16 bostin phrases in Black Country dialect
The Black Country doesn't just have a different accent to the rest of the country - it's got its own language. Here are 16 bostin Black Country sayings yo woh 'ear anywhere else.
1. 'I'll gie yo' a right cork-aiver' - (to a child) 'If you don't behave yourself, you will be in line for physical chastisement'
2. 'A blind mon on a golloping 'oss'd be pleased to see it - 'It falls somewhat short of my expectations''.
3. 'This 'ay gerrin the babbie a new bonnet' - 'This isn't working'.
4. 'Er's gorra vice like a gleed under a doer' - 'She's not a very good singer' (commonly said when watching X Factor)
5. 'Yo'm a saft ha'p'orth' - 'You are very silly'.
6. 'It's looking a bit black over Bill's mother's' - 'I think it might rain'.
7. 'It wor me, ar day do it' - 'it wasn't me, I didn't do it' - the sort of thing Shaggy may have sung if he came from Tipton
8. 'Ow bin yo, aer kid?' - 'How are you today?'
9. 'Yo've gorra a fizzog like a dropped pie' - 'You're looking a little sad today'
10. 'Yo'm tekking us all around the Wrekin' - 'Are you lost by any chance?'
11. '6 o'clock and ne'er a pigeon um' - Something that was supposed to happen has failed to materialise
12. 'Yo've gorra right cob on' - 'You're in a bad mood'.
13. 'I'm tekkin the wammel for a hike over the bonk by the ackedock' - 'I'm taking the dog for a walk over the hill by the aquaduct'
14. 'Ne'er a wun cum a nie' - 'No-one turned up'
15. 'Yo'm gonna get a right cog-winder if yo don't watch her cakehole' - 'You had better watch what you are saying if you don't want a clip round the ear'.
16. 'I cor believe me tabs' - 'I can't believe what I'm hearing.'
