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