| Author |
 Topic  |
|
Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
36804 Posts
|
|
 Posted -
17/11/2004
:
14:52
|
Opening text too long so I've moved it to the first response.
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk
|
|
| Replies |
| Author |
|
|
gearce
|
Posted - 10/07/2010 : 10:50
Skoosh - Any aerated drink.
LANG MEY YER LUM REEK
There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all   |
belle
|
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 08:12
Now there is a bit o fine tuning here required. My father/ mother used to say "put wood i th'ole!" meaning shut the door, but the other used to correct it to "put wood i th'oyl!" I can't remember who pronounced it which way, but one was from Yorkshire and t'other from Lancashire....which is which?
Life is what you make it |
Callunna
Revolving Grey Blob
3044 Posts
|
|
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 09:25
Don't know the answer but in Barlick it's traditionally pronounced "oyl" as in:
Nah weer reight dahn int coyl oyl wit nutty slack ont winders
An wiv used all us coyl up, nah weer reight dahn tut cinders
If bum bailiff comes 'e waynt know weer ter find us
Cos weer reight dahn int coyl oyl wit nutty slack ont winders.
It's been posted on OG before, but here's the translation for offcomeduns:
We're located in the basement where the dust accumulates on the casement
And we've used up all our anthracite, all that remains is the residue
If the rent collector's agent calls he'll be unable to discover our whereabouts
For we're located in the basement where the dust accumulates on the casement.
=================== www.sheldrickrose.co.ukwww.bernulf.co.ukwww.bernulfsplace.co.uk |
Tizer
|
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 10:01
In Blackburn, at the top of Shear Brow, we had a pub which we all knew as `Ole it Wall' rather than `Oyl it Wall'.
|
catgate
|
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 10:36
We're all darn in't celler oyl where't muck slarts on't winders
was the first line of the Bradford version of the Coal Hole song.
"Slarting" is to me a very nice description of what the muck was doing.
Every silver lining has a cloud.
|
belle
|
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 10:55
so the geographical boundaries where oyl turns to ole are more complicated than I first thought!
Life is what you make it |
Callunna
Revolving Grey Blob
3044 Posts
|
|
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 10:59
Catty - you're probably right about the "slart" bit.
I've only ever heard the song - never seen it written down, so I probably misinterpreted it. There'll be many alternative versions, I'm sure. |
catgate
|
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 11:29
quote:
Callunna wrote:
Catty - you're probably right about the "slart" bit.
I've only ever heard the song - never seen it written down, so I probably misinterpreted it. There'll be many alternative versions, I'm sure.
I have never seen it written either. However my father, and one of his brothers and a sister were all in a "concert party" during the '20, and this was one of the items in their varied repertoir. I never saw them perform, but it was something that occassionally I heard long, long after the concert party desolved. Father was a very good violinist and a mean banjo plyer. Aunt Edith was wonderful with dialect poems and songs and uncle Willie was one of those very funny sad faced comedians.
Every silver lining has a cloud.
|
Tizer
|
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 11:51
Perhaps you take after Uncle Willie, Catty? (Meaning the comedy, not the sad face of course!) How are you on the banjo?
|
catgate
|
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 12:20
quote:
Tizer wrote:
Perhaps you take after Uncle Willie, Catty? (Meaning the comedy, not the sad face of course!) How are you on the banjo?
Ha! Now I am pleased you brought that up.
My mother played the piano (privately...nothing to do with the concert party) and so some times she would play a tune on the piano, father would accompany her on the violin and I would play on the linoleum.
Every silver lining has a cloud.
|
Tizer
|
Posted - 16/07/2010 : 10:13
I asked this on the Ubuntu thread and Stanley didn't know the answer, but not many people look at that thread so here it is again:
"Are you putting it about that I'm barmy?"...now who used to say that?
|
elise
Regular Member
70 Posts
|
|
Posted - 16/07/2010 : 10:22
http://www.epicure.demon.co.uk/inthebox.html
|
Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
36804 Posts
|
|
Posted - 16/07/2010 : 10:26
Elise, thanks for that. I took the liberty of making your link active to make it easier to access. That should put Tiz's mind at rest. I can vaguely remember those sketches but my god it was a long time ago!
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk |
elise
Regular Member
70 Posts
|
|
Posted - 16/07/2010 : 10:59
http://www.epicure.demon.co.uk/inthebox.html
|
catgate
|
Posted - 16/07/2010 : 11:11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gprnJcN_m2A&feature=related
Every silver lining has a cloud.
|
Dialect and other regional matters.
