This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️
This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️
/broəʒ/
Noun
- a dish made from boiling water or milk on oatmeal or peasemeal, and addition of salt, butter, or cream
> .. take them down to Brown's-Mill in Carleton-Place to get them ground to make pea-brose.
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/broəʒ/
Noun
- a dish made from boiling water or milk on oatmeal or peasemeal, and addition of salt, butter, or cream
> .. take them down to Brown's-Mill in Carleton-Place to get them ground to make pea-brose.
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chirp/cheirp
/tɕerp, tɕɵrp, tɕɪrp/
Verb
- to bicker or argue, especially while chittering like a noisy bird
> jist cheirpin, dey wer
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chirp/cheirp
/tɕerp, tɕɵrp, tɕɪrp/
Verb
- to bicker or argue, especially while chittering like a noisy bird
> jist cheirpin, dey wer
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noun, a stalk, handle, as in brush-steyl, the handle of a brush; cabbage-steyl, cabbage-stalk.
from old english stela.
"That painter kept gettin on mi narves, so I saiged all his brush-steyls off."
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noun, a stalk, handle, as in brush-steyl, the handle of a brush; cabbage-steyl, cabbage-stalk.
from old english stela.
"That painter kept gettin on mi narves, so I saiged all his brush-steyls off."
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pron. & adj., none, no; not.
from old english nán.
"Aw'm noan baan to gi yaw lads nowght; noan on yo."
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pron. & adj., none, no; not.
from old english nán.
"Aw'm noan baan to gi yaw lads nowght; noan on yo."
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wrastle/wrassle
/rásl/
• from Middle-English 'wrestlen/wrastlen'
Verb
- wrestle
> quit wrastlin ye!
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wrastle/wrassle
/rásl/
• from Middle-English 'wrestlen/wrastlen'
Verb
- wrestle
> quit wrastlin ye!
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dictionar(e)
/dɪkɕ(j)ənər, -ɛr/
Noun
- dictionary
> dats hou et's spellt i' d Vally dictionar!
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dictionar(e)
/dɪkɕ(j)ənər, -ɛr/
Noun
- dictionary
> dats hou et's spellt i' d Vally dictionar!
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peihol /pejhɔl/
• dialectal form of 'pie+hole'
Noun
- mouth. mostly informal /conveying unserious attitude to the discussion. affectionate unlike general 'piehole', the derogatory term being 'beak'
> stick att i' yer peihol!
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peihol /pejhɔl/
• dialectal form of 'pie+hole'
Noun
- mouth. mostly informal /conveying unserious attitude to the discussion. affectionate unlike general 'piehole', the derogatory term being 'beak'
> stick att i' yer peihol!
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baenk/bynk/boink
/bajnk, bɔjnk, bæːnk/
• post-palatalisation of 'bank'. compare the development of 'yank' > 'yoink' and 'bang, bonk' > 'boink'
> i needs te gòa tu de baenk
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baenk/bynk/boink
/bajnk, bɔjnk, bæːnk/
• post-palatalisation of 'bank'. compare the development of 'yank' > 'yoink' and 'bang, bonk' > 'boink'
> i needs te gòa tu de baenk
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Toni Onley
1985
Toni Onley
1985
bogaman
/bóəgə·man/, /-mən/
• dialectal form of 'bo(o)geyman'
Noun
- a violent or sinister ghost or monster who terrifies or kidnaps children.
- a fictitious threat
> he swore he'd sint de bogaman
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bogaman
/bóəgə·man/, /-mən/
• dialectal form of 'bo(o)geyman'
Noun
- a violent or sinister ghost or monster who terrifies or kidnaps children.
- a fictitious threat
> he swore he'd sint de bogaman
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gruamach
/grú(ː)əməx/, /-max/
• from Gaelic 'gruamach'
Adjective, Adverb
- moody, depressive, gloomy, drab
- (of weather or atmosphere) overcast, dim, dull
> gruamach oot der, et is
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gruamach
/grú(ː)əməx/, /-max/
• from Gaelic 'gruamach'
Adjective, Adverb
- moody, depressive, gloomy, drab
- (of weather or atmosphere) overcast, dim, dull
> gruamach oot der, et is
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a lass, girl. this is the main word for girl in this dialect, see the map.
perhaps from old norse lǫskr, but unclear.
"I suppoort lasses as likes other lasses."
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a lass, girl. this is the main word for girl in this dialect, see the map.
perhaps from old norse lǫskr, but unclear.
"I suppoort lasses as likes other lasses."
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Sê net dit lyk mooi
Sê net dit lyk mooi
Ek het al daai fokken kak gesluk
Myself probeer verdrink
Sê net dit lyk mooi
Sê net ek is mooi
Sê net dit lyk mooi
Sê net dit lyk mooi
Ek het al daai fokken kak gesluk
Myself probeer verdrink
Sê net dit lyk mooi
Sê net ek is mooi
Blake Angeconeb ~ Anishinaabe
c. 2023
Blake Angeconeb ~ Anishinaabe
c. 2023