A UP ME DUCK

Yea from Nottingham (england) thats how we greet round here lol
spent hours on here 'lurking' thought it's time to say hi to the best forum on the nett


HI yall

Hello and welcome to ya. Glad you joined up.

Helloooooo! and Croeso!
Rainbows
Jane

welcome, glad to have another person here from another country, we Americans need all the outside perspective we can get....but, those Kiwis....Jesus, guys, you need to stay away from all those sheep, looking at fuzzy bums all day is baaaaaaad

" A up me duck"....

Can you break it down for me ? Trying to wrap my brain around the words...nothing that makes sense comes to mind...

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Me too

Thought it was about DD

I used to live in Stoke on Trent, the day I realised it was time to leave was when I opened my door to somebody and " hello duckie!" came out of my mouth.
My brother (we're from Yorkshire) answer his phone "ay up?"

MarioOnTheFly
" A up me duck"....

Can you break it down for me ? Trying to wrap my brain around the words...nothing that makes sense comes to mind...

You need to hear the accent for it to make sense I guess. It's like "Hey, what's up duck" and duck is like calling someone 'pet' or 'chicken' just a nice greeting lol

reply to post by 1322BNM


Hi 1322,Welcome i'm married to a Nottingham lass,so know the saying well

reply to post by iRoyalty



That's really interesting, how do you think it originated?

I have a lot of old Appalachian slang that pops into my head every once and a while, my kids think I am nuts, well I am .......a little

cockeyed comes to mind

BTW,Welcome OP
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reply to post by Stormdancer777


In Stoke just across from Notts they believe ay up duck is derived from Old English hello duke for whatever quaint old reasoning behind it. Hello btw to the new guy

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Welcome to ATS...enjoy the ride.

Des

reply to post by ufoorbhunter


ooooh i see, they say in Appalachia it is, or once was holding the most phrases from when they came over from the Old World

reply to post by Stormdancer777


I think England is quite unique for it's accents, take an hour long drive and you feel like you've entered a foreign country!

I think it probably comes from after the Romans left England, there was a King (usually of different national decent) that ruled over separate areas, and probably enforced a certain kind of speech, plus putting up walls and not associating with other parts of England meant that the language developed differently.

It can get quite difficult at times, I work in a call centre for the NHS and a fast and accurate phone call can be life or death, asking someone to repeat themselves because of an accent is not a rare situation.

WilsonWilson
I used to live in Stoke on Trent, the day I realised it was time to leave was when I opened my door to somebody and " hello duckie!" came out of my mouth.
My brother (we're from Yorkshire) answer his phone "ay up?"

duckie..its duck, supposedly from the term duchess but its only a small trip down the A roads now so its hardly surprising that good ideas travel

Maxatoria
duckie..its duck, supposedly from the term duchess

I did not know that! Learn something new every day

1322BNM

Yea from Nottingham (england) thats how we greet round here lol
spent hours on here 'lurking' thought it's time to say hi to the best forum on the nett


HI yall

I am from Woodthorpe ,welcome to ATS .

A up me duck ==> Eyup Me Duck .

Eyup was the redlight district of Konstantinapolis . The Crusaders had camped on the outskirts of Konstantinapolis and whenever they wanted to visit the redlight district , they were asked by their camp commanders ;

Where are you going soldier ?

They would reply ; Eyup me Duck !!!.

This saying goes back to 13th century . In fact if you visit Road to Jerusalem , the inn keepers would probably tell you the same story .

Here is a page you probably would like .

1000 things not to do in Nottingham

Some great pubs in Nottingham, Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem being one of them, beer, atmosphere & staff are all very good, just mind yer 'Ed when you are inside i.e. duck or grouse!

The Bell in the square is another good 'un with excellent tours of the caves below, very enlightening.

I hail from Wales where phrases such as by year, up down over the mountain, whose coat is that jacket? and some crazy place names such as I strangled Alice (Ystradgynlais), un is a do do (Ynysddu) etc. come from.

The differing dialects from North to South have to be heard to be believed, not for nothing are the North Walians known as "Goggs"!

As for that rather long place name from The Menai Straits, Anglesey www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk...
Learn for yer selves...

Wow
Great welcome thanks everyone,i should have thought using our local greeting would maybe confuse people,but great replys iv'e learnt where my local saying comes from maybe - i'm a infarmation junkie i gues just love this site
Will try and contribute my bit,not good on forums,in fact never joined one before so i'd better be carefull or i can see me geting 'blazed' lol
Thanks again for making the first bit easier

Eyup- I'm from up t road (York). There are a lot from the Uk.
Watch the board light up when there is an incidence in say South Yorkshire. Merry Xmas.