Who knows what a "gambole" is?

[Ariel Badger]

I thought it was a universal term but it seems that it is just Brummie slang.
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[hedgehugger]

Lambs gambol, but I'm married to a brummie.... who also pronounces it gambole.


I pronounce gambol like gamble. He pronounces gambol like gam bowl.

I'l be having gammy gambling gam bowls gambolling 'round my head all night now

[cornish]

is this the gambol that's often accompanied by a bit of a frolic?


Edit: What hedgehugger said.

*must not start typing then get distracted by the tv*
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[scorps]

A gambole is a forward roll , you do it a lot when you are a kid, Im from Coventry so its not just brummie slang unless it means something entirely different in Birmingham.
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[keggyhander]

Gambolling through the fields is what piglets, calves, and lambs do when they've just had their knackers whipped out. It's the animal equivalent of hopping up and down, going "Bbbbbaaaassssttttaaarddddd!!!!!"

(According to my dad who used to keep pigs when he was young).

[Benson_JV]

Gambole is a forward tuck & roll thing. I'm from Wolverhampton.
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[Ariel Badger]

Those of you from the WM region hit it on the head, I bet you also call roundabouts "Islands".
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[Ichy]

What about palin', yampy, riffy or saft? I'm from the Black Country and most definately not a Brummy.




FWIW the dialect of the Black Country is one of the last true examples of Old English. It sort of helped me with the German language. Take 'to go' for example. In German it is 'gehen'. Black country 'gooen'
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[Ichy]

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[Ariel Badger]

Dudley branch of Toys R Us =Toys Am We.
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[scorps]

The black country accent has the same effect on me as listening to nails getting scraped down a black board, followed closely by a scouse accent
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[Vincent]

I thought everyone says "gambole"

"Bostin" is Brummie

I managed to shake off my Brummie accent after living abroad thank fook - it's not the most convincing accent in the world.

My family moved from Bradford to B'ham when I was six. We stopped at a chip shop when we got here and my Mum asked if they had any pies. "Have woy got inny pouyes Bert" she said , and my Mum said "sorry, we don't want a pouye, we want a pie"
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[Ariel Badger]

You were lucky you never got pays (Peas)!
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[Vincent]

Ah yes, the dreaded "pie and pea" evenings. We used to go to pubs that had skittle alleys built in. I bet most of them have been ripped out now
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[scorps]

I would like a kippa tye, two sugars plays
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[mistergixer]

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[Lord Percy]

And back on topic, who here knows what a ginnel is? Or a croggy?

I was with a bunch of southern/midland people for a short while and they were pretty damn lost on what they were. It's a Yorkshire/northern thing I think.

Also, I learned some great scottish terms, namely, 'Piece-'n' 'xxxx'' means 'xxxx' sandwich. 'Piece'n'bacon' - Bacon buttie.
Also jobby = scottish shit.

[scorps]

ginnel is alley and croggy is another word for sitting on handlebars ie gis a croggy I believe
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[Vincent]

Who knows what a "corey" is then?
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[Minty]

When I was a kid, t'was one's knob. "I took a football to me corey at lunchtime, me belly still aches now".
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