I'm Leaving------

[Parksy]

R said day yo goo to scewl dafthead, on he said R, but R cumahrt thee serm road.

Wen yo wu born in tip’n an yo got passed ahrt thee righ side, yo becum a baggie, if ahrt the left – a dingle, Ahrt the bottom a blue nose or villan (high voice optional) and ahrt the top a caravaner.

Obviously one was presented to the right!

I'l seyo in thee farntin one night and mines a bitter

It orl dipendid on wheer yo lived in Tip'n or which side o the cut yo wun on unall.
Thiss'n the sum wot we lernt -
Dudley Port, Okka Bonk or Great Bridge = 74 bus = Baggie
Bloomfield, Owen Street, anyweer by the Cracker or the 5 ways = th'ode rattler from Owen Street Stayshun = Dingle
Yo'm spot on abaht the Blue Noses un Villains tho

I'l leave one over the bar fo thee memon, I'm theer up th Fairntin tonight wi me mate un me numba tew son.
Number one son's ummans avin a babby evun as we spake (ers gon inta lairba un er wairters bost) un numba three sons a coortin so ne'rer one o them tew con come.

You two need to go back

to school Hop On!!!

Rcenet sutdy sowehd taht olny 25% of poelpe can raed tihs. All you hvae to do is tkae the frsit and lsat lteter of a wrod and the raest can be ttolaly mxeid up in the wrod. The sduty siad taht the hmaun biran dnesot raed the wolhe wrod, but olny prat of it. Are you one of the 25% taht can raed tihs.

Sprocket my dear chap, apologies for drifting slightly off topic but it would appear that Kelvin and I are from the same area where there were once more miles of canal than there are in Venice and the local populace had very strong links to the canals and the crews who were residents of the narrowboats which busily plied their trade between the Staffordshire Coalfields, Birmingham, Bristol and of course London.
The canals were the motorways of their day before railways were built and bridges designed and built by Thomas Telford can still be seen spanning canals built by Brindley and his Irish navvies in the area of which Kelvin and I are both so fond.
The Black Country (never to be confused with Birmingham) had rich seams of coal and limestone so the production of iron and eventually steel began in these parts with heavy manufactured goods such as castings and bridges being exported all over the world.
When the Normans conquered England after 1066 French was the language that had to be used but the Black Country dialect (not to be confused with an accent) survived mainly because the men of the Black Country could never be cowed and forced to speak in an alien tongue.
This form of ancient Anglo Saxon language survives to this day, if you ever pass through the Black Country aboard a narrowboat on the way to somewhere nice and pretty take the time to moor close to one of the canalside pubs (the aforementioned Fountain is one), sample the honest strong ale and enjoy the friendship, humour and good companionship of Blackcountrymen who still speak (and sometimes write

) in the sing-song rich tongue that would have been instantly recognised by William Shakespeare.

 

[kelvin3]

Goo-on gee it ahrt parksy.
You forgot to tell them we made the anchors for the titanic