Mansfield dialect, Mansfield accent

[moopind 10]

Hello all

 

Is anyone originally from Mansfield? Can you give me any terms or turns-of-phrase which are really 'Mansfield'? It doesn't matter if they're also in use elsewhere in the country - they don't have to be uniquely Mansfield, but stuff which isn't part of standard English.

 

It's part of a plan to inject some humour into a best man's speech at a wedding involving an Australian and a Mansfielder. I just need to be accurate and I'm not from Mansfield, see?

 

Thanks

[moopind 10]

Yes, that's some great ammo, thanks

[Eric_Collins 11]

Yes, that's some great ammo, thanks

 

Dudoo's are slang for sweets

youth is term for male of any age.

Caining means hurting

neyw is no

[moopind 10]

Brilliant. Is Dudoo said 'dud - oo' or 'doo - doo'?

[Eric_Collins 11]

Brilliant. Is Dudoo said 'dud - oo' or 'doo - doo'?

 

dud doo , I was confused when i first heard it.

 

Oh and they also say stuff like

 

Fost = 1st, the O appears or is substituted quiet a lot in spoken words.

[moopind 10]

Great stuff. So you're not a Rainsworth native, then?

[Eric_Collins 11]

Great stuff. So you're not a Rainsworth native, then?

 

No mate, was a native of Longley near the Moonshine lane water works until i moved here about 10 years ago.

[Dave650 10]

Dudoo's are slang for sweets

youth is term for male of any age.

Caining means hurting

neyw is no

 

cain and neyw I sometimes slip out and I've been in sheffield all my life

[moopind 10]

I did say they don't have to be uniquely Mansfield. Some terms travelled about many many years ago, what with migration from mines opening and closing and stuff. It's not that far from here, I suppose...

[shanes teeth 10]

A commonley heard phrase in Mansfield is "Let us out,let us out of this sh**hle, we're not ALL pikeys you know"

[handypandy 14]

I'm trying to think of the context but........ " Nah then serry " .....serry being 'see here you!!!'.

Also is the north Nottinghamshire "Ma duck"

[Digitalis 10]

I work in rainworth and have definately noticed the phrase aye up youth, i will try and pick up some other phrases