School ofEnglish Literature, Language & Linguistics

The Talk of the Toon

DECTE is funded by:The Diachronic Electronic

Corpus of Tyneside English

Dialect WordsUse the clues to work out

the meaning of some North East dialect words.

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

Clue 1

scranPeople can’t live without this.

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

Clue 2

scranThese days, many people get theirs in a supermarket.

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

Picture Clue

scran

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

cuddy

Clue 1

One of these can carry a heavy load.

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

cuddy

Clue 2

The sound they make is called a ‘bray’.

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

cuddy

Picture Clue

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

plodge

Clue 1

You probably need to be outside to do this properly.

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

plodge

Clue 2

To do this action, you need to move your feet.

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

plodge

Picture Clue

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

clarty

Clue 1

This word could describe someone’s clothes.

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

clarty

Clue 2

Someone might say you were this after you fell over.

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

clarty

Picture Clue

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

rolley

Clue 1

Some people needed one of these to help them do their job.

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

rolley

Clue 2

Although it moves, it doesn’t need to be steered.

The Talkof the Toon

Words and Objects

What do these words mean?

scran money rain food coal

cuddy hat donkey silly person coal miner’s cart

plodge to throw to run quickly to complain to paddle, wade through water

clarty mucky, dirty funny silly gloomy, cloudy

rolley chicken fishing boat coal miner’s cart hat

rolley

Picture Clue