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Half way through the programme and he's only used the "G" word twice.
The g word is not sufficient for how hard these guys worked. 😯
My drinking game failed this evening 🙁
Still 'covered in coal from asshole to earhole' made me spurt beer all over my screen 🙂
Had to laugh at the segment when he was outside looking up at the oak beam & saying that hundreds of years ago, people would have been looking at it wondering what it was, & exclaiming ooh, ahh, etc.
'We do that in Lincolnshire when we see an aeroplane'... 😆
Gary_C - Member
Had to laugh at the segment when he was outside looking up at the oak beam & saying that hundreds of years ago, people would have been looking at it wondering what it was, & exclaiming ooh, ahh, etc.
'We do that in Lincolnshire when we see an aeroplane'
It's true though.
Bring me up to date please, the G word?
Graft/Grafter
Thought it best one yet, dragging her indoors down pit, quality
Did chuckle at the Lincolnshire aeroplanes and ass to ear lines
fantastically cheap programe to make, one star, and just great machines and skills,wonder if for his next challenge could he rebuild the bbc, the banks and failing nhs.
My wife really dislikes his voice/chirpiness and refers to him as 'the new Fred Dibnah we've now got to put up with the for the next 40 years'.
I think this isn't a bad thing but what do I know.
'We do that in Lincolnshire when we see an aeroplane'
believe it or not... he grew up next to an airport.
The thing is Kirmington isn't Lincolnshire proper, it was south humberside from '74 to '96 and north lincolnshire from then on and nobody speaks like Guy Martin locally
nobody speaks like Guy Martin locally
finally!
been waiting for someone to agree with me for AAAAGES.
i (my parents) live about 3 mi from kirmington. i went out with a girl there for about a year...
after 29 years i can confirm that NOBODY... NOBODY... NOBODY.. round here sounds like that. not a single person.
last time i suggested that i got shot down!
[i]last time i suggested that i got shot down! [/i]
everyone spots tracknicko in his flourescent aeroplane.
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I have friends in melton ross and barnetby. Grew up the other side of Brigg.
I have friends in melton ross and barnetby
sounds like a threat 😉
Graft really isn't a strong enough word for how hard these people worked.
Drinking game fail, but Brilliant social history win!
His girlfriend going down there reminded me of the Testimony of Patience Kirshaw, a great folk song derived from this http://www.victorianweb.org/history/ashley.html
Re Mrs. wwaswas, tell her not to worry as the life expectancy of a TT racer is not great
The thing is Kirmington isn't Lincolnshire proper, it was south humberside from '74 to '96 and north lincolnshire from then on and nobody speaks like Guy Martin locally
possibly the longest gap between double posts I've ever seen there ebygomm 🙂
do i have to type out the whole agreeing thing again?
[i]do i have to type out the whole agreeing thing again? [/i]
*prepares to google image search 'ack ack gun' again*
Is there an echo in here?
I thought that last night was the best of the series.
Interesting perspective of how some other riders view him in That Near-Death Thing – Inside the TT : The World’s Most Dangerous Race
by Rick Broadbent. just finished it, very good book.
and...?
spill the beans, or give a link... 🙄
I like his Mrs *swoon*
Surprised she didn't slap him one when called her lass
nobody speaks like Guy Martin locally
I don't think anyone anywhere speaks like Guy Martin do they?
🙂
To be fair he's not a million miles away from my hometown accent actually.
That's north Notts coal mining slang, FYI.
Giorre scrattin an gerrof ome
Ayya gorra gadder I can borra?
Etc....
🙂
he sounds more lancashire to me
it is odd considering where he's from
To be fair he's not a million miles away from my hometown accent actually.
That's north Notts coal mining slang, FYI.
Agreed.. loads of people speak like that round here NNotts (I'm in Retford). 40 miles from Kirmington though.
We do have a bit of an unexplained Lancashire twang round here too.
It's always sounded more Lancashire to me, I hear plenty of North Notts accents as I'm lucky enough to work in Kirkby 🙂
Ever since uni where I studied linguistics, I've been baffled by our (NNotts) accents similarity to Lancs which is so far away.
It's always sounded more Lancashire to me, I hear plenty of North Notts accents as I'm lucky enough to work in Kirkby
My mums side are from Kirkby in Ashfield, my dads from Sutton in Ashfield.
I was born (just) in Sutton at Kings Mill hospital (thank god it's not in Mansfield 😉 )
I was [s]dragged[/s] brought up in Kirkby and then Sutton, and went to school in 'Ucknall
It's a wonder I can read and right akshully 😉
I'd move back in a heartbeat though. 🙂
"rkk01 - Member
and...?
spill the beans, or give a link... "
Not universaly liked (very disliked by some) and neither is his down to earth persona welcomed by some. Worth getting the book it is a good read in addition to this aspect
Kirkby's got a morrisons now and the old cinema is being converted into a wetherspoons. It's going up in the world 😉
It's always sounded more Lancashire to me
I wouldn't have said that and I speak Lanky fluently. Whatever, it's a good show and he seems a proper boyo.
[i]I speak Lanky fluently[/i]
very useful for tall stories?
the old cinema is being converted into a wetherspoons. It's going up in the world
How bad does a place have to be for a new weatherspoons to be considered going up in the world?
very useful for tall stories?
Aye. (very good, btw) 😉
My wife really dislikes his voice/chirpiness and refers to him as 'the new Fred Dibnah we've now got to put up with the for the next 40 years'.I think this isn't a bad thing but what do I know.
Follow the lead of my grandad when the cricket was on and my nan piped up out of turn:
"Shut up. Cricket's on."
ebygomm - MemberThe thing is Kirmington isn't Lincolnshire proper, it was south humberside from '74 to '96 and north lincolnshire from then on and nobody speaks like Guy Martin locally
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This isn't quite true, having met them both on multiple occasions, I can confirm that his dad speaks in exactly the same way! But strangely enough his sister doesn't.
I've got a mate from Mansfield whose accent is very reminiscent of Guy Martin's. Took a while to twig though, always assumed he was from some dark place near Bury.
I can confirm that his dad speaks in exactly the same way!
There's the answer.
I was brought up in Lancashire and have lived here most of my life. My parents were both from the North East. As a result, I speak with a rather odd mix of Lanky/Geordie that turns more and more Geordie with the addition of beer.
I think TT riders are odd enough that I'd expect they all find each other odd.
ormondroyd, I know quite a few TT racers - I mechanic for one of my friends who races - and in all honesty these guys are all very normal people, they just have a different view on danger, it's not that they're fearless, quite the opposite in fact, they take a very calculated approach to risk.
Guy is is the exception that proves the rule 😉