Suess

Hi,

I just received this e-mail today. And as an ex-native of Essex I found it rather amusing.

For those of you abroad and are unaware of what this is all about, the actual words are in brackets at the end.

How to speak Essex...............

alma chizzit - A request to find the cost of an item
(How much is it)

amant - Quantity; sum total ("Thez a yuge amant of mud in
Saffend")
(Amount)

assband - Unable to leave the house because of illness
(House Bound)

awss - A four legged animal, on which money is won, or more
likely lost ("That awss ya tipped cost me a fiver t'day")
(Horse)

branna - More brown than on a previous occasion ("Ere Trace,
ya look branna today, ave you been on a sunbed")
(Browner or Tanned)

cort a panda - A rather large hamburger
(A Quarter Pounder)

dan in the maff - Unhappy ("Wossmatta, Trace, ya look a bit dan in the )
maff")
(Down in the mouth)

eye-eels - Woman's shoes
(High Heels)

Furrock - The location of Lakeside Shopping Centre
(Thurrock, a shopping mall in the UK)

garrij - A building where a car is kept or repaired
(Trace: "Oi Darren, I fink the motah needs ta go in the
garrij cos it ain't working proper")
(Garage)

Ibeefa - Balearic holiday island
(Ibiza)

lafarjik - Lacking in energy ("I feel all lafarjik")
(Lethargic)

oi oi! - Traditional greeting. Often heard from the doorway of
pubs or during banging dance tunes at clubs

paipa - The Sun, The Mirror, The Star or The Sport
(Newspaper)

reband - The period of recovery and emotional turmoil after
rejection by a lover ("I couldn't elp it, I wuz on the
reband from Craig")
(Rebound)

Saffend - Essex coastal resort boasting the longest pleasure pier
in the world. The place where the characters from
Eastenders go on holiday
(Southend)

tan - The city of London, the big smoke ("I'm going up Tan")
(Town)

webbats - Querying the location where something or someone is,
("Webbats is me dole card Trace? I've gotta sign on in arf hour")
(Whereabouts)

wonnid - 1. desired, needed 2. Wanted by the police
(Wanted)

zaggerate - To suggest that something is bigger or better
than it actually is. ("I told ya a fazzand times
already")
(Exaggerate)

Hee hee

Sue

PS I'm having a great day I actually received my GREEN CARD this morning.

clydegirl

Congratulations Sue

Sentosa

Congratulations Sue

Englishmum

Ha ha....

..... we moved to a village in the Epping Forest area (just to the North East of London) when our daughter was three years old and she rapidly acquired the local accent - many villagers had moved out from East London and had grown up in Shoreditch/Mile End and other various parts of Hackney or Walthamstow. Our daughter's accent was horrible! We still laugh when we watch our old videos and hear her chatting away in her Essex accent.

Oddly enough when we went to Singapore she acquired an American accent at her international school, despite the school having over 50 nationalities.

She now speaks without an accent, a kind of 'received pronounciation' similar to the BBC presenters, but I'll never forget that Essex accent she once had...

(Congrats on the GC)

helenw

Congrats on the Green Card Sue.

They were funny, thanks. I had a niece move to Florida from Southend, she has a young daughter. They have been there 2 years, and her daughter doesn't have a hint of Essex or even Brit left in her. Shame innit? Hope my kids don't loose it! I know I won't I am to past it I think LOL

robskatie

This is so funny! Tried to send you some karma but hit you yesterday for the green card!