But what about "Oleland", any ideas ? (General)

by peteressex , Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 21:20 (4570 days ago) @ michelemcook

Some of the dialect is clearly a remnant of earlier times. Ow bist = how bee'est (thou), very similar to the German familar form "Wie bist du" = how are you, so probably an expression with Anglo-Saxon roots. The old thee and thou form was certainly still around when I was a kid. I got in the Pidcocks Canal at Lydney approx 1954 and came out smelling of something other than roses. My great aunt's consequent wrath rings in my ears to this day: "Get thee in bath, thou bugger!"