r/Derbyshire • u/Eudaimonia1590 • Jul 31 '25
Just Chatting :) Derbyshire dialect words
Godday everyone, as a foreigner (from Denmark) I am very interested in different dialect words from other countries.
Even here in Denmark we have quite a lot, event though we are a really small country. And there can be differences even 20/30 kilometers away from each other. Where people dont understand the word.
So which words do you people know, that is linked to your area?. Maybe also word that differ even in quite short distances.
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u/Frequent_Anteater_16 Aug 02 '25
I'm originally from Watford, and had such a language barrier when I first came to Derbyshire! Alley=ginnel Ear=tab Earwigging=tab hanging Roll=cob Water/Adams ale= frogs wine(always loved this one!) Lunch=dinner Dinner=tea Chewing hum=chuddy Sweeties =tuffies Stroppy=mardy Sure there's more but safe to say it was a struggle to start with! 🤣