The Essex dialect is known outside the borders of the county, and people across the UK have come to recognise our terms. Here are 21 words from the dictionary that have a different meaning in Essex: 1. We had a little kiss, it wasn’t even a snog – we did a lot more than that, but it can’t be discussed on a family website. How many of these Suffolk words and phrases do you recognise? Some of the things we say however, may not mean what they appear to. To us: Used similarly to 'proper' to exaggerate how good or bad something is. Save up to £497* a year -Compare Lots of Deals - Switch in Minutes. To others: A very rude way of telling someone to stop talking. To others: A way of describing someone who is unwell. Some years since, when taking church notes in Barnstable Hundred, the rector of one of the churches directed my attention to various graves depressed in the centre. Essex people generally pronounce the letter H correctly; but there is nevertheless a tendency to drop this letter when prefixed by T, as now and ten, for now and then. Person A "I have just send you the money I owe you. To us: A way of describing something that is really good, or that we are really impressed by. To us: Someone or something that is really good. And the straight tip as given at Dunmow and nearby, not only means a direct reply without either evasion or reservation, but also a spirit of indifference and defiance very often meant as an insult. Vowels are frequently lengthened, as maade for made, maake for make. These, said he, my sexton affirms invariably indicate that the person buried died of consumption and that all who die of that disease have sooner or later broken-backed graves. Occasionally words are prefixed by S, such as scringing for cringing, and some words appear to have been formed by imitation of sound, such as bobbery and bonx. ", To others: When a solid gets warm and turns into a liquid. In the neighbourhood of Fobbing, when the peasants wished to express that a woman has not much nous, they say, she has not got her change. Keeping Dovercourt is said to mean making a great noise, and the explanation is said to have arisen from the fact that Dovercourt was formerly celebrated for its scolds. ", Person B: "It will be fine, I will just bomb it down the A12.". The calf may have belonged to Waltham Abbey. Then add the number to your phone contacts book as 'Essex Live'. To others: The act of setting off an explosive devise. 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Mate(s) – friend(s)/foe(s)/family/brand of condoms. Get a table – arrange for champagne and sparklers to be delivered to a roped-off corner of Sugar Hut or Faces in Gant’s Hill. Where the soil is thin and will only support forest trees in particular places, the cultivators are careful not to plough too deep. At the end of the day – in conclusion/in summary/I’m stuck for words. Braintree for the pure, And Booking for the poor; Cogshall for the jeering town, And Kelvedon for the whore. And today’post is about where it all started – British Slang! O often becomes U, as frum, sput, nut, for from, spot, not. Already have an account with us? Lying by the wall implies that one is dead, but not buried. To receive WhatsApp messages with the main headlines, as well as breaking news alerts, text the word 'NEWS' to us via WhatsApp at 07557 893797. This is said of someone who kept his eyes shut and pretended to be asleep, when all the while he was listening to what was said around him.

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