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NORFOLK
DIALECT WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS
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Here
we are again with another selection
of Norfolk words – this time taking us from I
to L – which I hope you will find most useful.
A
word of advice – keep practising if you want to sound
like a local, as we cannot have you sounding like you come
from somewhere else, can we?
Forget
all you’ve seen and heard on television, as Mummerzet
is definitely NOT spoken in this county – unless you
really want to displease the locals!
I
| Dialect
word(s) |
Meaning |
| Imitate |
An
attempt to ‘du suffin’: “I shoont imitate
that if I wuz yew.” |
J
| Dialect
word(s) |
Meaning |
| Jam |
To
stamp on, or walk heaily: “We jammed about all
day at the Norfick Show!” or: “Dunt you jam
on my foot, will ya?” |
| Jiffle |
To
fidget: “Stop yar jifflin’,” the teacher
told Tommy. |
| Jip |
Pain,
aggravation: “My corns hoolly gev me jip.” |
| Job,
jorb |
Something
remarkable: “That new car o’ yars is the
job, ent it?” |
| Jollificearshuns |
Fun
and games, joviality. |
K
| Dialect
word(s) |
Meaning |
| Kelter |
Condition:
“Yar bike looks in good kelter t’me.” |
| Kiderer |
Pork
butcher. |
| King
Harry |
Goldfinch.
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| Knap |
To
knock or shape flint. |
| Know |
Knowledge:
“That blook nex’tdoor seem t’be in
the know.” |
L
| Dialect
word(s) |
Meaning |
| Lady’s
smock |
Canterbury
bell, cuckoo flower. |
| Laid |
Corn
flattened by gales or heavy rain. |
| Lam |
To
thump or beat: “He dint harf lam itter me.” |
| Larn |
To
teach: “That there teacha tried on it, but she
coont larn me nuffin.” |
| Loke |
A
blind alley or a short lane. |
| Lollop |
To
walk ungainly or slowly: “That mawther dunt know
how tuh walk, she jist lollop along.” |
| Lug |
An
ear – or to carry: “If yew expect me to
lug that all the way home, you kin think agin!” or
“My dad gev my lug a clip an' that hoolly smart,
that did!” |
| Lummox |
A
clumsy person. |
How
did you get on? OK? Or is it all proving a bit too much for
you? Don’t give up, ol’ paartner, click the link
to M–P
for some more!
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