tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050114628537512248.post1698783958908719471..comments2023-06-12T09:48:17.259+01:00Comments on SilverCrafter: The wonders of dialectsMaggieC (Silvercrafter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13560733295194874288noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050114628537512248.post-71104248386309628692014-01-21T23:20:03.890+00:002014-01-21T23:20:03.890+00:00My parents coming from Australia I was brought up ...My parents coming from Australia I was brought up learning certain words for objects round the house and never thought anything of it as we all knew what we meant. Time moved on and I married The Doc and can remember asking him not long afterwards where he had put his Washer! He was totally mystified and made me describe it for him. Apparently the English call it a flannel or a face cloth. Now washer means just what it is you wash with it. Simples!!<br />Hugs Mrs A. Mrs A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14938668067423094462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050114628537512248.post-12628180612565998752014-01-20T06:27:03.183+00:002014-01-20T06:27:03.183+00:00ah Maggie had to smile... great post!!
..my Nanna ...ah Maggie had to smile... great post!!<br />..my Nanna was a Yorkshire lass and she used phrases which were beyond our ken many a time.. think she like to bamboozle us as she really had a sense of humour.. and yes lots of phrases over here could throw at your, rather like Di's hammer. <br /><br />...and some are definitely related to area..<br /><br />Some years back when moved to Melbourne found saucepans were called pots, and the screen door was called flywire door and your port was called suitcase etc. Now some of those fall out of use like port.<br />Every blessing, Shaz.xx<br />PS feeling for Greta in comment above.. blogger has a lot to answer for.. but guess it is free. :DShaz in Oz.CalligraphyCardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18050100007497130952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050114628537512248.post-47022115572180637272014-01-19T03:23:05.452+00:002014-01-19T03:23:05.452+00:00Fun reading your post. We laugh because the west ...Fun reading your post. We laugh because the west coast of the U.S. is so unknown--our rivers, cities, etc are often not pronounced correctly by the national news people. <br />Thanks for the tech tip & I did do the update. Still can't get the scroll bar on the side of this comment box to work, but I was able to make the box bigger so the Publish comment comes up for your blog, but not for a lot of others. I'm baffled & frustrated! Can't edit a gadget on my blog since I can't get to the save button--argh!Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16725341449030070385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050114628537512248.post-20741047488052680172014-01-18T22:54:20.980+00:002014-01-18T22:54:20.980+00:00Me again - I just remembered one:
Geordie: how yee...Me again - I just remembered one:<br />Geordie: how yee ower there hoy yer hammer ower heor<br /><br />Translation:hey you over there throw your hammer over here<br /><br />Kings English: I say old chap, do lend me your hammer<br /><br />xxDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153667791623954306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050114628537512248.post-53946728040015531362014-01-18T22:50:52.219+00:002014-01-18T22:50:52.219+00:00Fascinating Maggie - you've got me thinking ab...Fascinating Maggie - you've got me thinking about Geordie expressions from the years I lived in Northumberland now :) Can't come up with one right away - and probably won't sleep tonight for thinking about them!<br /><br />Yup, Barbara sure summed it up well in that blog post :)<br /><br />Sleep well, hugs, Di xxDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153667791623954306noreply@blogger.com