Dialect or Lazyness

[Florence Fennel]

'a'p'orth is Yorkshire dialect for a halfpennyworth. Not sure why it was related to "daft" because surely that saying has something to do with being short of a shilling? I'm losing my own plot now. I remember asking for 'a'p'orth o' chips wi' scraps

[mothhawk]

Theres no R in path or bath

And only one in "vanilla ice cream"

[mothhawk]

'a'p'orth is Yorkshire dialect for a halfpennyworth. Not sure why it was related to "daft" because surely that saying has something to do with being short of a shilling? I'm losing my own plot now. I remember asking for 'a'p'orth o' chips wi' scraps

My grandfather used to say that someone "hasn't got a ha'p'orth of sense" (he was a Lincolnshire yellowbelly)

[maytreefrannie]

Norfolk n Good! I like that!

I love that song.

[Bigmallly]

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

I think she got a tanners worth in RT.

[Florence Fennel]

My grandfather used to say that someone "hasn't got a ha'p'orth of sense" (he was a Lincolnshire yellowbelly)

There's posh MH, you don't drop your aitches do you?

[mothhawk]

There's posh MH, you don't drop your aitches do you?

'Appen I do sometimes , but with that phrase, it's quite hard to say if you drop the aitch (unless you add an 'n')

[Pa Snips]

'Appen I do sometimes , but with that phrase, it's quite hard to say if you drop the aitch (unless you add an 'n')

Which is what we would do up here, in fact there would be more changes than just dropping the 'h' and adding an 'n'.

"Ain't godda n'aporth of sense" Apparently we cannot enunciate either!

[binley100]

My Grandad always used to say 'good 'elf ' instead of cheers if you gave him a drink. Being little and unwise to the ways of the world I always used to wonder why he praised the elves .......

[Hilary B]

Too long to read the whole thing, but... is this about dialect, or accent?
Reputedly the most incomprehansible variation on English is Geordie, but I reckon Orkney is as bad. The odd thing in Orkney is that while the older men speak a language that only the initiated can follow (even partially), their wives are often easy to understand... The main reason is the tourist trade and the prevalence of B&B places. It's the ladies that have run this 'farming sideline' for a few decades now, so they have adapted to how 'ferry-loupers' and visitors speak, in the interests of good business practice!

[ladylottie]

'a'p'orth is Yorkshire dialect for a halfpennyworth. Not sure why it was related to "daft" because surely that saying has something to do with being short of a shilling? I'm losing my own plot now. I remember asking for 'a'p'orth o' chips wi' scraps

Black Country dialect says "Theest a saft 'a'p'orth" (You're a silly halfpennyworth). Surprising how a lot of words are the same in different areas of the country isn't it!

And we asked for an 'a'p'orth o' chips wi' bits.

[dominic10]

Definitely Potteries dialect:

Tow rate ark?
- Ar, at they?
- Arm owrate burrem famished
- Ar, ar am 'n ow!
- Lets goo 'n get some rates pies
- A conna, ar onna gorenny money
- Nar, ar onna ayther
- Weerst toffter?
- Arm gooin wom, at cummin?
- Nar, a conna, arve got stee eer!
- Ast? Warsthat?
- Eest pee dee t'dee, n may mum's bad in bed, n arve gorra weet fer me fayther mak sure ay goos street wom!

[Pa Snips]

Is this about dialect, or accent?

It started out as a dialect thread and became an accent thread...ne'mind eh!

[Bigmallly]

Definitely Potteries dialect:

Tow rate ark?
- Ar, at they?
- Arm owrate burrem famished
- Ar, ar am 'n ow!
- Lets goo 'n get some rates pies
- A conna, ar onna gorenny money
- Nar, ar onna ayther
- Weerst toffter?
- Arm gooin wom, at cummin?
- Nar, a conna, arve got stee eer!
- Ast? Warsthat?
- Eest pee dee t'dee, n may mum's bad in bed, n arve gorra weet fer me fayther mak sure ay goos street wom!

Sounds as though it's got a twang of Geordie in it.

[VirginVegGrower]

Am off tut green'ouse!