Talk:East Midlands English
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See Talk:Midlands English for previous discussion Could Wikipedians with any comments about East Midlands English please post here from now on. Thanks.
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[edit] Mun't/Mon't
This was a puzzling term I recall hearing from my Nottingham-born great-aunt and a couple of other relatives when I was a child but haven't heard it for a very long time. "Munt" (or mun't) appears to be a contraction of "mustn't" but clearly spoken as "munt". I'm not sure of the origin of what I found to be the more common "mon't" as in "you mon't do that or you'll burn your finger" unless it is a further corruption of "mun't". The meaning of the two words is identical - "must-not".Madmax69 17:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Further family enquiries reveal that "mun't" was spoken in Tamworth (West Midlands) by relatives as far back as the 1920s whereas "mon't" seems to be common to the East Midlands and, again goes back possibly as far or further. Madmax69 17:28, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Formal Address
Contrary to many claims the formal style of address "Thou" is still alive but suffering from an extreme contracted form, at least in the North Nottinghamshire/South Yorkshire border area. "Thas'll" is very common as in "Thas'll hay ter goo ter t' shops fer sum milk" as "Thou shall have to go to the shops for some milk". Note "thou" here is transformed to "tha..." in most cases but "thos'll" is also common depending on how broad the local accent is. Thee and thy, even in contracted form are less common if not altogether obsolete in the East Midlands although common in Yorkshire still. Madmax69 17:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Larrup
Verb. North Notts (at least), "larrup" is to hand out a beating (or punishment) either to a child or adult. A common alternative being a "pasting". Common phrases - "I'll paste your backside" or "I'll give you such a larrupin"
[edit] Youth
Male relative a form of address. "Heyyup our youth" (Hello my brother). "Our youth will come over later" (my younger brother will come over later). Similar to "Heyyup arr kid" (hello friend/brother).
[edit] Nottingham City/Selston-Kirkby Accent Changeover
There is a noteable increase in broadness of the Nottingham accent between Hucknall and districts of Nottingham City. Furthermore the accent becomes markedly more like South Yorkshire from Kirkby in Ashfield or Selston northwards. For example Selston is often pronounced "Seltston" and Kirkby-in-Ashfield as "Keeerk-bee"
86.6.60.72 16:42, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Separation of West and East Midlands begins here
Since the pages regarding the Midlands have recently been split, the talk pages also need to separate. To add any comments on West Midlands English, please click the link at the top of the page to proceed back to the west midlands page.
Codeye 03:57, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Northamptonshire English
Northampton is split in two both in the historical and dialect sense.
The Danelaw split the present county into a Viking north and a Saxon south. This is quite plainly heard, with people in the south speaking more like people from Oxfordshire or Cambridgeshire and people in the north sounding more like people from Leicestershire.
The towns are slightly different, with Corby having its distinct character and Northampton the result of migration form the home counties and London. RP, estuary English, and south Northamptonshire from the older inhabitants, are all common sounds.
When I lived in Northampton, as a child, my accent was a mix of local south Northamptonshire and RP from school friends and their migrated middle class families.Jm butler 10:38, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
