A few Sundays back, I went to The Garage in Chilwell where they hold food and craft markets every weekend. I was keen to find Dukki Gifts’ stall as I’d started following them on Instagram. They’re an independent online gift shop and use a lot of Notts / East Midlands words and sayings such as, “ayup me duck”.
I was looking at a tea towel of Nottingham phrases, with translations, when I came across knobby greens. I’d never heard that expression. It means Brussels sprouts and I imagine many a Nottingham child has been told to eat up your knobby greens. What a cracking phrase. I love it.
Here’s a link to Dukki Gifts. Great products at really good prices.
Knobby greens is definitely a new one for me, Liz. But it’s brilliant and I’ll never call a sprout a sprout again!😂
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Oh yes that was a wonderful episode of Vicar of Dibley, never to be forgotten Barbara
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Great word, Liz. I love dialect and now I’m living in the East Midlands there’s a whole new world of words to explore!
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Welcome to the East Midlands! I’ve lived in various parts for over 40 years now and I’m still learning new words.
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Not one I’ve heard before, but I feel I might have to ‘borrow’ it sometime…. Great word!
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It might be something Augusta Grace uses – I’m thinking she’ll have picked words everywhere with all that travelling around on the dirigible!….
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I look forward to seeing if you weave it in 😂
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perhaps she could find an automaton weaver-walker chomping on the knobby greens …
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Brilliant
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I love it!
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