Bridport Radio member Goccibos has come up with a good one - A Bridport Dictionary containing all the local phrases and words. (A bit like the Viz profanisaurus). William Barnes made the Darzet dialect famous now you can continue his legacy by documenting these figures of speech that have become common parlance in these parts. Here's a few to start you off...
Aargh - Can be used as a greeting or a farewell, as an affirmation or question Bide quiet - Shut up Grockle – If you don’t know what this means – you are one. Moffit – See def... Want - A mole Whasson snuh? - What is the itinerary of events my good man? Wurzel – You know who you are.
Ramblers. Ramblers who brag about their Right To Roam. Ramblers who won't stop breathing even whith a 4x4 parked on top of them !! Ramblers who go out in group's of 20+,and then trample the crap out of the countryside. Ramblers that moan about moutain bikers,motor bikes and off road vehicles.And then travel to their starting point of their afternoon jolly in a great big 4x4 themselves.
Posted by andy head, on 29-01-2007 23:52,
Using precise calculations i have worked out that if we burnt down all the second/third/fourth/holiday homes in the area i live in,i would only have half a dozen neighbours left in my street !! As extreme as it was for the Welsh to burn down those holiday homes,it did keep house prices affordable to the locals for a short time.Which is more than can now be said for this area. The buck stops with the government though about locals not being able to afford to live where they grew up. Back in the early eighties when they started selling off nearly all the present council homes of those times, someone should have had the power to stop them.Yes it was great at the time for those that bought their council home for 10 grand and then sold it for 70+,but future generations have been left with very little hope of renting a similar property. In the village that i grew up near Bridport, i know of no one that i went to school with who has been able to afford the price commanded by outsiders moving in or out of the area. And its wrong.
Posted by andy head, on 30-01-2007 02:53,
7 O'clock, 'tiz then! - 8.30
Posted by Carlito, on 30-01-2007 02:58,
Right that's done it! I'm going.
Posted by draino, on 30-01-2007 11:29,
“Wherez’it to?” - I say, could you perhaps furnish me the location? “I’m Going On” – It’s high time that I departed my good fellows! “Laterz” – Hope to see you all soon, my bosom pals “Geh orrn inthere……” (Get on in there) – hey ho my age-old chum…perhaps we should get “stuck in” – as it were… “That’ll see you a goodun…” – Hopefully that will help you out, fellow Dorset man. “GEH’ORF MOIYLAAAAN”…” – Toodle pip stranger! Would you mind awfully jaunting away from my property? “See’em ORF” – Ask them to leave politely. “Jobzagoodun see?” – you see my good man? I told you that this was the best way to do it. “ee came over top there…right on t’other syyde…and sat therrrre in that elder…watchin’ me catching those pullets…I bet ee wuz laaaffin’ eee wuz!"" – The cheeky Jackdaw flew over that far ridge, and dived across to the other side of the paddock. The fine looking bird perched in that splendid Elder tree a proceeded to observe my antics in the chicken run. I assume, if jackdaws can laugh…perhaps he was laughing to himself!
Posted by ooaargh, on 30-01-2007 16:53,
I don't believe in that pope business. ASny bloke who wears a frock an swans about waving at all and sundry doesn't get my vote. All those people who continue to break the law and hunt foxes. String em up! that's wot I say! NAIL SOME SENSE INTO 'EM! They won't do it again in a hurry!
Posted by Draino, on 30-01-2007 22:20,
Beaujangler:- any thing that is good or very good
Posted by Carlito, on 03-02-2007 18:57,
cheers for the restaurant review - you have hit the nail on the head of what i am trying to do here. cinema will be opening late feb and i (gid) am doing monthly cooking skills workshops with young people on the point of leaving care & living on their own for the first time - first one on the 19th this month - in partnership with 'leaving care', based in weymouth. that's all for now, cheers, gid
Posted by denzlepob, on 06-02-2007 19:31,
Carlito, i think we were seperated at birth ! you've hit your head on a nail !
Posted by Chavalot, on 07-02-2007 11:50,
It could be that trampoline liberation front had removed the fence so that it could be free,not realising that it would then be in more terror.At least it was not shot and could be returned to it's home.
Posted by andy head, on 09-02-2007 15:55,
Roooight - I am about to say something enlightening, listen up. Dooeee? : Does he? Babber - ""Roight den my babber"" - Friend Badger - ""Roight den my badger"" - Another friend Borat - Mickey Chav - All Bridport residents under 18, without exception.
Posted by The Bat, on 09-02-2007 16:49,
""Thaz a prarper job, that is."" - With a bit of luck the results of my labours should retain their integrity until after your cheque clears. ""Yer 'tis, snuh"" - here you are my good man. Some more pub synonyms: ""Bitch 'n' Bandicoot"" - Beech and Barnicot public house ""The Chav Aquarium"" - the Greyhound as viewed from the outside the windows. ""The Dope Takers"" - The Ropemakers
Posted by Draino, on 10-02-2007 09:33,
With out wanting to be too cinicle about the poundberry dibate, could you imagine if Mr farmer who owns several million acres on the edge of any town, any where, getting planning permission for such an eye sore. Is it not the case that as the possibly next king of this fair land, and he might order the beheading of any that dare so no, Prince charles pull a few strings to ensure the build went ahead. Apparently there about about ten zillion phases, i think there aon about phase four/five, i can only imagine how many more might be going up. More to the poin who the hell is buying these over in flated flats, yes flats, they are not apartments, they do that too push the price through the roof. Your average joe, on an average wage in these parts could possibly just about afford one of the cupboards under the stairs, so who is buying them ?????
Posted by Sprockley, on 10-02-2007 15:04,
Burey - Brewery
Posted by Draino, on 10-02-2007 15:14,
The dropped 'L' ""On moi way to Bradpoe I tripped over a boweder and hurt moi showder"" = ""On my way to Bradpole I tripped over a boulder and hurt my shoulder."" Poe tax = poll tax. The added 'L' Chimlee - Chimney
Posted by Carlito, on 11-02-2007 21:54,
Oh my god, i think ive gone blind !!
Posted by Chief Wigam, on 16-02-2007 12:09,
Of course chesil and Ivor, you are both assuming that I am a smoker! I don't have to be a smoker to poke fun at the anti-smoking brigade. There is a huge difference between a non-smoker and an anti-smoker, IS THERE NOT?
Posted by Pisces, on 20-02-2007 07:16,
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall lives in Bridport !!!! I have seen a few greasy long haired yeti's hanging around the toilets in Bucky Doo, but I think that particular yeti lives out of town actually. Has anyone noticed a shortage of cats around Bridders? That's down to me and my target practice that is : )
Posted by sg1, on 26-03-2007 10:15,
Half past seven, idn't come already,tricked i like this year twice once before. Shan't trick i like this year again lately. Pretty near always sometimes. Don't ask what it means! I don't have a clue!
Posted by Rosieo6, on 13-04-2007 10:43,
It takes your breath away doesn't it.If you have cancer and need regular long stays(daily)at DCH it means that when you have survived the cancer you are bankrupt or have had to sell your home before you even get to needing fulltime care in your old age.When councillors vote these things in why don't they stop and think.It's getting to the stage that it dearer to live here than London(as several people who have moved here have said to me)
Bridport Radio member Goccibos has come up with a good one - A Bridport Dictionary containing all the local phrases and words. (A bit like the 
