That's a saying I grew up with. Rayt gud an' proppa! - a thorough job if it.
Another one: Eee, bah gum! - Well, I say!
It's a bit black oe'er Bill's Motha's - It may rain if those storm clouds across there are anything to go by.
Ayup me duck! - a greeting to a long-term friend or acquaintance - Hello there!
Geeovva - this is a difficult one to spell but the 'gee' isn't a soft 'g' as in 'gee-up little pony', it's more like the 'g' sound in 'give'. That's what the word is - a condensing of 'Give over' - Stop it this instant!
This little chap is almost 97 years old now. @s0u1's dad and I'm bringing him to hive.blog, so watch out!
Gizzaminnit - Could you give me a moment?
Gerrup - Get up
Now, my friend in Canada is certain I speak just like the Queen (I can assure you, I do not!) and when she came over to visit, a few years ago, we took her to meet Hubby's dad.
@s0u1's mum and dad, still happy together, still going strong and interested in Crypto! I kid you not!
He speaks Broad Derbyshire - a language steeped in time, understood only by a few 'Derbyshons'.
My point is, if you're writing, it's probably (definitely) best if you do NOT write as you speak, especially if your dialect is strong, as the Derbyshire dialect is.
You want more? Are you certain?
OK then!
Mi little chucky-egg - *summat me grandad 'ud call mi.
Ooops, sorry, I slipped into the dialect gud'n'proppa then.
Everything is shortened, clipped and chopped. There are hardly any 'g's on the end of words and the language is fast!
We're from the Midlands and our friends 'dahn sahth' (Down south) have to listen for a while to tune in to what we're saying when we visit.
Source
We live in the East Midlands and our friends live in the South East
Now, I'm not sure if it's laziness or the product of a necessity for speed, - best not te waste thi time yakkin' when thiz wok te bi dun** - the words are shortened, but you really can't mistake their meaning.
@s0u1 and I holidayed with a Canadian family who could also speak French and they dropped in and out of both languages easily. Apologies all round included: "Oh, sorry, we keep forgetting you can't speak two languages..."
Challenge accepted. Without a word, @s0u1 and I dropped straight into 'Derbyshon' - fast speaking, knowing the friends couldn't possibly keep up.
"I know you were speaking English, but I couldn't follow your conversation!"
Smug-mode.
Of course, because we hear it all the time, we think nothing of it, but have you ever heard someone on the local news being interviewed and you look at them and think, "Bloody'ell, do ah sahnd like that?"***
Exactly!
****Needs abittasummat
*Something my grandad would call me
**Best not to waste your (thy) time talking when there's work to be done (sound: bih not bi/bye) - would also sound like 'biddun'
***Oh my goodness, do I sound like that?
****Needs a bit of something...