Bristolian English can seem like a foreign language to outsiders. Guest blogger (and Bristolian) Melissa Carlisle talks us through the dialect and vocab.
This article recalls Melissa Carlisle’s funny stories from when she moved from Bristol to Oxford and the misunderstood meanings behind common Bristolian phrases and words.
“I would greet Oxford people with “alright?” and would be baffled when they would proceed to actually tell me how they were and ask after my own wellbeing. Clearly, all that was required was a friendly “alright?” in return.”
She goes on to talk about the phrase ‘Cheers Drive’:
“Because, although Bristolians like to add an ‘r’ to nouns that didn’t ask for it, like slide and love, they also like to remove the r from nouns that wanted them – like driver.”
“And try to remember to end all sentences with like, then, see, or mind, mind.”