[Magdalen] Enjoying a colleague's accent

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M
 
Not really because in 8th-10th Centuries the Danes invaded north to middle  
England and many settled here.
 
When I was in Frisby I was spoken to as "ay up me duck" which I am told  
comes from the Danish invaders
 
"Like  that of _Yorkshire_ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire) ,  the 
East Midlands dialect owes much of its grammar and vocabulary to Nordic  
influences, the region having been incorporated in the Norse controlled 
_Danelaw_ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw)  in the late 9th century. At 
this time,  the county towns of the East Midlands counties became Viking 
fortified city  states, known as the _Five  Boroughs of the Danelaw_ 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Boroughs_of_the_Danelaw) .  For example, the East 
Midlands verb to scraight ('to cry') is thought to be  derived from the 
Norse,skrike in modern Scandinavian, also meaning to  cry._[2]_ 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Midlands_English#cite_note-autogenerated1-3) "  
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Midlands_English)
 
Blessings
Martin
 
 
In a message dated 17/06/2015 19:33:02 GMT Daylight Time,  
michaudme at gmail.com writes:

A Danish  friend went hiking in the North of England and was
astonished to hear a  local farmer refer to a viper slithering
across the road as a huggorm [hoog  orm] (hug being the word for strike
or striking, I think, and orm a  worm).
-M


On Wednesday, June 17, 2015, H Angus  <hangus at ctcn.net> wrote:
>
> I gather this was Geordie, and  it's supposed to be infused with a
> lot of Scandinavian words.  I  can recall the local couple  referring to
> their "hjem", which is  exactly the same word for "home" in  Norwegian.
>
>