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  1. Sca

    Scarthy Well-Known Member

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    The word 'bet' being used incorrectly in the South Yorkshire dialect ?
     
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    example?
     
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    Scarthy Well-Known Member

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    Like this

    "we bet you on Tuesday you Owlscum'

    Or correctly used as:

    "I bet that Cheryl Cole doesn't need asking twice"
     
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    We can't be arsed to say beat
     
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    Scarthy Well-Known Member

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    Why though Jay

    Its not as though we would ask for a met pie, is it ?
     
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    It's a shame there isn't some kind of electronic information resource. nt
     
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    Hicksy Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    RE: Why though Jay

    </p>

    No but I'd ask for some mucky pi....</p>
     
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    We conjugate the verb wrongly

    Meet - met
    beat - bet

    It's wrong, but it ought to be right.
     
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    **** off you bully nt
     
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    I'm only kidding.

    </p>

    Some days you can't move on here for dialect historians.</p>
     
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