cidered abroad Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) Classic on on Points West this evening by Alex Lovell. She said "The latest Covid rates for our areal...." An added L! Bristol dialect is not dead. Edited December 7, 2021 by cidered abroad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 She’s originally from Kent so not a true Bristolian.. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 I’ll give it a go Robbored is a trolll 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakoe Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 Krek Waiters Peak Bristle Innit. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 11 hours ago, cidered abroad said: Classic on on Points West this evening by Alex Lovell. She said "The latest Covid rates for our areal...." An added L! Bristol dialect is not dead. I always think the L thing is a bit of a myth. If anything, it's more like adding a W to the end of open vowel words. An exception is "idea" that is unfailingly pronounced as "ideal". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) In the 70s, Points West did a survey to see how many people speak Krek Bristle. They took a flip chart into Broadmead and asked passers by to read aloud what was written on the flip chart. They had to say, Eva Turner, the prima ballerina of the opera. Many did add an L. Maybe the footage is on YouTube? Edited December 8, 2021 by Norn Iron Gurt spellcheck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 Yer tis! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 Especially for you Red-Robbo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakoe Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 I remembers the old Cortinal. And the Granadal if you was posh. Goin down Asdal fir sum grow srees . An r ma goin up the Bingal on a satdee night. I miss my home town. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 32 minutes ago, Norn Iron said: Yer tis! Interesting. Accents have obviously changed as I don’t hear anybody talking like that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, Lew-T said: Interesting. Accents have obviously changed as I don’t hear anybody talking like that! I left Brizz in the mid 90s. When I speak to my brizzle mates you can still hear the accent but not the lingo any more....apart from Ideal and Asdal. The latter I think is done deliberately now as opposed to naturally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Robbored said: Especially for you Red-Robbo! All my relatives have broad Bristol accents. I had one once, but we moved to Somerset when I was 7 and since then I've lived all over the place and now I'd say I have a slight generic West Country accent. I know broad Bristolian very well though. I have a second cousin who was once a very well-known councillor in Bedminster who is incomprehensible to anyone born 5 miles away from the Avon! I have to translate when he talks to my missus. I have to point out though, that Adge Cutler and most of the original Wurzels had north Somerset accents, which are very different. When Adge sings Virtue Et Industrial that's a Somerset man's impression of a Bristol accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talk Of The Town Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 I grew up in Knowle West & Bedminster so I remember the old school Bristolian lingo fondly. ‘ Cassant th’e understand I ‘ and phrases like that seem to have disappeared. Although my mum still pronounces words that end in ty as tay. Twen-tay Thir-tay For-tay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 It's not Bristol of course, but I am Westcountry enough to almost understand the farmer, and I certainly don't need Nick Frost's secondary translation. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Bobby Bollax said: I grew up in Knowle West & Bedminster so I remember the old school Bristolian lingo fondly. ‘ Cassant th’e understand I ‘ and phrases like that seem to have disappeared. Although my mum still pronounces words that end in ty as tay. Twen-tay Thir-tay For-tay My grandad used that exact phrase speaking to my wife (from Colchester) when she first met him - couldn't understand most of what he said! Thanks @Bobby Bollax that raised a smile with something to remember the old guy by on a chappy day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigate Red Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Bobby Bollax said: I grew up in Knowle West & Bedminster so I remember the old school Bristolian lingo fondly. ‘ Cassant th’e understand I ‘ and phrases like that seem to have disappeared. Although my mum still pronounces words that end in ty as tay. Twen-tay Thir-tay For-tay My grandad used to use that and I remember even as a boy struggling to understand some of what he said. Strangely this came up today at work when a Scottish colleague was asking me about Bristolian and dialect words. Unfortunately having left Bristol at 18 my once strong south Bristol accent has faded and reliant on alcohol to bring it to the fore Any good you tube links as I was thinking of sending some to her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted December 9, 2021 Report Share Posted December 9, 2021 I remember the bloke with three daughters, Barbaral and Saral were both a bit odd, but the other one was Normal… 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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