Shane
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Vocabulary
Here are some useful Norwich phrases and words:
Mardle - General chit-chat, much favoured by older members of the community, about 'suffin' qv. and 'nuffin' qv.
Suffin Something.
Nuffin Nothing.
Roight Right.
Hoo-har A fuss or commotion.
Husband/Wife Normally a cousin.
Naaridge Yoonyun Major Norfolk and Northern India employer.
Thang Kyer Spoken at high speed, used by Norfolk shop assistants when accepting money.
Bor Boy/man.
Mawther Girl/woman.
How yer gettin arn bor? Norfolk greeting.
Rup Bah Variation on the above.
Hair Here.
Hairo Hero.
Chairs Term used when raising a glass.
Ass a rum ol' jarb un't it bor? It's a strange situation.
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!
Eltra-con-a-cuted When one receives 240v from a power socket.
Ha' ya gorra bead on? Are you sweating?
Shicagoos Nightspot on Prince of Wales Road, Norwich.
Bare Sold by the pint in Shicagoos.
Iss'at roight? Comment to show that attention is being paid to the speaker.
Assa jook Im just kidding.
Oi hatta larf It was extremely funny.
Khaarsi Suburb on the western edge of Naaridge.
Troos Suburb on the southside of Naaridge.
Windum Small town south of Naaridge (Sensible abbreviation of its proper name : Whymundimundimundum).
Loose-tarfed East coast fishing port.
Oim goo un up tha ci'ee ta doo a bih a shaarpen I am heading into Naarridge to make some purchases.
Card Traditionally eaten with chips, might well have been caught off Loose-tarfed.
KooDee Discount shop at the top of St.Stephens Street, Norwich.
Hum Base DIY store.
Fooze Electrical component on sale at Hum Base.
Fool Petrol or Diesel Not to be confused with 'fule' a slight silly person.
Drive you steady bor Please drive with more care.
Gu tehec buh My, how surprising.
Assa bit black ova Will's mother's house, hent it? Take a look at those threatening black clouds. I think it might rain.
Stoop ud Term applied to very silly people.
Gatoo Sticky chocolate cake.
Foo too or Fota Get these developed at Boots (the chemist! - not Loose-tarfed vessels) See 'Boats'.
Sproight Fizzy lemon drink.
Boost To brag about ones achievements.
Boots Vessels used on river and sea e.g. at Loose-tarfed.
Boats National chemist chain - see Foo too/Fota.
Jargon Like running, but at a more leisurely pace.
Ar ya orrite, bor Good Morning.
Ar ya orrite, bor Good Afternoon.
Ar ya orrite, bor Good Evening.
Har ya gittin arn tagether? Hello.
Yow siller owld fule Comment made to someone displaying backward tendancies.
How fer ar ya doin' bor? How are you?
Where u gorn? Where are you going?
Oim jus gorn oop the ruud I am just going up the road.
Ah u gorn near thuh Puust Orfice? Are you going near the Post Office?
Loight arse Lighthouse.
Haysbra Happisburgh Coastal village with a loight arse - (Coincidentally, when pronounced correctly, sounds exactly like 'Haysbra')
Hunstan Hunstanton Coastal village.
Cossey Costessey (pronounced, well um, Cossey actually).
Furriners People who come from anywhere south of Thetford.
Oi gaat rongg I'm in trouble/I was told-off.
Yuull git rongg! - You will get into trouble/told-off!
Ha' ya got a loight, bor? Could you please lend me some sort of cigarette ignition device, kind sir?
DOOOUURRR (Often accompanied by boggling eyes and deformed mouth shapes) Isn't the aforementioned obvious?
Koo Any of the bovine-family of animals.
Thas a rum'un Not quite up to scratch.
Getoninoutonit Do come in, its beginning to rain
Blast Bor, yow git a ding-a-tha-lug Im going to hit you now.
Fare ta middlin Im doing quite well actually.
Bishy Barnabee A Ladybird.
Thas a bit on the huh That's a bit wonky/uneven.
Traaacta A farming vehicle.
Dicky pronounced. dicka - a donkey See below.
Ha'yer fa gorra dicka, bor? Does your father own a donkey?
Cumbine Aarvista An agricultural vehicle.
Carra Rud A place where Naaridge people go to watch their football team lose. Another place like this is Portman Road.
Uh day To day.
Wot yoo up to uh day What are you doing today.
Ooover air / oover ere I'm over here'.
I / yoo/ ee/ shee gooo I/ you / hee/ she went to/ goes to.
Ci'ee As in Naaridge ci'ee a place for shopping.
Noo idare No idea/ don't know.
Gunna Going to.
Lully ole jarb (Lovely old job = Excellent.
Choo Goodbye.
Dodman Snail.
Heesay He said.
Wo'e'caul'ut Thingumajig.
Dawg Dog.
Varmun A naughty person, generally young. e.g. 'Get outta air you young varmun'.
Well i coatasee Goodness me.
Wotja Hello.
Hoss Horse.
Wossamaa'er / Wossrong / Wossup Is there a problem?
Wah e say What did he say?
Doo whaat? - I beg your pardon.
Hent Haven't.
Intat? Is it not?
Dunt Doesn't.
Shoont Shouldn't.
Woont Wouldn't.
Dew u lissen air Now you listen to me.
Wot u mardlin' on 'bout? What are you talking about?
Cooin Queueing.
Chimbley Chimney.
The social Despite many previous name-changes 'JobCentre+' is still known as 'the social' in Naaridge.
Naarfuk dumplin A vaguely nasty, sinking, dumpling/a person from outside the city wall with questionable parentage and too many fingers.
Mawkin Something that stands in a field to scare birds.
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.
Gretole A rather large hole.
Hoomid As in "Thas hoomid taday" A meterological phenomenon otherwise known as high humidity.
Stare-shun Where trains arrive and depart as in 'Thorpe station'.
Harnser A heron.
Curls A department store in Naaridge ci'ee long since renamed as Debenhams (but news travels slowly in Naaridge!).
Fuun Telephone.
Poot ah Computer.
Tripe writer Type-writer.
Muutah Automobile.
Nuuth One of the points on a compass.
Cruummer Nuuth Narfak seaside town of Cromer.
Sheranum Seaside town (Sheringham) a few miles to the west of Cruummer.
Aircal Small town half-way between Naaridge and Gt.Yarmouth on the A47.
Dare-um (East) Dereham.
Swaaafum Swaffham.
Spr'stn Sprowston.
Neet-said The village of Neatishead 'nuuth ah Naaridge'.
The P.O.W. Otherwise known as Chav abbreviation for Prince of Wales 'Rud'. Or where the Loocal Constabry (Constabulary) frequent on a Friday/Saturday noight.
U dunt hatter do ut! You haven't got to do it.
Kelp? Another 'high-speed' contraction of speech May I be of assistance?'
S'artanoon Referring to the period of time between mid-day and evening.
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