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THE MERRY MAWKIN

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THE MERRY MAWKIN  

The Merry Mawkin, newsletter of the Friends of Norfolk Dialect (FOND), is always full of interesting features, pictures and letters – helping preserve our vernacular for future generations.

This issue, winter No. 43, is another 28-page issue!

The Merry Mawkin, an A5, glossy newsletter is published four times a year and mailed free to members of FOND, although non-members may purchase copies if required (please see below for details).

Ashley Gray, the editor, welcomes anything on a Norfolk theme: stories and poetry in dialect, photographs of bygone days, as well as letters or emails, describing what living in Norfolk means to you.

THE MERRY MAWKIN, WINTER EDITION, NO. 43

“Well, hare we are agin, moi ol’ bewties, wi’ another Mawkin – an’ winter draws on, dun’t it?

“That wuz hoolly cold the other mornin’ an’ we din’t half hev a frorst we did! I hatta screarpe the ice orfer my caar’s winderscreen afore I set orf, I did.

“Then along cum this hare mawther an’ har boy frum down the rud. I say t’har howya gorn on, moi bewty? – ’corse I allust loikes to paass the toime a day wi’ me nearbuhs – she seem orlroight thow.

“I happen t’remaark t’har ‘thass hoolly fresh terday ent ut?’

“She reckun thass on accounter that bein’ winter. I seh that wun’t yit, but sune will be – thass the winter solstuss on Decemba twettysecund this yare, but not allotter people know that, they dun’t.”

“Ennyhows, I’d betta let yew git on readin’ orl about our winter Merry Mawkin, yew’ll foind out orl about ut if yew click here yew will, moind yew, if yew’re a member yew’re hed yars orlreddy I reckun; and if yew ent – wuh! thass about toime yew joined us ent it?

“Fare y’well tergether!”

Front cover: Greetings from East Runton, a snowy scene (mearke ya feel hoolly frooze, dun’t ut?).

Page 2: A mardle with the editor – Our editor has been chatting up the mawthers again.

Page 3: Our chairman reports Norman Hart tells us of his travels to foreign parts and joining other FOND committee members in Louth, Lincolnshire, to participate in the National Dialect Day organised by Far Welter’d.

Page 4: Is our dialect really doomed? asks Ralph Nickerson, and goes on to suggest FOND should adopt a Patron Saint!

Page 5: Linguistic equality – Our president, Peter Trudgill, says that some people in Norfolk reckon our dialect is more expressive than others. But that int! Thass jist that we’re fond onnit. But that int the same thing!

Page 6/7: A FOND ole dew at Fincham Robin Limmer gives a report of the recent dew ‘far out west’ in the Memorial Hall, Fincham, near King’s Lynn.

Page 8: A paintun for a pound!– Jean Eaglen once painted a picture, gave it away, then bought it back in a charity shop, prompting Tina Chamberlain to write a ‘pome’ about it!

Page 9: Hev yew aver bin a troshin? – Canon Peter Nicholson had and he tells us all about it.

Page 10: Wordsearch, Acle – Another teaser from Brenda Bizzell.

Page 11: FOND AGM 2011 – A report on the AGM by Rosemary Cooper, held in Lincoln Hall, Hingham, on Sunday 27 November 2011.

Page 12: Reckun Oi must be a’slowin on down say The Boy Colin, as he reflects over the past forty-two pieces of squit he’s written for the Mawkin!

Page 13: A common bond Robin Limmer writes about how our Norfolk language bonds us together.

Page 14: Our own tongue Another account of life with Graffar and Granner from Ida Fenn.

Page 15: Boy Colin’s Norfolk quiz To test your knowledge of all things local..

Page 16: How the walnut got its wrinkles Just what you wanted to find out – and Sid Kipper reveals all...!

Alss page 16: Norfolk: a poetic county Some more poetry from Lil Landimore.

Page 17: Come yew on tergether! A ‘rich crop of dialect writing, harvested by Keith Skipper’.

Page 18: Them ole narsery roimes As recalled by Canon Peter Nicholson.

Page 19: The Chrissmuss paarty Albie frum Windum hearkens back to the good old days of spam sandwidges and pustman’s knock!

Page 20: Bobby, the heavy hoss – Tina Chamberlain tells us how she overcame her fear of hosses!

Page 21: At the present time... Sharon Ingle thinks about them there presents pilin’ up under the tree. But hope and expectation doorn’t allus match realitty...

Page 22: www.norfolkdialect.com – A report by the webmaster on the FOND website’s popularity, plus a selection of messages left in the guestbook.

Page 24: Let’s be hearing from you! – Letters and emails to the editor.

Page 27: A bitta squit frum Darsnum – A couple of anecdotes, but Willy Ever finish?

Also on Page 27: Wordsearch solution and Boy Colin’s Norfolk quiz answers.

Page 28: FOND officers and Friends of Norfolk Dialect membership application form.

 
LIKE TO SEE SOME PAST MAWKINS? JUST CLICK AND READ!
MAWKIN 26
Merry Mawkin 26
Autumn 2007
MAWKIN 27
Merry Mawkin 27
Winter 2007/8
MAWKIN 28
Merry Mawkin 28
Spring 2008
MAWKIN 29
Merry Mawkin 29
Summer 2008
MAWKIN 30
Merry Mawkin 30
Autumn 2008
MAWKIN 31
Merry Mawkin 31
Winter 2008/9
MAWKIN 32
Merry Mawkin 32
Spring 2009
MAWKIN 33
Merry Mawkin 33
Summer 2009
MAWKIN 34
Merry Mawkin 34
Autumn 2009
MAWKIN 35
Merry Mawkin 35
Winter 2009/10
MAWKIN 36
Merry Mawkin 36
Spring 2010
MAWKIN 37
Merry Mawkin 37
Summer 2010
MAWKIN 38
Merry Mawkin 38
Autumn 2010
MAWKIN 39
Merry Mawkin 39
Winter 2010/11
MAWKIN 40
Merry Mawkin 40
Spring 2011

The Merry Mawkin © FOND

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