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Black Country Words and Phrases


http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/slang.htm


Black Country Dictionary


http://www.sedgleymanor.com/dictionaries/dialect.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/featu ... /a_b.shtml

Black Country Sayings


http://www.sedgleymanor.com/dictionaries/sayings.html
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Nice one Pete...great idea....let's all post the ones we know too!

I know some northern ones :roll:

ok this is one I know but bet my spellin is off!

"ers gorra voice like a glead under the door"
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Little ditty my mother ofter recites,

Wot a love ely nit ti tis,
Wot a many staars,
Wot a love ely grate thist got,
Wot a many baars,
I bin a cor tin,
Day yow nouw,
I tod thi faatha,
Day e tel thou.
translation
What a lovely night it is,
What a many stars,
What a lovely grate you have got,
What a many bars,
I have been a courting,
Didn't you know,
I told your father'
Didn't he tell you.
Didn't you know,
I told your father didn't he tell you
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My dad always used to say;-

I ould if I cud but I cor so I shor so I woe........... I presume I would if I could but I can't so I won't!
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Ha! ha! powerj
I very often say " I would if I could, but I can't, so I shan't, so I won't"
I just thought perhaps it was something I'd made up as a kid :?
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My Mom used to say that as well powerj. Another one was "er's got a bell in every tooth and when 'er opens 'er mouth it rings" meaning "goodness me (that's posh) doesn't she talk loud"
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:lol:
Has anyone heard the phrase - That's never right, In the reign of pigs puddin' ?
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ME
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:shock: a man of few words tonight Rob?
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I'm reading all the comments San!
Good stuff!! x
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mallosa wrote::lol:
Has anyone heard the phrase - That's never right, In the reign of pigs puddin' ?


I have heard the one that aint rite in a month of sundays!
but then I spake proper!!

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I oud if I cud.....
one of my grandmother sayings definately blackcountry


What about
if pigs cud fly the'd meck unlikely burds

I am amazed how many word there are on birmingham and blackcountry slang list I recognise and sometimesuse not knowing they are black country. Not lived there for forty years.

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If you haven't seen this lot they have been on the news and radio recently and it is so funny!
Think I might get some t.shirts from them for the Connections site!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=meALhh0vrxM

I love the council pop one and Z is for a stripey hoss! rofl!

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here two more great links

http://www.sedgleymanor.com/dictionaries/dialect.html

http://www.sedgleymanor.com/dictionaries/sayings.html
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/featu ... /a_b.shtml
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