I am not talking about accent here, ( some accents are difficult enough ) I am talking about local dialect – terms that are specific to an area which are understood only in those areas. North of England dialects rely heavily on Norse terms and show the history of the area.
For this article I am choosing examples from mainly 3 different areas. I have chosen words which may have another meaning and therefore be confusing to visitors and also words used in English that you may not have heard of. There are several. Here's a few examples.
Our dialect is as distinctive and unique as our food.
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I do not like it but most people accept it. It refers to Liverpool's connection to Ireland .
catholic persecutions in Britain have meant that even today , Catholics tend to keep a low profile.
The last entry to the fifth subheading, Liverpool - home of the Beatles, correlates Paddy's wigwam with RC cathedral.
Is it considered amusing, charming, deprecatory, dismissive to invoke such a phrase about such a religious, spiritual site?
Absolately right. I once had to have a page of one of my textbooks replaced because a spell checker had been used, and that wasn't the only time a problem has happened. Beware of an idiot armed with a spell checker.
Spell checkers have a lot to answer for.
I need to correct my typography. I should have said chorv not chore. Sorry. The spell checker is correcting what I write and making it wrong. So the word is C H O R V..
Frank,
Thank you for that input. The beauty of Wizzley is the group learning and pages being kept open for open
Lancashire: a gradely lad or lass was someone that you thought respectable. Also Lancashire, to chore someone is to annoy them.it is the opposite of to chuff..
Derdriu
That is a fascinating connection. I was unaware of it. This is how words develop in dialect. I love it. Although, I very rarely use it .
That's particularly interesting about Clem as meaning to starve because couldn't it be said that the imperial intention was to make St, Clement famished and parched by sending him to stone quarry work, where his prayers brought clear-water streams for fellow prisoners?
This starvation connection makes me hesitant to continue calling those with the full name Clement Clem here, on the (Atlantic) pond's west side!
Frabbit , Clem, Shut ?
My 19th C English Literature studies through Gaskell House Manchester have uncovered some new Northern dialect words which I have added to the age above under Manchester.