It was varra sad last neet to see Barcelona beat Manchester United in t'Champions League final. Maks m'think aboot the past. When I was a laal bairn being browte up on m'fayther's farm at Arlecdon we nivver had feutt'bo. Well nut as ta knows it now. It was'nt invented then really. But we did gaa to Workington sum times to see t'Uppies an Doonies on an Easter Tuesday. Now that was real feutt'bo, for real men. Nean of this lassie-lad stuff t'sees wid them fancy players who git mare money each week than most of us see in a lifetime. I'll tell ta a greatt deal mare aboot Uppies and Doonies given time. But yer word for today is -
Feutt bo - football, 'Uppies and Doonies play feutt bo ivry Easter at Wukinton'.
If this post is a little hard to understand I'll tell yer more aboot t'difficult words in t'next few posts. Tak care now.
Lets mak a Wednesday a laal bit differnt
As I git used to postin to this blog, I think I'll mak iv'ry Wednesday a bit of fun like. Summat to mak yer really think about oar dialect. Lets try -
Lassie-lad - a term of opprobrium (reproach, contempt or distain) among boys, denoting effeminacy or undue preference for the society of girls. for example -
'Oar lad's nivver a lassie-lad, he's just tak'n with t'lasses'.
Got an email yesterday fra a Mr Toman (of Frizington). Asks me how he can get hod of yan of m'dictionaries. Well they have copies at Derwent Bookshop (Workington), Bookends (Carlisle & Keswick), Bluebell Bookshop (Penrith), Tullie House (Carlisle), Waterstones (Carlisle) and other places thearabouts, including the Made in Cumbria shop at Rheged. Git in touch if yer need more help.
Lassie-lad - a term of opprobrium (reproach, contempt or distain) among boys, denoting effeminacy or undue preference for the society of girls. for example -
'Oar lad's nivver a lassie-lad, he's just tak'n with t'lasses'.
Got an email yesterday fra a Mr Toman (of Frizington). Asks me how he can get hod of yan of m'dictionaries. Well they have copies at Derwent Bookshop (Workington), Bookends (Carlisle & Keswick), Bluebell Bookshop (Penrith), Tullie House (Carlisle), Waterstones (Carlisle) and other places thearabouts, including the Made in Cumbria shop at Rheged. Git in touch if yer need more help.
Iver seen a cuddy
Well today ize gaan t'larn yer aboot iver or ivver - ever.
(OK I hear yer shout what did oald Dickinson just say, so I'll repeat it proper-like)
Well today I am going to teach you about iver or ivver - ever.
In m'dictionary I have listed it like this.
Ivver - ever.
Iv'ry, Ivry, Ivvery - every.
With yan or two examples -
Ivvery thing - everything.
Iv'ry like - every now and then.
Iv'ry whoar - everywhere.
Iv'ry whup while - every now and then.
Ivverly - frequently; continuously.
But t'best example is the oald saying
As’t thee ‘iver sin a cuddy
lowp a five bar geatt.
Have you ever seen a donkey
jump a five bar gate.
For kids (of all ages) click here to download a free colouring sheet and have some mear fun with dialect.
Have t'sel a gud day.
(OK I hear yer shout what did oald Dickinson just say, so I'll repeat it proper-like)
Well today I am going to teach you about iver or ivver - ever.
In m'dictionary I have listed it like this.
Ivver - ever.
Iv'ry, Ivry, Ivvery - every.
With yan or two examples -
Ivvery thing - everything.
Iv'ry like - every now and then.
Iv'ry whoar - everywhere.
Iv'ry whup while - every now and then.
Ivverly - frequently; continuously.
But t'best example is the oald saying
As’t thee ‘iver sin a cuddy
lowp a five bar geatt.
Have you ever seen a donkey
jump a five bar gate.
For kids (of all ages) click here to download a free colouring sheet and have some mear fun with dialect.
Have t'sel a gud day.
"Varra" - Yer second word this week
laal bit late today with t'post, cause I've been watching the Chelsea Flooar show to-neet.
Varra - very.
Varra nigh - very near or very close.
Varra weel - very well. Often used in relating news etc., "Varra weel than, I'll tell ye aboot it".
Varra - very.
Varra nigh - very near or very close.
Varra weel - very well. Often used in relating news etc., "Varra weel than, I'll tell ye aboot it".
"Yer" - Yer word for today
This is a really easy one for starters
Yer - your,'Behave yer sel'; you are.
Yers - you, 'Where yers gaan'.
Yer sel - yourself, 'Help yer sels to minsh pies'.
Yer'l - you will or you'll, 'Yer'l git it on Setterday'.
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Yer - your,'Behave yer sel'; you are.
Yers - you, 'Where yers gaan'.
Yer sel - yourself, 'Help yer sels to minsh pies'.
Yer'l - you will or you'll, 'Yer'l git it on Setterday'.
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About William Dickinson (part 1)
I can understand many of you will not be too familiar with the native folk speach of Oald Cummerlan. So fray now on I'l try till rite this blog proper like. So yers will git to grips with what am sayen. Or should I say - from now on I'll try to write this blog in modern english. So you will understand what I am trying to say. But I can't promise I'll not slip the odd word in here and than-abouts to keep yers entertained.
Isn't "blog" a funny word we nivver hed ought like it when I was a lad. Sorry there I go again - I really mean't to say never had anything like it when I was lad. We nivver hed computers either.
In truth I am not really yer average blogger because I was actually born in 1799. Suppose that makes me 210 years oald.
My father was call't John Dickinson and farmed at Kidburngill Farm, near Arlecdon in West Cumberland. My mother Mary, was a Fleming and browte up at Wright Green which is varra close to where me fayther lived at Kidburngill.
If yer want to know more about Arlecdon, yer should get hold of a history booak written by the oald vicar, Edward Haigh Sugden in 1897. You can still get it as it was reprent'd by Richard Byers in 1997 and is still available. It will tell you a lot about me as I am mentioned quite a bit in it.
Anyways I plan to give yers a new word or phrase iv'ry now and then, mostly I try and post yan iv'ry day. And I'll also tell yers a lot more about mysel given time.
To start you off the next few posts will help you read this one.
Isn't "blog" a funny word we nivver hed ought like it when I was a lad. Sorry there I go again - I really mean't to say never had anything like it when I was lad. We nivver hed computers either.
In truth I am not really yer average blogger because I was actually born in 1799. Suppose that makes me 210 years oald.
My father was call't John Dickinson and farmed at Kidburngill Farm, near Arlecdon in West Cumberland. My mother Mary, was a Fleming and browte up at Wright Green which is varra close to where me fayther lived at Kidburngill.
If yer want to know more about Arlecdon, yer should get hold of a history booak written by the oald vicar, Edward Haigh Sugden in 1897. You can still get it as it was reprent'd by Richard Byers in 1997 and is still available. It will tell you a lot about me as I am mentioned quite a bit in it.
Anyways I plan to give yers a new word or phrase iv'ry now and then, mostly I try and post yan iv'ry day. And I'll also tell yers a lot more about mysel given time.
To start you off the next few posts will help you read this one.
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