Professor of Bristolian

As a Professor of Bristolian I likes to keep me eye on the cawltral impack that Bristolians 'av 'ad on the nation 'n the world as a awl. I done a bit of intrestin' research 'bout the most covered songs writ or co-writ by a Bristolian or Bristolians. It frew up one or two surprises, speshly the number one, but by 'n large iss pretty much wot yoom ud expeck. Gotta confess now, me babbers, none of these songs is in Bristolian. Theym awl in English. Anyway yer's the list of the top 6 most covered songs writ by Bristolians: (sourced from the website SecondhandSongs ) Number 1  You've Got Your Troubles (Roger Cook/Roger Greenaway)          56 covers Number 2   I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway (with Bill Backer and Billy Davis))                           ...

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...

I noticed that some peepaw 'oo visits me Professor of Bristolian facebook page finks they might need a phrase book or go to night classes so that they cass unnerstand the natives, mind, when they come to Bristol, speshully those woss movin' yer shortly. So to put thy minds at rest, like, yer's a guide of 'ow Bristolian the accents is of some famous Bristolians. (Famous Bristolians wot don't 'av a accent ain't included). 1. Barely detectable bu' juss 'bout noticeable Bristol accent - Richard Scudamore, CEO of the Premier League.   2. Very noticeable bu' not gert broad Bristol accents - Stephen Merchant (comedy writer and actor) and Gary Mabbutt (ex-Bristol Rovers, Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer).   3. Bit broader Bristol accents - Ian Holloway (ex-footballer, football manager and pundit) and Gareth Chilcott (ex-Bath and England rugby player).   4. Gert bleedin broad Bristol accents - Josie Gibson (telev...

As a Professor of Bristolian one of the fings wot I likes doin', 'n encouragin' me students a do, is drawlin'. So I fawt it 'ud be a good ideawl to share some o' me faverit drawlin's wot I done wiv thee 'n tawk a bit bout the stories 'n nostalgiawl connected wiv some of 'em. I growed up in Norf Bristol dinneye, in Brent-ree tween the Mead 'n Embray, tho Brent-ree is more like a estension of Embray than any of they udder districks next to it. I done quite a few drawlin's of buildin's 'n that in Embray, speshly up Blaise . One o' me faverits is this 'un of a cottage up Blaise 'Amlet.  I ain't got no funny stories wot I can tell thee bout goin up thur, mind. Usually, I bin up thur wiv friends 'n that wot ain't from Bristol, to show 'em wot a pretty place thur wuz on me doorstep, second only to that rank o' shops in Crow Lane (no, ize jokin'!). They cottages up Blaise Amlet is gert lush ...

The Professor of Bristolian has written an unpublished book entitled An Englishman In Nuoro (A Bristolian In Sardinia) . The following extract is from a chapter that tells of the background to, and the story of, the popularity of Bristolian Talkin' Tom:- Chapter Eighteen                   Bristolian Talkin’ Tom In Chapter Four I wrote about my appearance as a Professor of Bristolian in the DVD “Terry’s Bristolian Language Lessons” and how shortly after the DVD came out in November 2010 I created a Professor of Bristolian Facebook page. I also mentioned how a few years after I created the page its popularity really took off as a result of something that I could never have foreseen. When I first started the page I just posted links that I thought were quite informative as well as being amusing and that had references to the Bristol accent and dialect. Anyway, after about 18 month...

Yer, while I wuz on Facebook earlier today (on me normal page not me Professor of Bristolian page) I got into an exchange, mind, in which The Bristol Funny List: 50 of the city's funniest men and women wuz mentioned. Yeah, this wuz in the Bristol Post, mind, bout a year ago. Well, I wuz finkin' that thur wuz too many celebrities in the list, like, and too many peepaw wot ain't got the strongest connection wiv the city, mind. So I fawt it 'ud be a good ideawl to do The Alternative Bristol Funny List: 10 of the city's funniest men, women and creatures . See, the rawls arr that they cassen't be in the Bristol Post list nor be gert famous celebrities 'n that, bu' Bristolian creatures in the form of animated cartoons is allowed innum! So in no partic'lar order of ooze the funniest, yer goes. 1. Bristolian Talkin' Tom The mazen tomcat wot wuz found in a shoebox as a kitten be'ind they shops in Crow Lane, Embray. Eeze a bit full of 'issel...