Meade's Ball
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ChapmansThe Saviour said:
We might even be able to narrow it down to Old Stringeronians.
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Sussex Slang and Dialect
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We might even be able to narrow it down to Old Stringeronians.
lincs seagull
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Smart Mart said:I was told by a colleague from west London that 'Chav' was very much a southern home counties phrase (ie, mainly Kent & Sussex) that you didnt hear much in other areas around London.
Proud of the contribution weve made to the nation's vocabulary !
Chav and Pikey are suseex up in the north no one has even heard of chav and most people dont know what a pikey is thankfully i have one person from kent who understand my dilect
the rest think i am a londoner.
on thing i have notice that the south pronounce "TH" different in there words espscially in kent and sussex
London Calling
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And "you'll getting on my wick"
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Lord Bracknell
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Get out into rural East Sussex and you'll find lots of idiosyncratic ways of speaking.
Here's a simple test.
How do you pronounce 'Newhaven' ?
New'AVEn (emphasis on "ave") - you're a local.
NEWhaven (emphasis on "new") - you're not.
BEDDing'm or BeddingHAM - another key way to tell the difference. (It's BeddingHAM to the locals).
And I've known kids round here who say "broccoleye" for broccoli - as in Ardingly.
Here's a simple test.
How do you pronounce 'Newhaven' ?
New'AVEn (emphasis on "ave") - you're a local.
NEWhaven (emphasis on "new") - you're not.
BEDDing'm or BeddingHAM - another key way to tell the difference. (It's BeddingHAM to the locals).
And I've known kids round here who say "broccoleye" for broccoli - as in Ardingly.
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The Northstander said:Twitten ...Yep I agree
Jasper...haven't heard that in years, me mum used to call wasps Jaspers!!
'Jasper' is also a Westcountry expression for wasps...but I think another Sussex word is Ghyll (meaning stream)
And how about another great Sussex expression:
'Bellotti' - meaning wanker.
Lord Bracknell
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A great chant from Goldstone days...Oval Gull said:
Give me a B
Give me an E
Give me an L
Give me another L
Give me an O
Give me a T
Give me another T
Give me an I
What's that spell?
WAAANKERRRRRRR !
m20gull
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that's not what the Chelsea in the North Stand were calling him on Fans United dayOval Gull said:
SuperFurrySeagull
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Smart Mart said:
This reminds me of the League of Gentlemen sketch with the two greasy teengers in the Royston Vasey video shop, checking the titles on display with the comment: "sin; sin; sin.."
Good to see the word twitten; used in Haywards Heath when I was a kid in the 70's. I happened to mention it to some friends a while back & discovered that each had a different & equally exotic name to describe a back-alley, depending on what part of the country they were from ('twitten' was unknown to them). Why the alley-way should be subject to such variety is anyones guess.
Curious Orange
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SuperFurrySeagull said:
I used to have to walk up a twitten in Haywards Heath on my way to school (St. Wilfreds 1980-81), it was always full of dead slugs which one of my classmates had jumped on.
London Calling
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I think Twitten's are a sussex/ Brighton word for (steep) paths. When Brighton was built these rights of way were preserved and the twitten's remained.
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Mr Popkins
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lincs seagull said:
not true
I was up in Glasgow at the weekend and altough they dont use it much "Chavs" are alive and kicking in abundance up there.
Scotty Mac
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London Calling said:And "you'll getting on my wick"
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a classic one that my father has oftened used to demonstrate someone is pissing him off
can also be "you're getting right up my snitch" or "up my hooter"
afters
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Mr Popkins said:
but called "neds" i believe....
US Seagull
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Mr Popkins said:
I've had that too. I've even been asked if I'm German for some reason
Doesn't happen so often now which I guess means that my accent (and my chances of pulling American birds) is fading
I think the aussie thing might be because of us using the word "mate", which I rarely do nowdays.
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chips and gravy
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Not a word but Stoolball is a game that is unique to Sussex!
Twiten (correct old spelling) is an old English word meaning a narrow thoroughfare. I think lanes are meant to be wider.
How do Sussex people pronounce Falmer = Fow-ma,
"Oi, matey, goin' to Fowma. Not if I have buy a bluddy ticket first, I aint."
How do Sussex people pronounce Falmer = Fow-ma,
"Oi, matey, goin' to Fowma. Not if I have buy a bluddy ticket first, I aint."
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patchamsmostwanted
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Definitely found on my travels that 'kiddie' as mentioned before is a term used uniquely by Brightonians.
How about 'ank' as in 'let's just do it for the ank'? Or what about going 'bolo' a shortening of going 'balistic'?
I've also been told that us Brightonians tend to say 'of an evening' and 'yeah,no' a lot but I thought that was a bit more wider spread.
How about 'ank' as in 'let's just do it for the ank'? Or what about going 'bolo' a shortening of going 'balistic'?
I've also been told that us Brightonians tend to say 'of an evening' and 'yeah,no' a lot but I thought that was a bit more wider spread.