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    Hey.

    Can anyone translate this sentence from 'Cumbrian' into English?

    "He smacked me marra int keppet wid a kebbie so I clicked the get n scopped em ower"

    I'm guessing it's something like He smacked my mate in the mouth with a stick so I kicked/hit him and knocked him over.

    I'm not sure about the bits in itallics, anyone help me out? It's from my karate instructor's instructor, who has been told he has a strong accent so he put that up on his blog as a bit of a competition to see who can actually understand him.

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    Default Re: Any Cumbrians in?

    "marra" is mate, but i've not heard of the other stuff, but i think your on the right lines
    edit: "scopped" means thrown/threw

    edit2: cleppets (not exactly what's in your phrase) - is testicles

    i.e he smacked my mate in the knackers with a ????? so I ?grabbed? the git and threw him over
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    Default Re: Any Cumbrians in?


    lmfao
    sutch a same country so many different languages
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    Default Re: Any Cumbrians in?

    Not all Cumbrians speak like that
    mostly them jam-eaters from out west giving us northerners a bad name

    alreet marra, as gonna loup ower yon yat

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    Default Re: Any Cumbrians in?

    I keep reading that as cumbrains hahaha!

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    Default Re: Any Cumbrians in?

    Quote Originally Posted by B B Leo View Post

    lmfao
    sutch a same country so many different languages
    SUTCH a shame indeed.
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