This document provides an overview of dialects in Great Britain, including Scottish English, Northern English, Midlands English, and Southern English dialects. It describes various regional dialects such as Geordie, Scouse, Brummie, Cockney, and Hiberno-English. For each dialect, it provides examples of distinctive vocabulary words, phrases, and grammatical constructions used in different regions of Britain. The document aims to illustrate the rich linguistic diversity that exists across the British Isles as a result of geographic isolation and cultural influences over time.

1. Dialects in GreatDialects in Great
BritainBritain

2. A dialect is
a variant, or variety, of a
language spoken in a
certain geographical
area.
A complete system of
verbal communication
(oral but not necessarily
written), with its own
vocabulary, grammar,
and syntax.

3. British Dialects
Southern English dialects
Midlands English dialects
Northern English dialects
Scottish English dialects
Hiberno-English

5. England
Northern English
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Northumberland (Geordie, Pitmatic)

Durham (Mackem)

Cumbrian

Yorkshire
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Lancashire

Merseyside (Scouse)

6. GEORDIE
hoppings fairground Ярмарочная площадь
ket rubbish мусор
worm monster монстр
gadgie guy парень
canny pleasant приятный
hacky dirty грязный
howay Come on! Живей!
sackless stupid, useless Глупый, бесполезный

7. Hoo ye gannin? or Hoo's ya fettle? 'How are you?' – Как поживаете?
Champion. 'Very good, very well' – Очень хорошо
Bonny day the day. 'It's nice weather' – Прекрасная погода
Whey aye, man. 'That's right' - Именно
Give ower, y'a kiddin. 'Come on, you're joking' – Да ладно, ты шутишь!
Hadaway man. 'I'm still not convinced' – Я всё ещё не уверен
Ya taakin shite. 'I really disagree with that' – Я абсолютно с этим не
согласен
Tara now, pet. 'Goodbye (to female)' – Прощай (женщине)
Wee's yon slapper? 'Who's the young lady?' (derogatory) – Что за
Сommon phrases and greetings:

8. I telt you to give us a one, but you've forgetten. If
you divvent give us it noo, I'm gannin yearm.
'I told you to give me one, but you've forgotten' - Я говорил
тебе дать мне это, но ты забыл.
'If you don't give me it now, I'm going home' – Если ты не
отдашь мне это, то я уйду домой

9. Workman visiting doctor: Me leg's bad, man, can
ye give us a sick note?
Doctor: Can you walk?
Workman: Work? Y'a kiddin' man, A cannet even
waak!
'blow' becomes blaa and 'cold' cowld, but in other words such as 'flow'
and 'slow' the vowels are not changed in the same way.
A number of words are said to have pronunciation indicating a possible
survival from earlier periods of English, such as gan 'go', lang 'long'
(длинный), aks 'ask' (просить/спрашивать) and deed 'died'
(умерший). The word 'can't' is usually pronounced cannet.

10. YORKSHIRE
Attercop: spider – паук (Old English "poisonous spider")
Backend: autumn - осень
Bairn: child - ребёнок (Also used in Scotland and Northumberland)
Dale: valley – долина, лощина
Goodies/spice: sweets – конфеты, сладости
Kelter/kelterment: junk/rubbish/litter – мусор/хлам
Kittling: kitten - котёнок
Varmint: vermin – паразиты (насекомые)/вредители (Old form
surviving in America and Yorkshire)
Yam: home -дом
Rick, reek: smoke, to smoke –курить

11. idiomatic expressions
Allus at t’ last push up - always at the last moment – Всегда в
последний момент
Nobbut a mention - just a small amount – Всего лишь малое
количество
It’s nut jannock - it’s not fair – Это не честно
’e wor ’ard on - he was fast asleep – Он спал крепким сном
Livin’ tally / ower t’ brush - living together as man and wife but not
married – Жить вместе в гражданском браке
Tek a good likeness - be very photogenic – Быть очень фотогеничным
It caps owt - it beats everything – Это ни с чем не сравнить
Goin’ dahn t’ nick - ill and not going to get better – Безнадёжно больной
A reight gooid sooart - a really kind person – Очень добрый/добряк

12. SCOUSE
Baird – girlfriend, wife – подружка, жена
Boss – excellent – отличный, превосходный
Blower – telephone - телефон
Burr'I . – But I… - Но я ....
To buzz – to ring – позвонить ("Give us a buzz" - Ring me)
Char – tea – чай
Cop shop – police station – полицейское управление
Gunnite – good night –спокойной ночи
Last – awful – ужасный
Moby – mobile phone – мобильный телефон
Nimps – easy – легко
Pezzie – gift, present – подарок

13. Midlands English
East

Derbyshire

Nottingham
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Lincolnshire
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Leicestershire
West
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Black Country (Yam Yam)

Birmingham (Brummie)
East Anglia

14. Phrases of East Midlanders:
It's black uvver Bill's mother's - it looks like rain – это похоже на
дождь
Coggie - swimming costume – купальный костюм
Croaker – doctor - врач
Duck's necks - bottle of lemonade – бутылка лимонада
Gorra bag on - in a bad mood – в плохом настроении
Laropped – drunk - пьяный
Nesh – cold - холодный
Old cock – friend, mate – друг, приятель
Skants – pants – брюки, штаны

15. Some language experts recently declared
Leicester the birthplace of modern Standard
English.
At the City of Leicester School, the
pupils of all backgrounds find
themselves using Leicester dialect.
my yard (my house – мой дом)
chuddie (pants – брюки, штаны)
gis a gleg – (give me a look at it – дай посмотреть)
ow a ya?- (how are you? – как поживаете?)
wassup? – (What is going on? – Что происходит?)
snitch – (tale teller – сказочник)

16. Nottingham is also renowned for its
dialect
"corshucan" (of course you can – конечно ты можешь)
Gizza glegg (May I see that – Можно я взгляну?)
glegg (to look- смотреть)
jitteh (an alleyway, cut-through between houses –
переулок, проход между домами)

17. BLACK COUNTRY
this dialect if also called
Yam YamThe dialect of the Black Country area
remains perhaps one of the last examples
of early English still spoken today
Breffus – breakfast – завтрак
Cag-mag – gossip – сплетня
Clobber – clothes – одежда
Dishle - cup of tea – чашка чая
Flics – cinema – кино
Ooman – woman – женщина
Opple – apple – яблоко
Suck – sweets – конфеты, сладости

18. BRUMMIE
Brummie (or Brummy) refers to things connected with
the city of Birmingham in England: particularly its
people, known as Brummies, and their accent and
dialect of the English language.
bab when referring to ‘a spouse’ or ‘female’.
it's lookin a bit black over bills mothers,
говорится когда надвигается дождь.
You talkin to me or chewin a brick
someone was being aggressive
verbally

19. O'rite - alright – хорошо
Man - mate - товарищ
Sound/sweet/mint' – excellent – прекрасный, превосходный,
отличный
Outdoor - off-licence – бар, где разрешена продажа спиртных
напитков на вынос
Have a doss - laze about – лентяйничать, бездельничать
Fair play - well done – отлично сработано, хорошо
Buzz – bus - автобус
Def it out! - Leave it alone! – Оставь в покое!
Soz - 'Sorry' – Извините
Also, many younger Brummies have adopted the Caribbean

20. NORFOLK
Much of the distinctive vocabulary of Broad Norfolk has now
died out and only the older generations use the fullest
amount, so the speech of most of Norfolk is now more an
accent than a dialect.
The Friends of Norfolk Dialect (FOND) is a
group which formed in 1999 with the aim of
preserving and promoting Broad Norfolk.
Afront - in front - впереди
Bor – neighbour/boy – сосед/мальчик
Dodman – snail - улитка
Hold yew hard! - Hang on a moment! – Подождите минутку!
Mawther – girl/young woman – девочка/ девушка

21. ESTUARY ENGLISH
It is widely spoken in and around London and,
more generally, in the southeast of England and
along the river Thames and its estuary.
The omission of the -ly adverbial ending, as in You're turning it
too slow or They talked very quiet for a while.
Generalization of the third person singular form (I gets out of the
car), especially in narrative style; also the generalized past tense
use of was, as in We was walking down the road.

22. COCKNEY
One of the best known Southern dialects is Cockney, the
regional dialect of London.
Bees and Honey – money - деньги
Bird – prison – тюрьма (from bird lime = time)
China - mate/friend – товарищ/друг (from China plate = mate)
Dog and bone – phone - телефон
Elbows and knees – trees – деревья
Elephant's trunk – drunk – пьяный
Loaf of bread – head – голова
Pig’s ear – beer - пиво
Rabbit and pork – to talk - говорить

23. "Got to my mickey, found me way up the apples, put on
me whistle and the bloody dog went. It was me trouble
telling me to fetch the teapots."
"Got to my house (mickey mouse), found my way up the stairs
(apples and pears), put on my suit (whistle and flute) when the
phone (dog and bone) rang. It was my wife (trouble and strife)
telling me to get the kids (teapot lids)." - "Я добрался до дома,
поднялся по лестнице, одел костюм, когда зазвонил телефон.
Это была моя жена. Она сказала чтоб я забрал детей".

24. SCOTTISH ENGLISH
Robert Burns
To James Smith
Dear Smith, the slee'st, pawkie thief,
That e'er attempted stealth or rief !
Ye surely hae some warlock-brief
Owre human hearts;
For ne'er a bosom yet was prief
Against your arts.
For me, I swear by sun an' moon,
An' ev'ry star that blinks aboon ,
Ye've cost me twenty pair o' shoon ,
Just gaun to see you;

25. Here slee'st means ‘slyest’ – лукавый; pawkie – cunning, sly -
ловкий; e'er – ever – когда-либо; or – ere, before – прежде;
rief – robbery, plunder – кража, воровство; hae – have -
иметь; warlock-brief – wizard’s contract (with the devil) –
дьявольский договор; owre – over - над; prief – proof -
недоступный; an' – and - и; blinks – looks smiling – выглядит
улыбающимся; aboon – above – на небе, в небесах; o' – of ;
shoon – shoes – обувь; gaun – going - собираться; ither –
other - другой; mair – more - больше; taen – taken - взятый;
wi' – with - с.

26. WENGLISH
Aim – to throw - бросать
Belfago – loudly - громко
Carn – can’t
Credit – to believe - верить
Flag – an unreliable person – ненадёжный человек
Glad and Sorry - on the "never-never" (glad to have it, sorry to have to pay for it) – в
кредит
Grizzle - to complain - жаловаться
In a (like a) winky – very quickly – очень быстро
Losins/loshins – sweets - конфеты
Mamgu/myngu – (usually pronounced /mungee/) grandmother - бабушка
On the trot – consecutively – постоянно, последовательно

27. HIBERNO-ENGLISH
"Are you finished debugging that software?" "I am"
"Is your mobile charged?" "It is"
"He's not coming today, no?"
"The bank's closed now, yeah?"
"I've no money at all at all"
Yoke is typically used in place of the word "thing", for
instance, "gimme that yoke there" – дай мне ту
вещь.