OT: Notts city & county slang

[ncfcog]

not sure if these are Notts or midlands, but you don't seem to hear these in other places;

tabs = ears
cobs = rolls
sweating cobs = sweating
mardy = mardy

Tabs as in “meek yer tabs laff”

Marcy as in “mar mar”

Also “shanksies pony” - on me own

[uysapie]

Mash as in " let it mash" when making a cuppa.

[uysapie]

Tabs as in “meek yer tabs laff”

Marcy as in “mar mar”

Also “shanksies pony” - on me own

Thought the last one meant "on foot" and "on me tod" meant on me own?

[queenslandpie]

Thought the last one meant "on foot" and "on me tod" meant on me own?

I'll never forget my late Granny bless her going on about "fortnight tea" to me mam

Oh don't you go making fortnight tea me duckie. Propor Hucknall shab that.

[magpiekev]

I'll never forget my late Granny bless her going on about "fortnight tea" to me mam

Oh don't you go making fortnight tea me duckie. Propor Hucknall shab that.

We used to call sweets tuffees and goobs
Bobboes - horses

[ncfcog]

Thought the last one meant "on foot" and "on me tod" meant on me own?

Yes I think you’re right.

[Wedgie_pie]

Ahhh paw paw - say it to the kids when they hurt themselves ( not sure if it's just a Nottm thing though....)

[Bohinen]

say it to the kids when they hurt themselves

or when they ott themsens

It's not just about vocabulary Sid, it's how it's spoken. In Notts case, it's about barely opening your mouth and talking in low tones to make yourself sound hard (and thick).

I'm not even sure it's a natural accent, people talk in a Notts accent like some kind of club where only those who talk that way are accepted. I came up from Hertfordshire aged 7 and immediately got taken the piss taken for barth, glarss etc so I learned to use the short a very quickly.