geek_andy Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I know a couple of people that are from Barnsley, and they both seem to invent past participle forms of verbs, for example, "chet" instead of cheated. This seems to be a popular thing with people from Barnsley, has anyone else noticed this? Also, I hear a lot of people in Sheffield saying "mon't". What the hell does this mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Like "tret" instead of treated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I know a couple of people that are from Barnsley, and they both seem to invent past participle forms of verbs, for example, "chet" instead of cheated. This seems to be a popular thing with people from Barnsley, has anyone else noticed this? Also, I hear a lot of people in Sheffield saying "mon't". What the hell does this mean? I think its supposed to mean "you better not" - as in " you mon't do that" And Barnsley people have only just stopped grunting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Thats the beauty of language. Its a living breathing constantly evolving thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banjodeano Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Thats the beauty of language. Its a living breathing constantly evolving thing Thats true...but its no good if no one knows what another region is talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Oh not somebody else criticising our local dialects! How many more times do we have to go through all this ..??? It'll be 'breadcake;' and 'fishcake' are wrong, again any minute now ... *sigh* and then we'll be onto why we say 'while' instead of 'until' *sighs again* Just listen and learn, boy! And if you can't do that, go and look into the archives instead of posting something that's been done time and again before. *subsides, panting softly* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 But most of the uk has no clue what the rest of the uk is on about, its always been that way. Look at the regional variations for something simple like a breadcake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 But most of the uk has no clue what the rest of the uk is on about, its always been that way. Look at the regional variations for something simple like a breadcakeSEE!! I KNEW that would happen .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 SEE!! I KNEW that would happen ....But i'm not saying anythings wrong, just that the uk has always had regional variation. Breadcake is just the most obvious example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I know a couple of people that are from Barnsley, and they both seem to invent past participle forms of verbs, for example, "chet" instead of cheated. This seems to be a popular thing with people from Barnsley, has anyone else noticed this? Also, I hear a lot of people in Sheffield saying "mon't". What the hell does this mean? They use a second person singular pronoun too. The grammar is quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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