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I am researching dialect terms for the word 'nonsense' for my dissertation project. The context I am researching is "What a load of nonsense!!" I would appreciate any feedback of terms your dialect uses, or that you have heard used in this context.
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dialect terms for 'nonsense'
I am researching dialect terms for the word 'nonsense' for my dissertation project. The context I am researching is "What a load of nonsense!!" I would appreciate any feedback of terms your dialect uses, or that you have heard used in this context.
Thank you
Re: dialect terms for 'nonsense'
In Middleton and Rochdale North of Manchester it's "bobbins" - maybe after bins in the mills where they put empty yarn bobbins? Also possibly related to bob (poo).
Re: dialect terms for 'nonsense'
>"What a load of nonsense!!"
I have often heard people say "What a pile of pants" or simply "pants" to mean the same thing. I only heard this once I was at University.
Re: dialect terms for 'nonsense'
Balderdash, Piffle. There are some more I just thought of.
Neil
Re: dialect terms for 'nonsense'
I'm from Liverpool, and I've heard loads of different terms for nonsense. I can only think of a few at the moment, as I think of more I'll post them. For now there is "tosh", "codswallop", and then the more uncouth ones like, "crap", "shit", "bull shit".
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My elderly uncle is a Barnsley man. His phrase of choice would be "What a load of bunkum".
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Scots uses "havers". Some other people say "boloney".
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poppycock is a word for nonsense, "what a load of poppycock"
Re: dialect terms for 'nonsense'
"Poppycock" comes from the Dutch "pappe cak" (apologies to Netherlanders for any spelling horrors!), which means "soft sh... you know what". "Cobblers" is rhyming slang: "cobbler's awls". It has always intrigued me that parts of the body which can be seen -- or covered up, rather -- lend themeselves to this kibnd of application, while those on the inside -- guts, heart, stomach and so forth -- are mostly positive attributes. Are there many nonsense words (such as 'nonsense') that don't derive from perceived or actual unpleasant things?
Re: dialect terms for 'nonsense'
East Midland dialect often uses 'rammel' in that context, i.e. 'what a load of rammel' (I've guessed at the spelling as it's a spoken rather than written word, as many dialect expressions are). I've also heard 'what a load of daftness'.
Re: dialect terms for 'nonsense'
Cobblers.