Talk:Cannock
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I've lived in Cannock more than twenty years - I've never heard anyone say 'do your rip'. Hedgehog 09:11, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The cnocc etymology is the one given in the Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames and, though my Old English is less than perfect, I don't think there was such a word as cann meaning "powerful" (and "oak" was ac anyway). I've taken Jakki Degg off the list because I'm pretty sure she's from Hednesford, and if I know anything about people from Hednesford she might be none too pleased! Hedgehog 12:38, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I made a diallect guide, as I'm from cheslyn hay, I am of pure black country descent, my grandad was from hendsford my nan from bloxwich, my other grandad was from walsall, and my other nan was from walsall too but she was half scottish. This is how I talk.
yode(you would)
yole(you will) dayna(daint want to)
downa(don't want to)
dow(don't) daye(did not) wow(won't) arr(yes) tha(that) thas(thats) aye(aint) gonna(going to) doowih(do it)
arl(i will)
awow(I won't) iuye (I) tharaye(that aint) tharis(that is) dayah(d'aint you)
dowya(don't you) isi(is it)
whera(where are) whoa(who are) yoe(you) wheramya(where are you)
warro aer kid,
owsi gooin me ole shoe, yo aurite
arr spayke a local diallect we call
"black country" or just a "cannock dialect" people like me who talk like thisr'called yam yams, block countraye folk, yammies warrever
I dunno if you've ever heard of it, but its one of the only remaining natural old style diallects in the country,still standing and frozen in time.
its a diallect that we've preserved for hundreds of years, its nothing to do with blacks it refers o the miners and the hard times living in total blackness from the smoke of the factory. some say it came about as a result of trying to talk under sound of the ommer(hammer) some say its a throw back to old english,
the basic idea behind is, we have our own words like dayna-did'nt want to downa= don't want to day=did'nt dow=don't aye=ain't taye=it aint
alot of the words get changed ie Jesus becomes
Jaysus
the words change example say while becomes wyule
toy tiye
bird berde
mate mert
crocodile crocoduiyle
baby babbie
kid nipper
woman wench
man bloawke
yes arrr
I is also arrr
you can say "arrr do arrr" for " I do yes"
arrr willarrrr "I will yes"
"dow ya wanna cum" "don't you want to come"
what are you going on about
warrayogooenonabou
what are you
warrayow
you arnt are you
yowayeamya
where are you going
wearayogooin
bostin=great
grearte=great
yam yampy yow am
your stupid you are
dyowannacupataye
do you want a cup of tea.
t'aye tay tiume
it isnt teatime
yove= you have
yoveshititayeya
you've shit it havent you, ie you've messed up
I will= arl
I will do it yes
arl do it arr
horse=oss
ossncart
horse and cart
n=and
won't=wow
won't you do it
wowyadoowi'
it= i' pronounced ih
black country alphabet
a aaye
b boye
c seuy
d deuy
e aye
f eff
g jaye
h ayche
i uiye
j jaye
k kaye
l elle
m em
n en
o owe
p paye
q quewe
r ah
s ehss
t taye
u yowe
v veye
w dubehyu
x eks
y wui
z zad
ey in words is nearly always ay, donkey becomes donkaye
some times only the last letter of a word is needed,
s'it = thats it
t'aye= it isnt
I've = ov'
the words joined so for
I've finished havent I
o'v finishedayei'
you have havent you
y'wav aye ya
aye can mean ain't haven't "have not" "am not"
am can mean am have
y'am can mean I am
some local sayings
ard=I would
a blind mon on a gallepin oss ard be glad t'see it a blind man on a galloping horse I would be glad to see it
which is like sayin I see a flying pig over there, a way of saying ya dow beleive a werd in edgeways.
you don't beleive a word in hedgeways
warra=what are
warrayowonabou=what are you on about
a to o
bank bonk
hammer ommer
chissel chizulle
trowel treuwle
man mon
black block
mi me or my
as rare as rockinoss shit
as rare as rocking horse shit
movie,picture show= pictures or flicks
mind your language
mindyalangwige
where are= werra
werrayougooin where are you going
flouwe, what the black country man calls his sweet heart, his flower, is lover, comes from flower
donkeys years donkizyeyas
what are =warra
okay there ya go, took me ages to do that
paul
