Well the bad news is I have been recalled by my Bishop my missionary work here is at an end.
However he has told I may return at the end of the season to commiserate with upon your relegation.
I’ve no doubt some will now show their inadequate command of the wonderful English language.
I know through my many friends who have sons at Gresham’s and the excellent Norwich School that there is intelligence, civilization and wit in Norfolk unfortunately not in much evidence on this forum.
For those who visit here and engage in conversation with those who attend Carrow Road I as a last service offer this
Here are some useful Norwich phrases and words:
Ah u gorn near thuh Puust Orfice? - Are you going near the Post Office?
Aircal - Small town half-way between Naaridge and Gt.Yaarmuuth on the A47
Angla Swear - (Anglia Square) A masterpiece of 1960's urban architecture of unparalleled hideousness located just 'nuuth on the Maglen Street fly-ovah'. This unbelievably bleak edifice of concrete and rusting steel narrowly missed out on the prize for 'best urban regeneration project' by 137 places. One day in the future it will fall down but unfortunately none of us will be around to witness that happy event
Ar yer orrite, booy - Good Morning
Ar yer orrite, booy - Good Afternoon
Ar yer orrite, booy - Good Evening
Ass a rum ol' jarb un't it booy? - It's a strange situation
Ass roight hent ut? - 'I believe that to be correct.' A statement posed as a question; a conversational technique employed over wide ranging areas of Eest Angular sic
Assa bit black ova Will's medder, hent et? - Take a look at those threatening black clouds. I think it might rain.
Assa jook - I’m just kidding
Awld Yares Noight - New Year's Eve
Bare - Sold by the pint in Shicagoo’s
Bisha Barnabee - A Ladybird
Blast Bor, yow git a ding-a-tha-lug - I’m going to hit you now
Boats - National chemist chain (Boots) - see Foo too/Fota
Boost - To brag about one's achievements
Boots - Vessels used on river and sea e.g. at Loose-tarfed (Not to be confused with 'Boots the Chemists')
Booy - boy/man
Bulcunee - A bit that jut outer upstairs so yer can goo outside.
Buth arnhem - Both of them
Cabbit? - "Can I have a piece of that please?"
CAAANT! - "You wouldn't happen to support Ipswich Town would you?"
Card - Traditionally eaten with chips, might well have been caught off Loose-tarfed
Carra Rud - a place where Naaridge people go to watch their football team lose. Another place like this is Portman Road.
Chairs - term used when raising a glass of beer, wine etc. in the company of friends
Chimbley - chimney
Chow - Goodbye - (Rhymes with 'low')
Ci'ee - as in Naaridge ci'ee - a place for shopping
Con-cue-lata - Item used instead of an abacus - Once seen used in a Norwich shop to calculate the change to be given from £1 for a 99 pence purchase - honestly!
Cooin - queueing
Compoota - computer (used only in the subjunctive sense -- i.e. "if oy ad a compoota" -- since this technology has yet to be introduced to Norfolk). (See also - 'Pootah')
Cossey Costessey (Which is actually pronounced, well um, Cossey)
Cruummer - Nuuth Narfak seaside town of Cromer
Cumbine aarvista - an agricultural vehicle
Cuntry -- Country; countryside
Curls - a department store in Naaridge ci'ee long since renamed as Debenhams (but news travels slowly in Naaridge!)
Dare-um - (East) Dereham
Dawg – dog
Dew u lissen hair - Now you listen to me
Dicky pron. dicka - a donkey - See 'Ha'yer.....' below
Dodman - Snail
Doo whaat? - I beg your pardon.
DOOURRR (Often accompanied by boggling eyes and deformed mouth shapes) - Isn't the aforementioned obvious?
Dunt - Doesn't
Eltra-con-a-cuted - When one receives 230v from a power socket
Es a rummun! int e? - He is a strange fellow, is he not?
Fare ta middlin - I’m doing quite well actually
Fillum- Norwich/Norfolk people used to watch these at a cinema. Latterly they are inclined to frequent a 'videa' shop and sit at home with a 'tek-away'
Foo too or Fota - Get these developed at Boots (the chemist! - not Loose-tarfed vessels) See 'Boats'
Fool - Petrol or Diesel - Not to be confused with 'fule' a slight silly person
Fooze - Electrical component on sale at Hum Base
Furriners - People who come from anywhere south of Thetford
Fuun - telephone
Gatoo - Sticky chocolate cake
Getoninoutonit - Do come in, its beginning to rain
Goo yew stedda booy - Please drive with care
Gretole - rather large
Gu tehec bor - How surprising my man
Guunna - going to
Ha' ya gorra bead on?- Are you sweating?
Ha' ya got a loight, bor? - Could you please lend me some sort of cigarette ignition device, kind sir?
Hairo - Hero
Har ya gittin arn tagether? - Hello
Harnser - a heron
Ha'yer far gorra dicka, booy? - does your father own a donkey?
Haysbra - Happisburgh - Strangely....the correct pronunciation is 'Haysbra'
Heesay – He said
Hent - haven't
Heyya? - Have you really?
Hirrix la rouge bon fo sum dinna - Where is the local chippy?
Hoo-har - a fuss or commotion
Hoomid - As in "Thas hoomid taday" - A meterological phenomenon otherwise known as high humidity
Hoss – horse
How fer ar ya doin' booy? - How are you?
How yer gettin arn booy? - Norfolk greeting
Hum Base - DIY store
Hunstan - Hunstanton – Nuuth-wairst Narfak coostal village
Husband/Wife - Normally a cousin
I/yoo/ee/shee gooo - I/you/he/she goes to (or 'went to')
I/yoo/ee/shee see - I/you/he/she saw (N.B. in 1943, teaching of the past tense was abolished in all Norfolk schools.)
Intat? - Is it not?
Iss'at roight? - Comment to show that attention is being paid to the speaker
Jargon - Like running, but at a more leisurely pace
Khaarsee - Suburb on the western edge of Naaridge
Kelp? - Another 'high-speed' contraction of speech - 'May I be of assistance?'
Koo - Any of the bovine-family of animals (Not to be confused with 'coo' - a line of people 'cooin')
KooDee - Discount shop at the top of St.Stephens Street and in Angla Swaer
Loight arse - Lighthouse
Loose-tarfed - East coast fishing port
Lully ole jarb - Lovely old job = Excellent
Mardle - General chit-chat, much favoured by older members of the community, about 'suffin' qv. and 'nuffin' qv.
Mawkin - something that stands in a field to scare birds.
Mawther - girl/woman
Muutah - automobile
Naarfak dumplin - A vaguely nasty, sinking, dumpling/a person from outside the city wall with questionable parentage and too many fingers
Naaridge Yoonyun - Sometime major Naarfak, but now northern India, employer
Neet-said - the village of Neatishead 'nuuth ah Naaridge'
Noo idare - no idea/ don't know
Nuffin - Nothing - Generally employed along with 'Suffin' as in 'Suffin an' Nuffin' suggesting that other wonderful Norwich phrase 'A luud of ol' tosh'
Nuuth - one of the points of the compass
Oi gaat rongg - I'm in trouble/I was told-off
Oi hatta larf - It was extremely funny
Oim goo un up tha ci'ee ta doo a bih a shaarpen - I am heading into Naarridge to make some purchases
Oim jus gorn oop the ruud - I am just going up the road
On - Of (as in "I loike tha look on that cairke, can I hav a piece on uut?")
Oodiun - Where the people of Norwich used to watch "fillums"
Oover air / oover ere - 'I'm over here'
Pootah - Computer
Roight - right
Rup Bah - Variation on the above
S'artanoon - referring to the period of time between mid-day and evening
Sheranum - Seaside town (Sheringham) a few miles to the west of Cruummer
Shicagoo’s - Nightspot on Prince of Wales Road, Norwich
Shink - Should think
Shoont - Shouldn't
Slantendicular - It’s not straight
Sproight - Fizzy lemon drink
Spr'stn - Sprowston
Stare-shun - where trains arrive and depart as in 'Thorpe station'
Stoop ud - Term applied to very silly people
thas scoowiff - it isn't straight
Suffin - Something - Generally employed along with 'Nuffin' as in 'Suffin an' Nuffin' suggesting that other wonderful Norwich phrase 'A luud of ol' tosh'
Swaaafum - Swaffham
Thang Kyer - Spoken at high speed, used by Norfolk shop assistants when accepting money
Thas a bit on the huh - That's a bit wonky/uneven
Thas a rum'un - Not quite up to scratch
The P.O.W. - The 'Chav' abbreviation for Prince of Wales 'Ruud'. Or where the Loocal Constabry (Constabulary) frequent on a Friday/Saturday noight.
The social - Despite many previous name-changes (as with Curls q.v.) 'JobCentre+' is still known as 'the social' in Naaridge
Traaacta - a farming vehicle
Tripe writer - type-writer
Troos - Suburb on the southside of Naaridge
U dunt hatter do ut! - You haven't got to do it.
Uh day - to day
Uhnt-it - "Isn't it?" (see innit)
Varmun - A naughty person, generally young. e.g. 'Gerron outta hair you young varmun'
Wah e say – What did he say?
Well i coatasee – Goodness me
Where u gorn? - Where are you going?
Windum - Small town south of Naaridge (Sensible abbreviation of it’s proper name : Whymundimundimundium)
Woont - Wouldn't
Wossamaa'er/Wossrong/Wossup Is there a problem?
Wotchamacaulut – Thingumajig
Wot choo mardlin' on 'bout? - What are you talking about?
Wot choo up ter uh day - What are you doing today?
Wotja – Hello
Yow siller owld fule - Comment made to someone displaying “backward” tendancies
Yuull git rongg! - You will get into trouble/told-off!
Farewell until the season end.
Ipswich is hardly a centre of learning is it.
Well done Terry,
I am glad that you have been able to borrow a book on Norfolk dialect/accent from your local library.
Why dont you try to think of something for yourself next time.
Try WH Smith in Ipswich for a similar work on Suffolk accents/dialects.
We have a funny accent.
You have a funny accent.
Get over it.
I work in Suffolks county town on a regular basis and this is what I have picked up.
Ipswich people add an extra syllable to many words.
ie Ipswich TOW-EN
I use the TELEPHO-WEN
I dialled NIY-EN NIY-EN NIY-EN.
They also sing instead of speaking as in Howw yooo gittin on boyee.
As for intelligence.
Congratulations to Suffolk on getting a university at last (albeit a branch of UEA & Essex)
Is it any coincidence that Suffolk is the LAST county to get a uni?
Anyway Terry, I am pleased for you that you are leaving school.
Good luck as a grown up.
I’ve no doubt some will now show their inadequate command of the wonderful English language."
I think you'll find that in the rest of the UK, outside of 'so fick', the word 'you' would be used after the word 'with' in the first sentence.
But then you are from so fick, innit geezer, gawd blimey my old man's a dustman
Got some more for you Terry.
Are we gorn inta admin'stration. .............. The red faced lord has left local businesses out of pocket.
Is thar moy sister? ...................... Is that my mother.?
This is moy dad ........................ This is my brother.
Thar grounds harv full ............... another home game.
I dunno wor he looks loik .................. Marcus Evans
We are thutty six milliun in debt ................. and the rest.
Oi loik rootin thru dustbins ......................... I'm a binner
Stayin roight wer we are ................... You be right here next year you binner tw@t
Don't worry friends, I do believe Mr Fied has just borrowed a certain web page a friend of mine alerted me to:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Norwich
Its actually very, very funny. However the Ipswich page from our Canary eyes is even funnier and will make you forget the name Terry Fied forever! And will also make you forget the current position of us needing 101 new players! (for 5mins).
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Ipswich
Happy reading!
First off your Bishop isn't based in Ipswich is he? You don't have a Cathedral do you? He's based in Bury St Edmunds which does have one. Bishops equal Cathedrals. Try B equals C.
There are some really good dialect pages
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Norwich is the one you cribbed from but try this one for size:
Canary Addiction wrote: Don't worry friends, I do believe Mr Fied has just borrowed a certain web page a friend of mine alerted me to: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Norwich Its actually very, very funny. However the Ipswich page from our Canary eyes is even funnier and will make you forget the name Terry Fied forever! And will also make you forget the current position of us needing 101 new players! (for 5mins). http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Ipswich Happy reading!
Absolute class, peed my pants
Ips*** = Binner
Ralph Wright wrote:" may return at the end of the season to commiserate with upon your relegation. I’ve no doubt some will now show their inadequate command of the wonderful English language." I think you'll find that in the rest of the UK, outside of 'so fick', the word 'you' would be used after the word 'with' in the first sentence. But then you are from so fick, innit geezer, gawd blimey my old man's a dustman
Sorry I forgot to say I am over 72 years old and Ralph I apologize for the two words omitted but my eyesight is not what it was.
Get stuffed and get lost loser.
Barclay Boy - Born in Essex actually (cue chants of City Here, City There, City Every........where)
WEEN_NASTY wrote: Got some more for you Terry. Are we gorn inta admin'stration. .............. The red faced lord has left local businesses out of pocket. Is thar moy sister? ...................... Is that my mother.? This is moy dad ........................ This is my brother. Thar grounds harv full ............... another home game. I dunno wor he looks loik .................. Marcus Evans We are thutty six milliun in debt ................. and the rest. Oi loik rootin thru dustbins ......................... I'm a binner Stayin roight wer we are ................... You be right here next year you binner tw@t
LMFAO class
Terry Fied wrote: Ralph Wright wrote:" may return at the end of the season to commiserate with upon your relegation. I’ve no doubt some will now show their inadequate command of the wonderful English language." I think you'll find that in the rest of the UK, outside of 'so fick', the word 'you' would be used after the word 'with' in the first sentence. But then you are from so fick, innit geezer, gawd blimey my old man's a dustman Sorry I forgot to say I am over 72 years old and Ralph I apologize for the two words omitted but my eyesight is not what it was.
Colchester United 2 Ipswich Town 0
If you've got to go to Division One (which we have) it's a half decent way to go I think.
You gave us our only second clean sheet of the season for which many thanks.
Class post ween, sheer class!!
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