Words and sayings particular and perculiar to the area.
Many words and sayings are in common with the general Black Country dialect, however the pronounciation may differ and some sayings seem to be unique.
In many cases vowels; "a" changes to "o"; "o" to "e" and "e" to "a" and so on, but no general rule seems to apply.
Random words added - work in progress......
| ahn | ours | "it's ahn' it's ours |
| aich | each | |
| airun | one, any | "av yow got airun' have you got one |
| aye | am not, is not | as in letter A, "I aye gooin" - "I am not going" |
| afower | before | 'i towd yow afower' I told you before |
| ahfish | dim-witted | 'yowm a bit ahfish, aye ya' |
| aweright? | alright | said sharply, often used singularily as a greeting requesting a singular 'aweright' response |
| berra | better | |
| bibble | pebble | |
| bin | been | "bin to Gornal", "ah bin ya" |
| blether | balloon | or any other 'bag o wind' |
| bay | not | "i bay gooin" I am not going |
| bonk | bank (hill) | plenty of these in Gornal |
| bost, bosted | broke, broken | |
| clarnit | idiot, fool | |
| claen | clean | |
| coo-ut | coat | two syllables |
| cor, cort | can't | |
| con or cun | can | |
| day | didn't | 'I day do it' |
| do-ah | door | |
| dahn | down | |
| dow | don't | "dow do tha" 'don't do that' e.g. soft or silent 't' |
| 'eren | hers | |
| eyam | here you are | (as in giving someone something) sounds like 'yam' thus 'yam yam' (someone from the Black Country) |
| eyay'ere | he is not here | |
| fake | cigarette | |
| fun | found | |
| faerse | face | |
| fust | first | |
| gain | useful | "it's gain aye it" |
| gee it neck | 'give up' | |
| gee, gee-in | gave, giving | |
| giz | give | "giz it ere" |
| goo, gooin, agooin | go, going, am going | e.g. "I aye gooin" |
| glassen | glass | e.g. "glassen bottle" |
| har | yes | with a soft letter 'r' |
| harden yed'ed | hard headed | Often a decription for a boystrous junior. |
| hisen | his | |
| jed | dead | |
| kays | keys | |
| laerk | hit, smack | 'I'ul laerk yer ear'ole |
| lezzer | field | Probably from the old English, leasowes (field) |
| loff | laugh | |
| meda | meadow | |
| moo'ah | more | |
| nairun | none | Opposite of airun (any) |
| noggin yed | stupid person | |
| oss | horse | |
| omma | hammer | |
| ond | hand | |
| owd | old | |
| off the 'ooks | ill | Off the hooks, not at work, possibly mining origins? |
| opple | apple | |
| pack o' saftness | stupid | stupid thought or deed (see also 'saft') |
| Peckel Dick | Goldfinch | |
| pook, puk | picked | Pronounced somewhere between puk and pook |
| poch, pochin | up to no good | |
| pur | put | "ween ya pur-it", "where have you put it" |
| puss | purse | |
| que'ah | annoyed, angry | "he's a que'ah un", said of an unfriendy person. |
| rahnd | round | |
| saft | silly | "dow be saft", don't be silly |
| sate | seat | |
| saylin | ceiling | |
| sheed | spill | |
| snap | working mans lunch | |
| sid | seen | 'av yow sid this' have you seen this |
| siden | side (crooked) | Used where something isn't straight. "on a siden" |
| smosh | smash | |
| snuk | sneeked | 'Them thut snuk in, cun snuk aht' |
| spake | speak | |
| stond | stand | |
| sond | sand | |
| suck | sweet (candy) | 'suck shop' sweet shop |
| summat | something | |
| tay | tea, isn't | "Tay pot", "tay that" - "isn't that" |
| tek | take | |
| towd, towdjah | told, told you | |
| ull | will | "yow ull", you will |
| wammel | animal | usually a dog |
| weer, ween | where | "weer is he", "ween ya pur-it" |
| werrit, werritin | worry, worrying | "what yow werritin abaht" |
| wim | we are | |
| wik | week | |
| winda | window | |
| Wo(w) | won't, will not | |
| wor | wasn't | Pronounced with a soft 'r' |
| wuss, wusser | worse | |
| yed | head | |
| yorn, yoren | yours | "is this yorn?", "it must be yoren" |
| yow, yowm | you, you are | Pronounced as in yo-yo, "yow did" see also 'ya' |
| ya | you | Pronounced as in ya(hoo), "ah bin ya"-"how are you" |
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