west riding dialect word of the day: noan /nuən/
pron. & adj., none, no; not.
from old english nán.
"Aw'm noan baan to gi yaw lads nowght; noan on yo."
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west riding dialect word of the day: forrard /ˈfɒɾəd/
forward, in direction; bold, impudent.
from old english foreweard.
"moast predators hev forrard facin een."
"tha's beein to forrard to him."
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west riding dialect word of the day: mooin /muɪn/
the moon.
from old english móna.
"Look haa breeght t' mooin's shinin toneeght."
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ottawa-valley wotd:
wrastle/wrassle
/rásl/
• from Middle-English 'wrestlen/wrastlen'
Verb
- wrestle
> quit wrastlin ye!
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west riding dialect word of the day: leyn /lɛɪn/
to lean, usually intransitive. leean is the transitive equivalent.
from old english hleonian.
"I had to leyn agen t' wall for a bit."
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west riding dialect word of the day: seck /sɛk/
a sack, bag.
from old english sæcc.
"When I wor yaur age, all we used to get for Kursmis wor a emty seck."
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west riding dialect word of the day: ageean /əˈgiən/
adv. & prep., again; against.
from old english ongéan.
"Leean it ageean t' shed."
"Sho wain't do that ageean."
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"Without knowing, I had used that thing for which the English reserve a visceral dislike: their language, loaded and aimed by the old enemy."
—Eavan Boland, on using the word "amn't" in a London school at the age of 6 or 7 #dialect
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A boy at the Grammar School came up to one of the masters and said, 'I've brought you a toarthre sums.' 'Oh, two or three. Very well; let me look.' 'No, sir, not two or three; a toarthre.' 'Well, how many then ?' 'Perhaps six or seven.' From A glossary of the dialect of Almondbury and Huddersfield
west riding dialect word of the day: toorthry /ˈtuəθɾɪ/
a few (of something), doesn't mean 2-3 in particular.
from "two or three"
"It wor a toorthry year sin."
"Sho nobbut axed for toorthry paand, but they din't gie her noan."
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I'm surprised to find out that bavarian (austro-bavarian) dialects are considered "vulnerable" according to wikipedia.
Uhmm what?
How many millions of speakers does a dialect need to be considered "safe"?
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west riding dialect word of the day: tooast /tuəst/, older form toist /tɔɪst/.
west riding equivalent to standard "toast"
from old french toster.
"Aw've tooasted few slices o breead."
"He likes his toist reight under-done."
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west riding dialect word of the day: lop /lɒp/.
(n.) a flea.
from old english loppe.
"that poor dog wor covered wi lops."
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west riding dialect word of the day: chaunge /tʃɔ:ndʒ/.
v. to change.
n. change. (alt. choinge).
from old french changier, change
"can yo chaunge me a sovereign? aw'm badly wantin some choinge."
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west riding dialect word of the day: cha /tʃa:/.
tea; the drink, not the meal or time of day. as far as i know, it doesn't show up in older dialect, but it's currently common at least here.
from chinese 茶 through hindustani and cantonese.
"gie's a nice cup o cha."
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Last week we stayed in the village of Wark, Northumberland, which reminded me of an old #dialect gag. Geordie breaks his leg, and when the plaster comes off the doctor says 'can you wark?' to which Geordie replies 'Wark? I canna even waak!'
(work? I can't even walk!)
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west riding dialect word of the day: maath /ma:θ/.
mouth. the proper word for a mouth; words like gob and cakehoil are less serious and more used for effect.
from old english múþ.
"when I wor little, I once got claated i' mi maath, an one o mi teeth fell aat."
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ottawa-valley wotd:
dictionar(e)
/dɪkɕ(j)ənər, -ɛr/
Noun
- dictionary
> dats hou et's spellt i' d Vally dictionar!
celebratin oor 50t WOTD 🥳
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ottawa-valley wotd
peihol /pejhɔl/
• dialectal form of 'pie+hole'
Noun
- mouth. mostly informal /conveying unserious attitude to the discussion. affectionate unlike general 'piehole', the derogatory term being 'beak'
> stick att i' yer peihol!
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west riding dialect word of the day: loin /lɔɪn/.
a lane.
from old english lanu. cognate with standard english lane
"when's t' caancil gunno fix all t' hoils i t' loin?"
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#British people may scoff at NA #math but really, it makes just as much sense as #maths . And the two dialects aren't even consistent about whether it's singular or plural.
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Establishd in 1842, de Baenk o Montreal is Canada’s aldest chartert baenk ann d furst institution t establish a branch office in Ottawa-city.
ottawa-valley wotd:
baenk/bynk/boink
/bajnk, bɔjnk, bæːnk/
• post-palatalisation of 'bank'. compare the development of 'yank' > 'yoink' and 'bang, bonk' > 'boink'
> i needs te gòa tu de baenk
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west riding dialect word of the day: hullet /ˈʊlɪt/.
owl, a small owl.
either borrowed from french hulotte or formed from Middle English howle + -et. Compare standard owlet.
"there aren't mony hullets raand here".
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#British and North #American #English have different usages of "have". NAE prefers it as a main verb while BE has more auxiliary leading to constructions we've got much less frequently.
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ottawa-valley wotd:
bogaman
/bóəgə·man/, /-mən/
• dialectal form of 'bo(o)geyman'
Noun
- a violent or sinister ghost or monster who terrifies or kidnaps children.
- a fictitious threat
> he swore he'd sint de bogaman
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ottawa-valley wotd:
gruamach
/grú(ː)əməx/, /-max/
• from Gaelic 'gruamach'
Adjective, Adverb
- moody, depressive, gloomy, drab
- (of weather or atmosphere) overcast, dim, dull
> gruamach oot der, et is
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The stereotypical "bo'le o' wa'er" in #British #English is the result of T-glottalization. But it's not only Brits, North Americans do it too!
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What is the implication of calling a language a dialect? Is it simply a regional variation of speech or is it a label shaped by power?
#Language #Dialect #Identity #Power
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west riding dialect word of the day: lass /las/.
a lass, girl. this is the main word for girl in this dialect, see the map.
perhaps from old norse lǫskr, but unclear.
"I suppoort lasses as likes other lasses."
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