awld sayin' (General)

by willow, Thursday, December 22, 2005, 18:46 (6903 days ago) @ slowhands

Ahhh now youre getting me all sentimental...

I grew up used to my dads accent which is now watered down compared to family I have in Berry hill

but my friends in Lincolnshire had no hope in hell of understanding him which baffled me as ...he talks like anyone else...or so I thought

My step mother recently died and to try and keep him active and a purpose to carry on I've been buying him memoriabila and books about the Forest from Ebay. Funniest one was a book all written in the Forest dialect ( name of book I cant recall at present) We have so much fun with it.. He opens a page and immediately goes into the local dialect and when I try it sound like gobbleygook.

Can't wait till Xmas day.... He'll probably have a heart attack at all the Forest stuff thats waiting under the tree :)

Thanks for this forum, It's actually helped me and my dad get closer in his twighlight years as I research his family