So how Suffolk do you think you are? Do you know you Mawther from your Mazy? Take the quiz to see if you’re a native or a furrener!
Ar yew Suff'k bor?
What does "Howd yew haard" mean?
Hang on a moment
Brace yourself
Have some sympathy
Hold this for me
To wait or think
Example: Howd tew haard, bor, else 'att'l be a duzzy do
The word for a dry cough
Shrake
Coombecough
Tizzick
Thrickal
Tizzick is the word for a dry cough
Example: Git'mi a glaarse a warter! Oi got a' tizzick!
You have a hodman in the garden - But what is it?
A snail
A slug
A wheelbarrow
A spade
Hodman is a Snail
Also called a dodman, hodmadod or dodderman.
Which of these is NOT a place in Suffolk?
Lunn'un
Debidge
Ipsidge
'Ayvril
Awlbra
Fraam
The odd one out is Lunn'un - London
Fraam - Famlingham
'Ayvril - Haverhill
Ipsidge - Ipswich
Awlbra - Aldeburgh
Lunn'un - London
Debidge - Debach
What are you if you are muddled
Tired
Drunk
Lost
Confused
Muddled means tired
Example: Arter 'at walk along 'at 'air beach, Oi'm muddled fairly
What is a Jasper?
A bumble bee
A fly
A cat
A wasp
A 'Jasper' is a wasp
What is dag?
Ash
Dew
Tobacco
A dog
Dag is morning dew
Example: Yew cood see yer footprints in th' dag 'smorn'n
What's huppus 'tate?
A leg up
A ruckus
I feel sick
The time
It's the time!
If someone says its huppus 'tate, then they are really saying it's half-past eight
Who or what is a bor
A boy
A carthorse
A stream or brook
A pig
Bor is a boy or man
Example: Ar' yew alroight bor?
There's a clue in the quiz title!
What is shew?
A shoe
To throw
Showed
Theatre Show
Shew is the past tense of show
Example: Oi shew 'em how t' do ut