Professor of Bristolian

Bleed nell! We gotta buck arr ideawls up wiv regard to football annus? Juss look at these statistics me babbers! Bristol's the only city outa the 10 biggest ten cities in England wot 'av never won a major bleedin' domestic trophy! Football Honours - 10 Largest Cities in England  London (population 8,825,000)          Arsenal - League Champions (13) FA Cup (13)  League Cup (2)                                             Chelsea - League Champions (6) FA Cup (8) League Cup (5) Crystal Palace - Zero major trophies                        Fulham - Zero major trophies Tottenham H. - League Champions (2) FA Cup (8) Lea...

I thought it would be of interest to all my readers if I were to publish the results of my research with regard to Tricky's and Josie Gibson's use of the Bristolian language, two of the finest and best known exponents of our linguistic heritage. This I did by noting the extent to which they used Bristolian words published in A Dictionary Of Bristle in interviews that have been put out on Youtube relatively recently. First Tricky:- If you listen carefully you will hear dill (deal), wiv (with), amt (have not), ow (how), ooze (who is), thur (there), dint (did not), fink (think), iss (it is), ave (have), member (to remember), munce - plural of munf (month), anudder (another) and peepaw (people). There may be some others that I have missed but I think 14 words of pure Bristolian gold is a pretty impressive return from five minutes and fifty-seconds of an interview. Now Josie Gibson:- Again, if you listen carefully you will hear iss (it is), bout (about), fr...