The new dialect word of the week is a real gem! Click on the link to find out.
And we have another survey that may be related to the dialect word of the week; I hope to find out from the good people of the town.
The survey focuses again on pronunciation, and this time we are dealing with possibly a very old word indeed! More details when the survey results are published.
So, to business - How do you pronounce the following words in the dialect:
Nothing:
1. Nowt
2. Neiwt
3. Some other pronunciation
Anything:
1. Owt
2. Eiwt
3. Some other pronunciation
As with the previous survey, please answer with the corresponding numbers and year of birth. My answers are:
2 & 2, 1974.
If you answer with a number 3 for either or both, please try to spell your pronunciation.
Let's see what we come up with. Many thanks :-)
2&2 1951
ReplyDelete2 & 2 1946
ReplyDelete3&3 1948
ReplyDeleteA vowel (or diphthong) that cannot be written successfully with the usual letters of the alphabet. We've (Bryan and I) had a bit of a discussion on the Phrases and idioms section. I can see how 'eiwt' and 'neiwt' are meant to represent the way I pronounce the words, but I doubt if anyone not privy to this discussion would understand how to pronounce words spelt that way. Only the Welsh use w to give the sound of oo as in fool.