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They
have let the BBC Bristol website nose through their collection
- here's a selection of 'Bristolian in context'.
One
correspondent had a few problems catching something about
"ears".
"I
used to work for vets in the city, and people would often
phone up for an appointment tomorrawl leevellen. You know,
like the leevellen post.
"I'm
only from Wesson, but first time someone phoned me about their
dogs yerawls it took me ages to work it out. I thought there
was something wrong with his Russian mountains!"
The
next person, who wasn't Bristolian, attended a domestic in
his capacity as a police officer.
"He
found a husband and wife having a bit of a physical ding-dong
after they had each drank a flagon or two of cider.
"The
battered wife, sat in the police car was told that charges
could be pressed against her partner in light of the split
lip and broken nose that she had just sustained.
"Her
reply? 'Don't press no charges. I luvs he cos he buys I chips.'"
This
story was sent in from a docker, and tells of a conversation
around 50 years ago.
"I
was first mate of the vessel, which was discharging inward
cargo. The last sling of bagged cargo for the day was made
up and waiting to be hoisted out of the hold.
"There
were two dockers in the hold waiting for the crane runner
to descend into the hold.
"As
it came down, with its heavy weight and hook on the end, the
crane driver shouted down from his open cab window: 'Look
ow, ansum, yer she comes.'
"One
of the dockers down below looked up and replied, 'Oozee mean,
ee er I?'"
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