Regional words, terms and phrases.

[Friesianfan]

‘Tis called crib in this part of Cornwall. Down west sum of ‘em calls it croust

Croust for us!

 

[Friesianfan]

How about Fuzz or furze bush.
Father used to say blimming or blimmer, never heard him use anything stronger all his life.

“You look like you’ve been dragged through a furze bush.” my mum used to say!

 

[Friesianfan]

Lades, yu.

We have “riggers”

 

[Friesianfan]

How about... Arrish for corn stubble

 

[JSmith]

See a heifer bagging up an old boy would say she’s got an elder of milk coming on her, not sure where that comes from ?

 

[Treecreeper]

Cloughy pronounced cluffy

As in why don't ee come waize in and cloughy way down.
Translated as, would like to sit down and make yourself comfortable, a similar action to a broody hen settling on eggs.

 

[primmiemoo]

How about Fuzz or furze bush.
Father used to say blimming or blimmer, never heard him use anything stronger all his life.

In order of strength for people: Limmer (usually teasing), Blimmer, Heller (that was strong!).

Various degrees of surprise or perplexity was Licker.

I'd only hear newcomers say gorse. It's furze or fuzz.

 

[Bury the Trash]

In order of strength for people: Limmer (usually teasing), Blimmer, Heller (that was strong!).

Various degrees of surprise or perplexity was Licker.

I'd only hear newcomers say gorse. It's furze or fuzz.

yeah forgot about
'what a licker''

muxy is muddy and when we were little kids used to go down the river and make 'muxy pies' in the mud bank.

 

[primmiemoo]

yeah forgot about
'what a licker''

muxy is muddy and when we were little kids used to go down the river and make 'muxy pies' in the mud bank.

Bissly toads!

 

[Treecreeper]

In order of strength for people: Limmer (usually teasing), Blimmer, Heller (that was strong!).

Various degrees of surprise or perplexity was Licker.

I'd only hear newcomers say gorse. It's furze or fuzz.

By all account I was a real little heller.

I've heard calves described as gurt lickers when born.

 

[goodevans]

Pjssing down is pretty universal but it seems to be said alot around here

 

[Bury the Trash]

Bissly toads!

forgotten about that ....
yes Mum would say.
or here like 'baisly' proun. 'baysly' theres always slight variation even over into the valley i should think....
trouble is (with more people diversity) it will get forgotten if its not remembered and used every now and then ,or at least written down plenty of times/places

my post above i forgot to spell tea 'tay' which actually was its original proununciation generally i think..not just Demshur dialect .

 

[betweenthelines]

What about the small field next to the yard? A Platt or a calves platt. Also used for the area where machinery is left (ie abandoned for the winter, as in "park up the bale trailer in the platt, will ee buy?")

The baler would get stored proper in the cart linney, although the passageway outside our back door was also called the linney. The storage area at the back of the cows shippen was a mangel house.

 

[penntor]

What about the small field next to the yard? A Platt or a calves platt. Also used for the area where machinery is left (ie abandoned for the winter, as in "park up the bale trailer in the platt, will ee buy?"

Yep, got a platt here full of machinery and the hay shed, about a half acre in size.

my post above i forgot to spell tea 'tay'

Remember seeing my late uncle in Plymouth city centre one day years ago, I was working in Plymouth then, one of the first things he said to me was 'where can I get a cup tay in ure'

 

[primmiemoo]

Dish of tay, it used to be. Originally, tea was served in small porcelain bowls.

Your platt's more like a parc, that size, @penntor

 

[An Gof]

What about the small field next to the yard? A Platt or a calves platt. Also used for the area where machinery is left (ie abandoned for the winter, as in "park up the bale trailer in the platt, will ee buy?")

The baler would get stored proper in the cart linney, although the passageway outside our back door was also called the linney. The storage area at the back of the cows shippen was a mangel house.

Was known as the Wagon linhay here

 

[An Gof]

Any of you lot on here ever get a bit teasy?

 

[An Gof]

And did you have ways of avoiding the louster?

 

[Treecreeper]

And did you have ways of avoiding the louster?

Get a bit teazy when things don't go right.

If you can't schemy you must louster.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Any of you lot on here ever get a bit teasy?

no must b a Cornish thing

anyway youm all backsivore down there..'