Yorkshire Dialect: Runnin’ Rings Raand Kirklees
…“Ah dooan’t know abaat thee, but Ah wer chock fed up o’ bein’ shekken up an’ daan lahke vinegar i’ a bottle.”…
Fortunately for the characters in Mike Shaw’s dialect tale the local council has now repaired the holes in the road.
It wer sich a grand afternooin ’at Jack Bamforth an’ me decahded ter gooa fer wun on us bus trips up t’ valley.
An’ a fair grand change it wer ter ’ave a smooith rahde on yond stretch at Milnsbridge between t’ Warren Haas an’ t’ Queen.
It wer full o’ oiles fer months on end till Kirklees eventually started ter wark on it, and then we’d ter put up wi’ awl sooarts o’ bumps and ramps whahle they were agate.
“By gum, Bill, Ah wer beginnin’ ter think they’d nivver get this job finished,” sed Jack.
“Me an’ awl,” Ah replahd. “Ah dooan’t know abaat thee, but Ah wer chock fed up o’ bein’ shekken up an’ daan lahke vinegar i’ a bottle.”
Jack craned ’is neck ter get a better look at t’ road an’ sed ’e still thowt Uddersfild ’ad sum o’ t’ worst roads in t’ country.
“Ah reckon we cud do wi’ yond Irishman Ah wer reeadin’ abaat i’ t’ paper,” ’e sed. “This ’ere chap gooas raand ivvery neet off ’is own bat paintin’ yella luminous circles raand th’ oils i’ t’ road. They reckon ’e’s done abaat fahve thaasand awltogether. It’s nooa wonder ’at ’is name’s mud wi’ looacal caancil. But t’ bobbies win’t do owt abaat it cos they’re on ’is sahde, tha sees.”
As we gat off t’ bus at Marsden Ah turned ter Jack an’ sed, “Ah’ve been thinkin’ abaat yond Irish fella. ’Appens thee an’ me can do a bit of paintin’ lahke that up ’ere. Ah’ve allis wanted ter run rings raand Kirklees!”
