Nottingham Post published 21 Nottingham phrases you might not have heard before

The Nottinghamshire dialect has always been a source of interest and amusement. Now, a university lecturer has taken an academic view of the way we talk. Andy Smart reports. As a lifelong son of Notts, I thought I had heard every verbal corruption of the English language our county has come up with. But, perhaps because I have 'niver worked down't pit, on't land, or lived down Sneinton or St Ann's', I now realise there are considerable gaps in my knowledge of the local dialect. I didn't...