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As the say here "shy bairns get nowt."

ncouture 4y ago
Had to look closer into it, there's a nice audio file of it here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shy_bairns_get_nowt https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shy_bairns_get_nowt
- robocat 4y ago
  Unfortunately the accent on that audio file is strongly US to my ear. I googled and got “In North-Eastern English dialect, ‘shy bairns get nowt’ is a well-known idiom that essentially translates to ‘shy children get nothing’. Often used to encourage children (or adults) to speak up and have self-confidence”. The original commenter gidorah has a UK email address. https://www.wordsense.eu/shy_bairns_get_nowt/ https://www.wordsense.eu/shy_bairns_get_nowt/ looked like a reasonable reference. Edit: here’s it said proper good - skip to 42 minutes: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaErbstVKAQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaErbstVKAQ Aside: The transcript feature on YouTube is amazing but the UX is soooooo frustrating - the feature doesn’t exist on iPad Safari - and the text is not searchable on YouTube iPad App.
LAC-Tech 4y ago
I'm not sure where you're from but it's incredibly cool that you still use words recognisable from Anglo-Saxon (bearn and nawiht).
- rzzzt 4y ago
  Swedish and Norwegian languages also/still use "barn" for "child".
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- alasdair_ 4y ago
  It's Scottish or maybe northern English - "nowt" is more common south of the border but "bairn" is more common in scotland. The fun thing is that we also use "wean" (wee one) as another common word for "child" but with a completely different etymology.
- gidorah 4y ago
  Whilst I am from Southern UK, I live in the North East UK. Accents here are strong and vary quite a bit. DO NOT confuse a Geordie for a Mackem (or vice versa) at all! It is interesting that there is a lot of slang that I had never heard befote moving here, but slang from the South is more widely known. A coworker suggested getting 'ket' for a meeting. I did not know 'ket' here means sweets (candy)...

Had to look closer into it, there's a nice audio file of it here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shy_bairns_get_nowt https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shy_bairns_get_nowt

robocat 4y ago
Unfortunately the accent on that audio file is strongly US to my ear. I googled and got “In North-Eastern English dialect, ‘shy bairns get nowt’ is a well-known idiom that essentially translates to ‘shy children get nothing’. Often used to encourage children (or adults) to speak up and have self-confidence”. The original commenter gidorah has a UK email address. https://www.wordsense.eu/shy_bairns_get_nowt/ https://www.wordsense.eu/shy_bairns_get_nowt/ looked like a reasonable reference. Edit: here’s it said proper good - skip to 42 minutes: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaErbstVKAQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaErbstVKAQ Aside: The transcript feature on YouTube is amazing but the UX is soooooo frustrating - the feature doesn’t exist on iPad Safari - and the text is not searchable on YouTube iPad App.

LAC-Tech 4y ago

I'm not sure where you're from but it's incredibly cool that you still use words recognisable from Anglo-Saxon (bearn and nawiht).

rzzzt 4y ago
Swedish and Norwegian languages also/still use "barn" for "child".
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alasdair_ 4y ago
It's Scottish or maybe northern English - "nowt" is more common south of the border but "bairn" is more common in scotland. The fun thing is that we also use "wean" (wee one) as another common word for "child" but with a completely different etymology.
gidorah 4y ago
Whilst I am from Southern UK, I live in the North East UK. Accents here are strong and vary quite a bit. DO NOT confuse a Geordie for a Mackem (or vice versa) at all! It is interesting that there is a lot of slang that I had never heard befote moving here, but slang from the South is more widely known. A coworker suggested getting 'ket' for a meeting. I did not know 'ket' here means sweets (candy)...