The reign of Spain is far from plain
PETER TRUDGILL on the rich seam of history behind Costa Rica’s languages
You may not have known the origin of the word till... until now
Outside intu Chapelfield in Norwich there's a sign saying that the Mall is open 'til 7pm. This is an interesting spelling – the normal way of writing 'til is till. So why would it occur to anybody to write it with only one l, and with an apostrophe before the t?
“Aryorite?”: The history of the popular Norfolk greeting
As you will know if you've been around these parts for any length of time, a pretty normal thing to say if you bump into a friend on The Walk in Norwich on a Saturday morning is 'Yorite?'.
“Aryorite?”: The history of the popular Norfolk greeting
As you will know if you've been around these parts for any length of time, a pretty normal thing to say if you bump into a friend on The Walk in Norwich on a Saturday morning is 'Yorite?'.
How Snailgate became Calvert Street
Many readers will know where Calvert Street is in Norwich: it runs from Colegate northwards to the inner link road. Before that monstrosity was built, cutting Norwich-over-the-water into two, Calvert street used to stretch somewhat further north than that.
How Snailgate became Calvert Street
Many readers will know where Calvert Street is in Norwich: it runs from Colegate northwards to the inner link road. Before that monstrosity was built, cutting Norwich-over-the-water into two, Calvert street used to stretch somewhat further north than that.
Norfolk people deserve to have our accent accorded esteem and recognition
At last – the real Norfolk dialect is appearing on national TV! And it is not being used as a joke. Lidl's TV advertisement for their Christmas turkeys, which is now being broadcast on British television, shows Norfolk farmer Tony Kerry of Shropham talking seriously about the raising of his free-range turkeys.
Norfolk people deserve to have our accent accorded esteem and recognition
At last – the real Norfolk dialect is appearing on national TV! And it is not being used as a joke. Lidl's TV advertisement for their Christmas turkeys, which is now being broadcast on British television, shows Norfolk farmer Tony Kerry of Shropham talking seriously about the raising of his free-range turkeys.
Opinion Discriminating by accent is a prehistoric way to do business
Why do people pronounce English differently in different parts of our country? Why don't speakers from Northumberland sound the same as people from Norfolk? Why is the Somerset accent different from the Suffolk accent?
Daze and days, made and maid - How ditching a vowel has affected the Norfolk dialect
In Norfolk, until recently, we used to have two different vowels corresponding to the single long 'a' vowel of most other kinds of English. This is because, up until the 17th century, all forms of English used to have two different vowels. Most dialects then gradually lost the difference between the two, while we kept it. It's mostly possible to tell which word had which vowel by looking at the spelling. This is because the spelling reflects the original Medieval English pronunciation.
