Druv

[*Gullsworth*]

Sussex - the pioneers of "text" talk.

C U L8R

Did "See you later" originate from Sussex? I used to date a girl from Hampshire (sorry) and she hated the saying!

 

[*Gullsworth*]

Also other Sussex/ Southern sayings.....



...........See you somewhen.
............Somewhen else.

 

[Don Quixote]

I have never heard of this word, this is interesting.

 

[Notters]

You are correct. And unlike all those ignorant ' would of, should of' twats who HATE it when their grammar or spelling is corrected I am grateful to you for correcting me.

Thank you. I did hesitate, but this is a thread about language.

 

[Notters]

I have never heard of this word, this is interesting.

Interesting, it was always "twitten this" and "twitten that" when I was at school, e.g. "meet you by the twitten". Maybe that's just Uckfield though.

 

[brightn'ove]

Ignore

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Is it not "we wunt be druv"?

This.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

'All folks as come to Sussex
Must follow Sussex ways,
And when they've larned to know us well
There's no place else they'd wish to dwell
In all their blessed days.
There ant no place like Sussex
Until you goos Above,
For Sussex will be Sussex,
And Sussex wunt be druv'.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

A longer version ...

"Sussex Wun't be Druv"
by W Victor Cook

"Some folks as come to Sussex,
They reckons as they know -
A durn sight better what to do
Than simple folks, like me and you,
Could possibly suppose.

But them as comes to Sussex,
They mustn't push and shove,
For Sussex will be Sussex,
And Sussex wun't be druv!

Mus Wilfred come to Sussex,
Us heaved a stone at he,
Because he reckoned he could teach
Our Sussex fishers how to reach
The fishes in the sea.

But when he dwelt among us,
Us gave un land and luv,
For Sussex will be Sussex,
And Sussex wun't be druv!

All folks as come to Sussex
Must follow Sussex ways -
And when they've larned to know us well,
There's no place else they'll wish to dwell
In all their blessed days -

There ant no place like Sussex,
Until ye goos above,
For Sussex will be Sussex,
And Sussex wun't be druv!"

 

[Shuggie]

Not kust Uckfield - we walked up the twitten from Goldstone Crescent (cheap end) to Hove Grammar every day. It's between Goldstone Way and Nevill Road if memory serves and comes out just opp the Nevill.

Trug ... there's anuvver Sussex word innit.

 

[Shuggie]

Some sources for "druv" ...

• Sussex has always maintained an obstinate identity symbolised by the pig symbol and the motto 'won't be druv' [The Companion to British History, Routledge]
• Sussex won't be druv - local proverbial saying, early 20th century; asserting that people from the English county of Sussex have minds of their own, and cannot be forced against their will (druv is a dialect version of drove, meaning driven). [The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable]

But when oh when did Martlets get feet? I always had a thing about legless birds ... what happened?

 

[Big G]

The problem is......I'm from Sussex, never heard of it untill now. The Northern/Other slang terms are well known all over the country....'Twittern' etc

I very much doubt anyone anywhere will have any idea what it means and to be honest.......sounds like a 'chav' word!

 

[Notters]

[MENTION=6]Lord Bracknell[/MENTION], youve used wunt and wun't. Presumably the latter is correct?

 

[Worthingite]

how is druv pronounced?

Is it droove or druhv (if this makes ANY sense whatsoever?!?)

 

[Lord Bracknell]

But when oh when did Martlets get feet? I always had a thing about legless birds ... what happened?

It happened when pig-ignorant folk achieved ascendancy. The inability of the martlet to land symbolizes the constant quest for knowledge, learning, and adventure. This quest has now been officially abandoned. Today we prefer to watch TV.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

how is druv pronounced?

Is it droove or druhv (if this makes ANY sense whatsoever?!?)

It rhymes with "glove".

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

i take it the banner slogan is designed to communicate. It would be better to use words that are more widely and readily understood in 2012.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

[MENTION=6]Lord Bracknell[/MENTION], youve used wunt and wun't. Presumably the latter is correct?

Good question. Dialect isn't very hot on punctuation. I'm inclined towards "wunt", to be consistent with "There ant no place like Sussex".

 

[Lord Bracknell]

It would be better to use words that are more widely and readily understood in 2012.

I'm not a native of Sussex and I might be more conscious of distinctive forms of dialect precisely because of this (and the fact that my family comes from Tyneside, where respect for dialect is inculcated into everyone at a very early age), but I've known the word "druv" (as a uniquely Sussex word) for YEARS.

The language is richer because words like this survive.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I'm not a native of Sussex and I might be more conscious of distinctive forms of dialect precisely because of this (and the fact that my family comes from Tyneside, where respect for dialect is inculcated into everyone at a very early age), but I've known the word "druv" (as a uniquely Sussex word) for YEARS.

The language is richer because words like this survive.

I don't doubt that the language is richer because regional words survive. I would add that love of the English language in all its guises is worthwhile. However, that is a different, possibly competing, agenda from the task of running an immediately impactful slogan that is easily got by fans and players alike in the heat of the moment of a match. I respect your knowledge of the word, yet I highly doubt whether that is widely shared amongst the thousands of Albion fans attending the game. There is an argument that putting 'We wunt be druv' on a banner will inspire people to look it up, which some may do, but that intellectual pursuit is different from the here-and-now task of having a slogan that will immediately inspire.