Hi Ferenc
Watcha - Take care
Keep ya timma up- Be safe.
Both phrases are in the County Durham "pitmatic" dialect.
They were used frequently during the time I worked in the County Durham
costal collieries 1970 - 1989
There is a good reference and word list at:-
http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/durhamdialect/index.html
Watcha
brian
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Dear List Members,
I would be happy to know if there is/was any salutation among
miners in English speaking countries similar to the German Gluck
Auf! (and inherited analogues in Central-Eastern Europe: Zdar Boh,
Noroc Bun, Jo Szerencset).
And what about the Spanish speaking countries.
With best regards
Ferenc Madai
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