Ay ya ayin' a wesh terday?
Or are ya gunna be dotty?
Ay ya gorra 'anky lad
Cuz ya conk is really snotty,
Gerroff dahn t' shop fer me
An gerra loaf a bread,
Ah'll ay ta pack yer dad up son
Afore ee gets outta bed,
There's a tonip in t' garden lad
Goo an gerrit up fer me
Ah'll mash it in wit 'tatas
An we'll ay it fer us tea,
Gerroff dahn t' school me lad,
Dunna stand there waitin'
Ya know yav gorra go me son
So pack up on ya scraitin',
Ya'rate me owd? It's bin a while
Ain't seen ya round me duck,
Ah'll mash a porra tea fer ya
An nonna that mazzy muck,
Ah'm goin' up t' wooden 'ill
So dunna gerrin me way,
Ah'm gunna kip till mornin' lad
An 'ope ah dunt ova-lay.
Author notes
The wonderful Derbyshire dialect, sadly not heard so much now.
Have fun trying to read it!
A contest entry
- ENNYFING COLLOQUIAL by jimmy20johns.
1800 points, ended October 31, 2008, 13 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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very nice
We don't hear much of it at all anymore. Fun to visit the past! Great stuff! The Shaker
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Oh I love Derbyshire accent - I have a lovely friend who makes words like "moon" into two syllables - "moo-wun"
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Hi. Thanks for this - it's a great piece of dialect! Must be up there with the finalists so far. Cheers, jimmy
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