"It Isn't In The Tin"Stoday wrote: Oh you should be able to translate my favorite Derbyshire phrase: Tin tin tin.
It only makes sense if you pronounce it with a north derby/south yorkshire accent.
dave (from Barnsley)
the northern accent
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dave.m
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Re: the northern accent
dave (from Barnsley)
You can always tell a Yorkshireman,
But you cannot tell him much.
But you cannot tell him much.
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Re: the northern accent
I was in a pub with a bloke from Lancs who asked for a coke (or a coooak). They ended up with a pint of Coors lager 
I wonder who that could've been
He still drank it 'tho
I wonder who that could've been
He still drank it 'tho
I think I'll take two chickens...
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Re: the northern accent
Full marks to Dave.m for translation services 
I should be dead; I've cheated the Grim Reaper yet again by surviving my third heart attack in June.