LL-L "Language varieties" 2013.12.07 (03) [EN]

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From: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at wlandres.net>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2013.12.07 (01) [EN]

> [...]
> From: Andy Eagle <andy at scots-online.org>
> Subject: "Language varieties" 2013.12.06
>
> Heiko wrote:
>
>>these days I came across this youtube video:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNfcoda8yKM
>>in which the actor Patric Stewart (Captain Picard from Star Trek Next
> Generation) recites a poem in his home dialect from
Huddersfield/Yorkshire.
>>It sounds interesting, but I don't understand a single word. Anyone around
> who does?
>
> This is what I heard beginning 0:12:
>
> I was sitting by arse last evening, my mother and father were off, 'cause
> they heard my old nob Suzanne was laid up in bed with a cough. She has
some
> brass has my old nob Suzanne, that's the reason she's looked after so, if
> they've nought, well they're nought but a bother, there's a sample
> (example) my old uncle George

I'm no expert on the Huddersfield (and thereabouts) dialect, but here
is what (with the help of Andy Eagle's attempt above) I make of it,
along with a suggested interpretation (remember it is a poem):

[1]  I was sitting bi' 'ahse last evening,
[2]  Me muther an' fahther were off,
[3]  'Cause they'd yeard that me old nob Susanna
[4]  Was laid up in bed wi' a cough.

[5]  She's some brass has me old nob Susanna,
[6]  That's t'reason she's looked after so.
[7]  If they've nowt, well they're nought by a bother.
[8]  There's a sample -- me old uncle George,

[1]  I was sitting at home [in the house][*1] last evening
[2]  My mother and father were away,
[3]  Because they'd heard that my old [friend?][*2] Susanna
[4]  Was ill in bed with a cough.

[5]  She has money, my old [friend?] Susanna,
[6]  That's the reason she is taken care of so well.
[7]  If they have nothing, well their nothing but a nuisance
[8]  Take my old uncle George, for example.

[*1] It sounds like "bit" with the "t" replaced by a glottal stop,
but I can't be sure. I also wonder if it is a "glottal-stopped"
version of the Scots "bin hoose" (inside the house/into the house).

[*2] "nob" (which is what it sounds like) is clearly a dialect
word, and I can't be sure of its meaning, I have suggested "friend",
but then a better "translation" would probably be "mate" or "chum".
On the other hand, it may be a dialect word for a relative, for
example "cousin" -- I just don't know!

Over to the experts!

Best wishes to all,
Ted.

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