Is This English?

[pjgh]

Some Yorkshire-ism: https://imfromyorkshire.uk.com/yorkshire-sayings/ < they got "laiking" but missed "barlow". Haha! "Chelping"

Yorkshire was the last Celtic speaking region in England and so much of the dialetic will have Celtic roots (like, "minging") but also a strong incursion from Vikings and so much that stems back to old Norse.

 

[Jester]

After perusing this article I felt like I had watched an entire episode of Star Trek..........................spoken in Klingon!!!! I understood maybe 10% to 15% of these wacky British phrases!!

88 very British phrases that will confuse anybody who didn't grow up in the UK

[This article was originally published in 2018]

www.independent.co.uk

All perfectly normal. With the exception of Dench. At a conservative estimate, I am 20+ years too old too ever use the word Dench. Along with YOLO, totes, Basic and Fam

 

[mcgruff]

Don't forget the Cornish, they have their own language too, although not so many people can speak it these days!

I was down in Plymouth briefly, a couple of summers ago. When I asked for a "fish supper" I got a blank stare. Then I remembered I wasn't in Scotland any more. "Fish and chips please!".

The harbour area near the citadel is a lovely place to potter about on a summer evening but I couldn't stay for long. Would love to come back sometime to explore the area properly. Great drive back north through Wales & Shropshire as well, avoiding the motorway around Birmingham. Tintern abbey is a much nicer place to take a break v a motorway service station.

The west bits are the best bits

 

[Blademonkey]

I was down in Plymouth briefly, a couple of summers ago. When I asked for a "fish supper" I got a blank stare. Then I remembered I wasn't in Scotland any more. "Fish and chips please!".

The harbour area near the citadel is a lovely place to potter about on a summer evening but I couldn't stay for long. Would love to come back sometime to explore the area properly. Great drive back north through Wales & Shropshire as well, avoiding the motorway around Birmingham. Tintern abbey is a much nicer place to take a break v a motorway service station.

The west bits are the best bits

Plymouth is a lovely part of Devon, I've been there several times but Cornwall is God's own country but I would say that wouldn't I!!

Paul.

 

[Hakis1947]

had a butchers and zipping through the list

I think you're fairly comfortable with local colloquialism my friend

 

[Flowercleaner]

Yes.
They are English not British.

 

[factormax]

Some Yorkshire-ism: https://imfromyorkshire.uk.com/yorkshire-sayings/ < they got "laiking" but missed "barlow". Haha! "Chelping"

Yorkshire was the last Celtic speaking region in England and so much of the dialetic will have Celtic roots (like, "minging") but also a strong incursion from Vikings and so much that stems back to old Norse.

Yorkshire English: 'Bairn (child)' - Danish: 'Barn'

 

[pjgh]

Yorkshire English: 'Bairn (child)' - Danish: 'Barn'

That'd be the Celtic connection (think Scots) rather than the Norse.

 

[Digimonkey]

There are many dense regional dialects. In parts of Scotland:

blether - chat with friends
dreich - dull, grey (weather)
hoachin' - abundant
stramash - messy fight

Traditional Scots is almost a language in its own right.

And then there's Gaellic and Welsh, an entirely separate group of Celtic languages which also includes Irish gaellic.

PS: "Scotch" is not a real word. We drink whisky. A dram. A malt (ie a single malt). A nippy sweetie. The adjective for Scotlandy is "Scottish" and the Scottish people are "Scots". "Scotch" sounds like someone trying to pronounce "Scottish" after too many nippy sweeties. I guess we're stuck with "Scotch whisky industry" now though.

Dreich - common Scot's vernacular - meaning a drizzly, dark day in - typically, winter - interestingly the Dutch and Germans use the same word - albeit pronounced slightly differently.

Footer - to fanny about - to prevaricate.
Fanckle - something twisted or complex.
Skelp - to smack.
Am'urnae - I am not.
Did ye - aye, right? - looks like a positive comment but isn't.
Messages - groceries.
Dinger - used for a very angry person - he did his dinger.

Bye fur the noo. I

 

[1greenie1]

After perusing this article I felt like I had watched an entire episode of Star Trek..........................spoken in Klingon!!!! I understood maybe 10% to 15% of these wacky British phrases!!

88 very British phrases that will confuse anybody who didn't grow up in the UK

[This article was originally published in 2018]

www.independent.co.uk

I have heard of most of these sayings and here in Australia quite a few of them are still used unceremoniously in everyday talk.

 

[Bogeyman]

Tonight I chanced upon an old British wartime movie made in 1940 that had a great line that had me in stitches. As men were crowding around the sailor dispersing their grog ration he hollered "Stand back and let the dog see the rabbit!!".

 

[Blademonkey]

Tonight I chanced upon an old British wartime movie made in 1940 that had a great line that had me in stitches. As men were crowding around the sailor dispersing their grog ration he hollered "Stand back and let the dog see the rabbit!!".

Perfectly acceptable language!

Paul.