Theres no R in path or bath

[Pa Snips]

When I was but a wee slip of a lad (whatever the 'eck that means) I had a friend who was from London and one day, when he was making something (can't remember what, it was a looong time ago) he asked me to pass him "the now's". Now I know this is more of an accent than dialect thing but it was only after he got frustrated and grabbed the nails himself that I realised what he was saying.

The written word is so much easier to understand.

[RedThorn]

An old expression from where I was born. When I was only a brick and a tickey high. (A tickey was a thruppence) And hush you lot, just 'cause I'm showing me age...

[Two_Sheds]

I'm from Lancashire, ... dropping letters (mainly t's) from words like 'compu'er' 'star'ing'

Norfolk does that too, in fact I don't think the letter T exists this far east. Mr TS is Norfolk n Good (say it quickly) ~ he frequently has to deal with the London office, and they all think the Norfolk office is in another universe. He makes a deliberate effort not to say com-poo-er (he says laptop), or hoo-man, and I have to proof read his reports before they go to London, to change the "could ofs" to "could haves".

Children in my class have a really hard time with their spellings: I'm convinced it's because of the Norfolk dialect and the lack of books around them. They hardly ever see the written word, it's all TV, DVD, cun-poo-er games

[Feral007]

A few roo's short in the top paddock?

[Feral007]

Norfolk n Good! I like that!

[veggiechicken]

An old expression from where I was born. When I was only a brick and a tickey high. (A tickey was a thruppence) And hush you lot, just 'cause I'm showing me age...

That would a silver thruppenny bit RT? My grandparents told me about them

[Feral007]

Oh veggiechicken you are so cruisin' there!

[veggiechicken]

Oh veggiechicken you are so cruisin' there!

I hope that doesn't mean what I understand it to mean, Feral

[donnakebab]

That would a silver thruppenny bit RT? My grandparents told me about them

I never heard of a silver threpenny bit! sixpence yes. I used to love the old threpenny bit with the portcullis on one side.

Here they both are.

Thrupenny / threpenny which ever!

[julesapple]

Cruisin' for a Bruisin', VC

[RedThorn]

That would a silver thruppenny bit RT? My grandparents told me about them

you had to get your tuppence worth in and the cheek of it