Archive for the 'Life in the east' Category

Handy Narritch words un’ phrases fer Johnny Furriners

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Should you ever venture to Norwich (a fine city) then here are some useful Norwich phrases:
• Naarigde Yoonyun - Major Norfolk and Sri-Lankan employer
• Thang Kyer - Spoken at high speed, used by Norfolk shop assistants when accepting money
• How’re yer getting arn buh? - Norfolk greeting
• Rup Bah - Variation on the above
• Hair […]

Tonight’s TV pick is…

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Sleep Clinic, which starts tonight at 10.35pm on BBC One. The show follows patients of the sleep clinic at Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire - one of whom is Jody, the girlfriend of my mate Jim, who I work with at Pulse Rated. There’s an article about the show posted on the BBC news […]

Pain in the neck

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

For the past couple of months I’ve been suffering on and off with neck pains - the ones where you’re completely fine, then you turn your neck very slightly and BANG! - inflammation kicks in and suddenly your neck and shoulder blades hurt like hell. I think it’s been triggered off by sleeping on […]

Y’alroight bor?

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

If you’re not familiar with the Norfolk accent, it can be a shock when you first hear it, because it sounds Australian. That’s because the Australian accent actually originates from Norfolk.
Anyway, a friend at work introduced me to The Nimmo Twins - Owen Evans and Karl Minns - who are a cult comedy act […]

That was the day that was…long

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Mondays are generally rubbish, I’m sure most people would generally agree with that statement. However, I upped the ante for myself yesterday.
It wasn’t intentional, I was just so keen to finish some paperwork at my father’s house on Sunday evening (when this tidying fits hit me, I usually go with them until […]