on 3/3/02 5:44 am, Arthur at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> If you mean the story itself it is, in fact, true, or at least it is the
> story my mother told us her father had told her and so in the context of the
> title " true". If you mean the dialect is thick it is one which sadly seems
> to be disappearing.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sally Evans" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 10:08 PM
> Subject: Re: new Sub: Tales at my Mothers Knee#3
>
>
No I think I meant rough, harsh, I like the dialect, keep on using it. But
it 's a shame if dialect is reserved for emphasising the seamy side of life,
as though that was what dialect was for!
Sally ee
>> on 2/3/02 5:28 pm, Arthur at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>>
>> Blimey Arthur, this one's a bit thick.
>> Sally ee
>>> Tales at my Mother's Knee #3
>>>
>>>
>>> Ah wu, niver cut aht fuh t' job in't fust place,
>>> he sed, burah needed t'wuk
>>> an' ah cud 'andil 'osses
>>> an' ah figgered milk or coffins its same 'osses,
>>> so ah tuk the job, fur a cupple of wiks onyroad.
>>>
>>> Thay call'em all sorts nah,
>>> funeral directors or summat lahk,
>>> an wus in America, ah hear,
>>> but back then it wah t'undertakers.
>>> Cookson Brothuhs at t'end o't streeat.
>>> 'osses wi'black plumes on thur 'eeads
>>> an' a luvly 'erse, all black and silver.
>>> Luvely way to gooah!
>>> Ah ed to weear a top 'at and t 'lot
>>> an sit theer lukkin' proper miserable and respectful,
>>> they even pahdered mi face white.
>>> Aye, ah cud 'andle 'osses wi t'best on 'em, reet enuff
>>> but shavin' a corpse, well, summah its not same thing.
>>>
>>> Dust knaw, he sed,
>>> certin things go on wukkin' aftuh tha's cocked thi clogs.
>>> Noah, nawther did ah till ah 'ed tuh shave Simmy.
>>> Yuh see thi beard gus on growin' after tha's clocked aht
>>> so ah 'ad to shave 'em so they looked neat and reet
>>> when they wuh laid aht in thu front rooms
>>> an' thi stummick goes on wukkin', too, digestin' an that.
>>>
>>> Ah wuh shavin' Simmy,
>>> Simeon 'ardcastle, young Martin's granddad,
>>> but sithee say nowt, doan't goah upsettin' fowks for noah reason,
>>> but ah wuh shavin' 'im,
>>> an' that wuh queer enuff withaht owt else,
>>> an' 'e must ' ave et earty at 'is last meal
>>> cos as ah leaned on his stummick
>>> latherin' 'is jaw,
>>> he belched, reet in mi face, a reet rift,
>>> like a clap o'thunder,
>>> ah felt t'wind on it on mi hand
>>> a reet weird cowd breeze.
>>> Well, jug o lather an t'brush wuh inta wun cornah
>>> an' t'cut throwat inter t'other
>>> an' ah wuh aht a theer lahk a greyahnd out on its trap.
>>>
>>> As ah say ah ony wukkt theear a cupple a wiks.
>>> ah mean 'andling 'osses is one thing
>>> but shavin' bad-mannered corpses
>>> as can't say pardin is anothuh.
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