Dialects

[Halo]

A snicket is some kind of path, right?

Cheers

Not a bad try, but what sort of path?

Halo the pedantic.

 

[novella]

Isn't it a little cut-through pedestrian path between houses? I know that's what my ma-in-law in Linconshire calls the one near her. It's a sort of hidden shortcut.

 

[Freya]

Whit dae ye meen ye dinnae ken whit wur gibbering aboot? Its no as if wur pure no able tae speek the lingo, if ye ken whit a meen. Crivvens, ane goes and spells it no richt an they a' wanna blow thur mooths aboot how they dinnae ken. Michty me, its a pure sad hing but, wen its a' sed an dun, wur still - wur a come frae onyway - ane o' the cleerest prattlers in Britten. Ats why call centres cum runnin tae us tae set up shop.

Nah, they find their cheap labour in India now.

 

[Halo]

Isn't it a little cut-through pedestrian path between houses? I know that's what my ma-in-law in Linconshire calls the one near her. It's a sort of hidden shortcut.

Spot on, Novella! Consider yourself an honorary Yorkshire person (whether you want to be or not )

 

[Martin]

I knew that.

It's my job to know that.

Cheers

 

[Crystal]

Whit dae ye meen ye dinnae ken whit wur gibbering aboot? Its no as if wur pure no able tae speek the lingo, if ye ken whit a meen. Crivvens, ane goes and spells it no richt an they a' wanna blow thur mooths aboot how they dinnae ken. Michty me, its a pure sad hing but, wen its a' sed an dun, wur still - wur a come frae onyway - ane o' the cleerest prattlers in Britten. Ats why call centres cum runnin tae us tae set up shop.

O----M----G!
If you really talk them face-to-face to me, i would faint immediately.

did not recognize these: cum, crivvens

 

[Martin]

Somewhat related to the topic, and to Abu's complete Jibberish posted above; I had to give up on a book for the second time in my life. I was reading Irvine Welsh's Porno, and I was really enjoying it, too, until two characters were introduced (for the fans: Spud and Begbie) who talk in a dialect so thick I needed a samurai sword to cut myself a way through it.

It took me so long to finish a page of this stuff that it sucked the fun right out of the book.

I hate quitting.

Cheers

 

[Stewart]

Although I detest Irvine Welsh, I'm disappointed. Perhaps try James Kelman first.

 

[novella]

Alls I'm saying is Taggart. Me Scuttish bibul.

 

[Martin]

I'd never read anything by mr. Welsh, but I loved the film Trainspotting, so I figured I'd give Porno a try.

Reading, for me, will always be about having fun, not about hard work.

So, movin' on.

Cheers

 

[Ashlea]

I had a friend who kept trying to loan me Trainspotting, so I picked it up at his house and read the first page, then asked, "Is it all like this?" and he said, "If you mean in incomprehensible Scottish dialect, yes." so I left it there. I love the Scottish accent, but not if I have to read the written version.

 

[Ice]

I had a friend who kept trying to loan me Trainspotting, so I picked it up at his house and read the first page, then asked, "Is it all like this?" and he said, "If you mean in incomprehensible Scottish dialect, yes." so I left it there. I love the Scottish accent, but not if I have to read the written version.

I was the same, I couldn't get to grips with the book though I did enjoy the film

 

[lemur]

Such a pity :-( Trainspotting is a fantastic book - still his best by far. I can only urge you to persevere.

Maybe people who can understand it can make up an online Trainspotting glossary/FAQ. I'd be willing to help on it.

Kev