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Norfolk Dialect
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Susanne | Report | 1 Jun 2005 13:54 |
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Susanne | Report | 1 Jun 2005 13:54 |
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If you have Norfolk ancestors and need help understanding the dialect, this site might be of some help: http://www.geocities.*com/Heartland/Acres/5564/dialect.html (remove the *) Their are also some other handy links on the site Sue:-) |
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Unknown | Report | 1 Jun 2005 14:03 |
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Susanne Thanks for that. My Norfolk grandfather died before I was born, and my dad, brought up in Stoke Newington, had a London accent, but he would occasionally give a 'flavour' of my Norfolk grandfather Jeuel Jabez Gray: blust, that's a rum 'un (or as I would say, fancy that!) He also had a lot of sayings - you need that like a frog needs a back pocket -it's as wet as a sh*t on a slate on a rainy day and a great piece of advice for all genealogists: - a fact is a lie and a half! nell |
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Susanne | Report | 1 Jun 2005 14:48 |
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Hi Nell, There's a brilliant letter written in the Norfolk dialect at: http://www.norfolkdialect.*com/johnfitzroyjones.html (remove the *) Sue:-) |
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Unknown | Report | 1 Jun 2005 15:38 |
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Susanne That's cheered me up (see my aarrrghhhhh thread on Records Board) no end. I've saved this to show my mother ! nell |
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