Old English Suffolk Accent and Dialect - Words and Phrases - Daffydowndilly

The word for this video is Daffydowndilly (and Daffydamdilly) which is the old English Suffolk dialect word for Daffodil. A word that's been around for hundreds of years here in Suffolk, East Anglia. A word that is a part of the old language and history of this region, and is still used today by those of us who still speak the old way. Thanks for watching. x

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  • @meganhuggins7494
    @meganhuggins74943 күн бұрын

    I’m a Welsh Valley lady (1951) , but I’ve lived in South Lincolnshire for over 40 years and have been saying daffydowndilly for decades. 😊🌼🌼🌼

  • @willowgrove631
    @willowgrove63125 күн бұрын

    Well this is about the most cheerful word I ever heard! ❤️

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    25 күн бұрын

    It’s such a fun one isn’t it! A chirpy, cheerful word for a very chirpy, cheerful flower 💛

  • @virginiarobinson2042
    @virginiarobinson204228 күн бұрын

    Fabulous !! I love your interesting bits and bobs on your dresser !! 🥰. I hear the first swallows have been spotted in Suffolk. Spring is here !! 🌿🪵🌳🪺

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    27 күн бұрын

    Thank you my dear, and for spying all my little treasures 💚 Lovely to hear you’ve heard that the Swallows are here already, though no sign where I am yet. It’s still so chilly here, us humans and birdie friends need some warmer days! 🌼🌞🌿 🪺

  • @davidblackwell6842
    @davidblackwell684224 күн бұрын

    I am from essex all our lovely accent has gone love listening to you thanks

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    23 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your kind words. It saddens me that the Essex accent has met the same fate as the Suffolk one. They should never have been lost.

  • @rh9280
    @rh928028 күн бұрын

    Also we’d talk about dafs, daffies or daffy-dillies, but daffydowndillies was our ‘long form’.

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    27 күн бұрын

    Very true, though all those abbreviations are used in other parts of the world so this one was worthy of a mention 🌼

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite803126 күн бұрын

    I can be daft at times.

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    26 күн бұрын

    Pleased to hear it, all the best people are 🙂

  • @jackgreene5663
    @jackgreene566327 күн бұрын

    Crios, carnt yew tork abewt suffiun ewlse?

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    27 күн бұрын

    Crios, int yew no’tussed it’s Spring toime 🌼

  • @jackgreene5663

    @jackgreene5663

    27 күн бұрын

    @@EssEvergreen Well oi spose yor roight, but yer moighta sed.

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    27 күн бұрын

    Normal service is about to resume 🙂

  • @jackgreene5663

    @jackgreene5663

    26 күн бұрын

    Thass roight, goo orl posh. Oi woont be suproised if yew dint come from Coggshul.

  • @michaelwhite8031

    @michaelwhite8031

    26 күн бұрын

    Lol :)