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