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Knothead · July 8th, 2009, 10:11 PM

So I've found myself corresponding with this delightful (self-described) 'Yorkshire lass' and we just wound up a chat session. It went on for about 1-1/2 hours, and I got interested in the slang she was slingin'....

"It's not slang, it's DIALECT!" she retorted.

She was making sandwiches for the kids lunch tomorrow; wrote, "Cheese or ham?"

I wrote, "Cheese AND ham, said the wealthy Yank!"

She responded with something inappropriate (here) but it was freakin' funny.

Anyway, she responded to my inquiry about British slang (Me: Do you call sandwiches 'sarnies'? Her: I'm inclined to call them 'Butties'...Me: (Very inappropriate comment) Her: (Very inappropriate comment, plus funnier)

So she gives me this, says "figure this out"....

TYKE'S MOTTO:
Hear all, see all. say nowt.
Eat all, sup all, pay nowt.
An if iver tha does owt for nowt
allus do it for thisen!"

It totally defeated me. I wrote, **slack jawed**....

July 8th, 2009, 10:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Knothead Rully like, inappropriate Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 3,187	Them Brits... So I've found myself corresponding with this delightful (self-described) 'Yorkshire lass' and we just wound up a chat session. It went on for about 1-1/2 hours, and I got interested in the slang she was slingin'.... "It's not slang, it's DIALECT!" she retorted. She was making sandwiches for the kids lunch tomorrow; wrote, "Cheese or ham?" I wrote, "Cheese AND ham, said the wealthy Yank!" She responded with something inappropriate (here) but it was freakin' funny. Anyway, she responded to my inquiry about British slang (Me: Do you call sandwiches 'sarnies'? Her: I'm inclined to call them 'Butties'...Me: (Very inappropriate comment) Her: (Very inappropriate comment, plus funnier) So she gives me this, says "figure this out".... TYKE'S MOTTO: Hear all, see all. say nowt. Eat all, sup all, pay nowt. An if iver tha does owt for nowt allus do it for thisen!" It totally defeated me. I wrote, slack jawed.... __________________ The name "Knothead" on a post is your assurance of a quality post, carefully half-baked using only the finest ingredients!