The thing about the Norfolk accent, is that it is so different depending where, in the County, you are. My Dad grew up in Tilney and when he came to Weasenham, he found that a lot of things on the farm had different names and even the way of harnessing the horses was different as, in Tilney they used one line and in Weasenham, they used two. My Grandmother, who came from Burgh Castle, (so really in Suffolk then), always said "Norfik" & "Suffik" and when I was little, asked me if I wanted a "bowl of soap" when she really meant "soup". Norwich inhabitants had a different accent too and I remember my Uncle, who moved out to Cambridgeshire, telling me that he was in his local pub one day and someone said to him, "You come from near Fakenham don't you?" and he was quite taken aback as Weasenham is only seven miles from Fakenham and that is our local Market Town. So, Norfolk accent? Which Norfolk accent? By the way, it helps to have local knowledge as once I was researching fairs, looking for information on Kipton Ash sheep fair, when I came across a reference to "Kipmash Fair". Another time, I was looking for am ancestor and all the details, apart from the surname did fit. The bride was called "Martha Buris" and thanks to my Grandmother, I knew that this was actually "Martha Burrows" and, as the wedding was in Haddiscoe, young Martha obviously spoke with the local accent but the vicar didn't! Glynn Owner of: http://www.norfolk-tours.co.uk

As a resident of Norfolk (who grew up in the Fens) I can vouch for the fact that there are many different Norfolk accents. The South Norfolk accent in the Long Stratton is distinct from the several Norwich accents, which are again different from the Broadland and North Coast accents. The Fen accents vary from fairly "Norfolk" in the east to distinctly "East Midlands" in the west. The further back you go with registers the more liberal you have to be with interpretation of spellings of names. My own name Harold morphed to Hurrell (and variations in between) in the Diss area - in the same generation of siblings in the same parish ! Julie On 13 March 2014 07:19, Glynn Burrows <[email protected]> wrote: > The thing about the Norfolk accent, is that it is so different depending where, in the County, you are. > > My Dad grew up in Tilney and when he came to Weasenham, he found that a lot of things on the farm had different names and even the way of harnessing the horses was different as, in Tilney they used one line and in Weasenham, they used two. My Grandmother, who came from Burgh Castle, (so really in Suffolk then), always said "Norfik" & "Suffik" and when I was little, asked me if I wanted a "bowl of soap" when she really meant "soup". Norwich inhabitants had a different accent too and I remember my Uncle, who moved out to Cambridgeshire, telling me that he was in his local pub one day and someone said to him, "You come from near Fakenham don't you?" and he was quite taken aback as Weasenham is only seven miles from Fakenham and that is our local Market Town. > > So, Norfolk accent? Which Norfolk accent? > > By the way, it helps to have local knowledge as once I was researching fairs, looking for information on Kipton Ash sheep fair, when I came across a reference to "Kipmash Fair". Another time, I was looking for am ancestor and all the details, apart from the surname did fit. The bride was called "Martha Buris" and thanks to my Grandmother, I knew that this was actually "Martha Burrows" and, as the wedding was in Haddiscoe, young Martha obviously spoke with the local accent but the vicar didn't! > > > Glynn > Owner of: > > > http://www.norfolk-tours.co.uk > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Julie Harold FreeREG Norfolk Coordinator [email protected] http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/nfk/frontpage.shtml

Spot on Glyn about how the accent differs across the county-and the lines . Although they both farmed in the same village when I was a child the Fen grandfather ( who had given up the horses by then) said he always used one line but the Norfolk grandad, who still had a Suffolk punch and another cart horse, used two. Now I am trying to remember if they had different commands. Co'up or c'up and wheesht are all I can remember from being out on the field when the Norfolk one was picking up mangolds or straw carting. Now I shall have to check with my mother! Rosie On 13/03/2014 07:19, Glynn Burrows wrote: > The thing about the Norfolk accent, is that it is so different depending where, in the County, you are. > > My Dad grew up in Tilney and when he came to Weasenham, he found that a lot of things on the farm had different names and even the way of harnessing the horses was different as, in Tilney they used one line and in Weasenham, they used two. My Grandmother, who came from Burgh Castle, (so really in Suffolk then), always said "Norfik" & "Suffik" and when I was little, asked me if I wanted a "bowl of soap" when she really meant "soup". Norwich inhabitants had a different accent too and I remember my Uncle, who moved out to Cambridgeshire, telling me that he was in his local pub one day and someone said to him, "You come from near Fakenham don't you?" and he was quite taken aback as Weasenham is only seven miles from Fakenham and that is our local Market Town. > > So, Norfolk accent? Which Norfolk accent? > > By the way, it helps to have local knowledge as once I was researching fairs, looking for information on Kipton Ash sheep fair, when I came across a reference to "Kipmash Fair". Another time, I was looking for am ancestor and all the details, apart from the surname did fit. The bride was called "Martha Buris" and thanks to my Grandmother, I knew that this was actually "Martha Burrows" and, as the wedding was in Haddiscoe, young Martha obviously spoke with the local accent but the vicar didn't! > > > Glynn > Owner of: > > > http://www.norfolk-tours.co.uk > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message