Farmer Wink

[Great In Grass]

I don't know I bet alot have to double check

Only because they can't believe the great value for money they are getting.

 

[DrWazzock]

Even within Lincolnshire there is considerable variation in dialect and type.

I find the folk in South and the fens to be shorter and stockier than the folk in the North and the wolds. They have a different dialect as well.

If you go up to the Humber bank, well it's almost like Yorkshire.

 

[Sandpit Farm]

Different villages in Warwickshire have different accents. That is something I have noticed. If you go anywhere outside the Midlands... You just get labelled as a brummie.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Can someone explain Lincolnshire to me please? (serious question)

Why is it that it is seen as isolated spot with strange corners etc.? I mean I live in West Wales and our transport links were historically way poorer than almost all places in England. Why is it that people refer to it as "darkest" linconshire etc - I'm guessing its linked up with it being unusable land until it was drained and so has less of a history of population etc.?

 

[Crystal]

Even within Lincolnshire there is considerable variation in dialect and type.

I find the folk in South and the fens to be shorter and stockier than the folk in the North and the wolds. They have a different dialect as well.

If you go up to the Humber bank, well it's almost like Yorkshire.

That's quite true. Guy Martin(not a farmer but a Yellowbelly nonetheless) is from the North of the County and whilst he uses Lincolnshire dialect words, he has a cross-over accent of both Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Our family roots came from all directions of the County and ended up in the centre!!! The females of the family are short and stocky but the men are all big, stocky blokes about 6ft-6ft 4inches.

 

[Crystal]

Can someone explain Lincolnshire to me please? (serious question)

Why is it that it is seen as isolated spot with strange corners etc.? I mean I live in West Wales and our transport links were historically way poorer than almost all places in England. Why is it that people refer to it as "darkest" linconshire etc - I'm guessing its linked up with it being unusable land until it was drained and so has less of a history of population etc.?

I think it's to do with it being very rural with not much street lighting overall. The skies are known to be some of the darkest at night in the Country for this reason. Another reason could be the fenland soil is very dark brown. There is a fair amount of this and it's why people always mistake Lincolnshire for being flat. Of course it's not though, as we have the Wolds too. Hope that helps.

 

[cudota]

farmer wink ....thought thats what you did at an auctioneer

 

[JCMaloney]

If we were all the same life would be very dull. Nothing wrong with characters... you miss them when they are gone.

 

[Sid]

If we were all the same life would be very dull. Nothing wrong with characters... you miss them when they are gone.

But another one comes along.

 

[kelpiekid]

Just watched U Tube, thats a bloke I could like.

 

[Spartacus]

But another one comes along.

Yes, the problem is they aren't around anymore cos we are the characters then!

 

[smcapstick]

To be a 'character' must you first force a ridiculous caricature of a regional accent? If your only interesting trait is that you speak near-gibberish, then that's colour that needn't be added to my county.

There is one nearer to us, too - I forget his name but he was on television a little while ago (North West Tonight/Countryfile/The One Show? - something of that ilk) demonstrating just how broad his Yorkshire accent was. He put so much effort into it, he needed to gulp air down to give is speech maximum oomph. It was truly cringe-worthy.

Regional accents are natural but when they are forced or at least over-egged, they become quite ridiculous and very annoying. I need only one other example of this: Danny Dyer. See him on A Touch Of Frost back in the 90's and he's an ordinary Londoner. Now... eez a proppa diamond geezah, ya na? Every other word being replaced by some sill rhyming slang because it's what he thinks people want to hear.

 

[Crystal]

To be a 'character' must you first force a ridiculous caricature of a regional accent? If your only interesting trait is that you speak near-gibberish, then that's colour that needn't be added to my county.

There is one nearer to us, too - I forget his name but he was on television a little while ago (North West Tonight/Countryfile/The One Show? - something of that ilk) demonstrating just how broad his Yorkshire accent was. He put so much effort into it, he needed to gulp air down to give is speech maximum oomph. It was truly cringe-worthy.

Regional accents are natural but when they are forced or at least over-egged, they become quite ridiculous and very annoying. I need only one other example of this: Danny Dyer. See him on A Touch Of Frost back in the 90's and he's an ordinary Londoner. Now... eez a proppa diamond geezah, ya na? Every other word being replaced by some sill rhyming slang because it's what he thinks people want to hear.

Farmer Wink has always spoken the way he does now....it's not 'forced'. It's only gibberish if you can't understand it!!! Whilst I'm in no way as broad as my uncle, I do use lots of the dialect words. My eldest son refuses to use them when speaking but my youngest son will. I feel it's my duty to pass on the dialect to them as the next generation, as it's their heritage(the family have farmed here since at least the 1700's). If I don't then the dialect will be allowed to die out. Regarding my uncle- it all started when he rang the local radio show to join in with something or other that they were discussing on air and afterwards, loads of people started calling the station asking who he was and wanting to hear more from him. Everything that came after that came from public demand and media wanting him to appear on various TV and radio shows over the past few years. He never put on an accent to seek attention or find fame & fortune.

 

[76masseyman]

Hope to see him at the sale tomorrow.

 

[grumpy]

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,

 

[Mand Jacklin]

Just listening to Radio 2, today's guest being 'Farmer Wink' - apparently famed for his interviews on Radio Lincolnshire.

Being broadcast on mass media, this chap is an ambassador for the farming community at large.

General impressions?

I am less than impressed.

Farmer Wink works incredibly hard with his brother at their farm in Lincolnshire. He speaks the old dialect which is sadly dying out. He respects the old ways handed down from his parents from one generation to the other. These precious things are being lost to our society in the UK. Young people today don't know where food comes from. He is a treasure to the county and you would be more than impressed if you got to know him and the Lincolnshire way of life that he stands for

 

[Shutesy]

Farmer Wink works incredibly hard with his brother at their farm in Lincolnshire. He speaks the old dialect which is sadly dying out. He respects the old ways handed down from his parents from one generation to the other. These precious things are being lost to our society in the UK. Young people today don't know where food comes from. He is a treasure to the county and you would be more than impressed if you got to know him and the Lincolnshire way of life that he stands for

How on earth did you manage to find an 8 year old thread about him?

 

[yellowbelly]

How on earth did you manage to find an 8 year old thread about him?

I'm guessing if you 'Google' Farmer Wink it gives you a link to this thread

To be fair, I'm glad @Mand Jacklin did as it was was from before I'd discovered TFF.

Jeez, there was some miserable bu66ers on here, back in 2014.

If anybody wants to meet the said Farmer Wink, I dare say he'll be at Louth Fatstock show next Monday.