Suffolk dialect: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
'Seen' is pronounced "sin" (a traditional sentence could be "av ya sin er" - 'have you seen her') |
'Seen' is pronounced "sin" (a traditional sentence could be "av ya sin er" - 'have you seen her') |
||
'Int' for "have not" as in "I int sin er since |
'Int' for "have not" as in "I int sin er since yesdi" (I haven't seen her since yesterday) |
||
"Howyagettinarn?" as in "How are you this morrow?" Used in rural suffolk esp. Wenhaston |
|||
"Wull I gutta hell" as in "I don't believe that I must go to hell". |
|||
The Suffolk accent has a strong use of the [[Glottal stop|glottal stop]] and the [[Intonation (linguistics)|intonation]] has a notable range of rise and fall in pitch and can often sound as if the speaker is asking a question. |
The Suffolk accent has a strong use of the [[Glottal stop|glottal stop]] and the [[Intonation (linguistics)|intonation]] has a notable range of rise and fall in pitch and can often sound as if the speaker is asking a question. |
||
Revision as of 09:45, 5 June 2008
The Suffolk dialect is rapidly disappearing, as are many regional dialects of modern English, with the advent of increasing social and geographical mobility and the influence of the media. Yet it retains many specific and unique terms and phrases which are instantly recognizable, for instance:
'bor' = boy, equivalent to mate, but can be used for a female as well as a male addressee
'dag' = early morning or evening mist, especially associated with coastal / marsh areas, possibly also general eastern England dialect
'bibble' = (of animals, esp. birds) to drink
'Rope' pronounced "rupe" with an emphasis on the 'u'
'Road' also sounds like "rude" and soap sounds like "soup"
'Seen' is pronounced "sin" (a traditional sentence could be "av ya sin er" - 'have you seen her')
'Int' for "have not" as in "I int sin er since yesdi" (I haven't seen her since yesterday)
"Howyagettinarn?" as in "How are you this morrow?" Used in rural suffolk esp. Wenhaston
"Wull I gutta hell" as in "I don't believe that I must go to hell".
The Suffolk accent has a strong use of the glottal stop and the intonation has a notable range of rise and fall in pitch and can often sound as if the speaker is asking a question.