Norfolk Translations...
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:00 pm
Narridge Yoonyun = major Norfolk employer
thang kyer = spoken at high speed, used by Norfolk shop assistants when
accepting money
how're yer gettin arn buh = Norfolk greeting
rup buh = variation on the above
hair = here
Shicagooo's = nightspot on Prince of Wales Road
bare = sold by the pint in Shicagooo's
is that roight? = comment to show attention being paid to speaker
ass a jouk = i'm just kidding
Khazi = suburb on the western outskirts of Narridge (not Bowthorpe)
Tross = pronounced like gross only beginning with a "T". suburb southside
of Narridge
Windam = small town south of Narridge (sensible abbreviation of it's
proper
name => Wymundimundimundum)
Loose-tarfed = east coast fishing port
card = traditionally eaten battered, with chips, might well have been
caught off Loose-tarfed
koodee = discount shop in St Stephens Street
hum base = DIY shop (various sites)
fooze = electrical component on sale at hum base
fool = petrol or diesel
stoop ud = term applied to f**kwits
gatoo = sticky chocolate cake
foo too = get these developed at boots
sproight = fizzy lemon drink
boost = to brag
jargon = like running, but a little slower
funny, yet true.
thang kyer = spoken at high speed, used by Norfolk shop assistants when
accepting money
how're yer gettin arn buh = Norfolk greeting
rup buh = variation on the above
hair = here
Shicagooo's = nightspot on Prince of Wales Road
bare = sold by the pint in Shicagooo's
is that roight? = comment to show attention being paid to speaker
ass a jouk = i'm just kidding
Khazi = suburb on the western outskirts of Narridge (not Bowthorpe)
Tross = pronounced like gross only beginning with a "T". suburb southside
of Narridge
Windam = small town south of Narridge (sensible abbreviation of it's
proper
name => Wymundimundimundum)
Loose-tarfed = east coast fishing port
card = traditionally eaten battered, with chips, might well have been
caught off Loose-tarfed
koodee = discount shop in St Stephens Street
hum base = DIY shop (various sites)
fooze = electrical component on sale at hum base
fool = petrol or diesel
stoop ud = term applied to f**kwits
gatoo = sticky chocolate cake
foo too = get these developed at boots
sproight = fizzy lemon drink
boost = to brag
jargon = like running, but a little slower
funny, yet true.