Sunderland Listers, Having just read an article from September 2009 'Old Glory' magazine on 'The Northumberland Coble', I have a query. The article states that, quote: The coble, pronounced 'co-bull' in Northumberland but referred to as the 'cobble' in Yorkshire ' assume as in cobblers? Please could anyone advise me if 'co-bull' is the way they say it in Sunderland? My connection is that this relates to my Sunderland Pilot families. Many thanks Rod Clayburn RSVP. Please support the St.George Foundation: www.adecentlife.org
Hi Rod, I don't know about 'coble' but you can listen to three Sunderland recordings at http://sounds.bl.uk/maps/Accents-and-dialects.html Stan Mapstone On 15 May 2010 08:52, Rod Clayburn <rod.clayburn@one-name.org> wrote: > Sunderland Listers, > > Having just read an article from September 2009 'Old Glory' magazine on > 'The Northumberland Coble', I have a query. > > The article states that, quote: > > The coble, pronounced 'co-bull' in Northumberland but referred to as the > 'cobble' in Yorkshire…' assume as in cobblers? > > Please could anyone advise me if 'co-bull' is the way they say it in > Sunderland? > > My connection is that this relates to my Sunderland Pilot families. > > Many thanks > > Rod Clayburn > > RSVP. > Please support the St.George Foundation: www.adecentlife.org > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hi Rod, Here's my opinion for what it is worth but I'm no expert. Co-bull is how it is often pronounced in northern Northumberland. As you travel south it changes, the "o" gets harder while the "u" loses emphasis and eventually becomes silent. In Sunderland we pronounce it as we do cobblers, the difference to Yorkshire is that we say that as cobbullers with a short, hard "u". Eric. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Clayburn" <rod.clayburn@one-name.org> To: <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 8:52 AM Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] The Northumberland Coble > Sunderland Listers, > > Having just read an article from September 2009 'Old Glory' magazine on > 'The Northumberland Coble', I have a query. > > The article states that, quote: > > The coble, pronounced 'co-bull' in Northumberland but referred to as the > 'cobble' in Yorkshire.' assume as in cobblers? > > Please could anyone advise me if 'co-bull' is the way they say it in > Sunderland? > > My connection is that this relates to my Sunderland Pilot families. > > Many thanks > > Rod Clayburn > > RSVP. > Please support the St.George Foundation: www.adecentlife.org > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message