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West Cumbrian Exile

[Worky @Workytown]

@stephanpastis Egremont (near the Lake District) in England. Backend (Fall) is when the Crab Fair is on. After a hard day's book promotion can relax by taking part in the Gurning Competition afterwards ( https://t.co/onRnakgojt )

[Worky @Workytown]

@AaronBastani Rather than Old English, get involved with your local Dialect Society. A quick plug for: https://t.co/7vZkzRLIFF
Other counties have active Societies and Yorkshire are hosting this year's National Dialect Festival in October.

[Worky @Workytown]

@LyonTrev @APendleton1977 Aye and in Cumbria - Kessen.

https://t.co/Antk3rDeOH

[Stan Leigh @StanLeigh18]

Recent riverside walk from Great Clifton to Workington via Camerton & Barepot alongside River Derwent.

Great Clifton Coal Mine operated from 17th century to mid 20th century. There are a few interesting features in the village that recall the industrial history.

[Worky @Workytown]

And the Featured page is updated with Richardson's Bonnie Spring Time and an extract from a Grasmere Dialect Plays where the school inspector doesn't ken the pupil's twang. https://t.co/7vZkzRLIFF

[Worky @Workytown]

Divvent mislikken it's Lakeland Dialect Society AGM on Satduh.
Efter annudder gae thrang yeer, git thissel alang tu hev thu say in Society matters, und mebbe tek part in t'members dya.

[Workington Town @WorkingtonTown]

Huge news as further £4.5m investment sourced.
👇👇
https://t.co/3V6y0eV9an

[Workington Town @WorkingtonTown]

📣 We have some great news from the #cumbriasportsawards26

👏 Please join us in congratulating
𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗲𝘀 who won 'Volunteer of the year'. He's been learning from with the best, so we knew he had a good chance!

Well done Jamie! You are a credit to your family and we are so pleased for you.

A fantastic achievement and a great night!

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!

Superbly presented by BBC Cumbria Mike Zeller and a slick and professional event all round, Energus Cumbria were great hosts!

Thank you to all involved. Let's hope we're back again in 2027!

UTT
@fibrusbroadband

[Countrystride @Countrystride1]

#162: The Grasmere Dialect Plays
...in which we visit springtime Allan Bank to explore the forgotten phenomena of the Grasmere dialect plays – celebrations of Westmorland dialect and life that put Lakeland on the national cultural map for nearly 40 years.

[Worky @Workytown]

@artmarkham @BrilliantMaps Farmers still talk about backend ot'yeer up in Cumbria. Still used by the Young Farmers too.

[Worky @Workytown]

I hope you've got your #PacheEggs ready this #Easter Eve.
See the Rules on Pache Egg Dumping at https://t.co/7vZkzRLIFF

[Worky @Workytown]

This #GoodFriday have a read of St John's Gospel account of the Crucifixion in Cumbrian #Dialect. https://t.co/7vZkzRLIFF

[𝔚𝔢𝔯𝔴𝔲𝔩𝔣 • FC @EggersGrimoire]

I really need to read more Middle English before Werwulf comes out but until then I love listening to songs in Middle English. If you’re interested in medieval ballads or Old English prayers Muco always does beautiful renditions.

Everyone should check out his IG: bookofvoices

[M Chesney-Stroak @_stroak]

There is an alternative theory for the origins of the name Glasgow; again, it is Brittonic/Cumbric in origin. “Glas-“ is from the Cumbric “Cles” which is a contraction of the Latin “ecclesia” (Church), meaning not a building (early Medieval Latin “casa”), but “community/diocese” in the broader sense. The 2nd part “-gow” from Cumbric “chu”, dear/beloved. Which would give Glasgow the meaning of “Beloved/Dear Church” (ie: Christian community or diocese). The kingdom of Alt Clut (Rock of the Clyde, ie: Dumbarton), and its successor Ystrad Clut (Strathclyde) had bishops long before King David I established “Glasgow” as the see at the present cathedral site, just as he re-ordered the other ancient dioceses of Scotland. It is likely that Govan was the ecclesiastical see for the kingdom of Strathclyde before it was moved to the present site in the 12thC. Interestingly, the boundaries of the medieval diocese of Glasgow retained the boundaries of the old kingdom of Strathclyde long after it had been absorbed into the Scottish kingdom.

[Worky @Workytown]

@SimoninSuffolk In England - Banks Turret on the wall at Lanercost (good cafe at the Abbey). Talkin Tarn and Fell ( lots of cairns on the fell top).

[Worky @Workytown]

@SimoninSuffolk There's the 12 Apostles Stone Circle just outside of Dumfries, and Striding Arches ar Moniaive. Red Kite at Parton viewpoint on Loch Ken. Annan Distillery for coffee and wander by yhe Waterfoot to the remains of the Solway Viaduct.

[Worky @Workytown]

@kokokopek @SimoninSuffolk Beat me to it with the Camera Obscura.

[Muse @xmuse_]

This is the most amazing thing you'll see today! 💯

Psalm 50 in Aramaic by Trio Mandili — the language of Jesus. Haunting Miserere (Psalm 51 in Western Bibles).

Grab tissues 🙏🏼

Translation from Aramaic down in the comments.

[Worky @Workytown]

The town of Aspatria being Ash of St Patrick.
Patrick = Patria (Roman style) so AshPatria.
Cumbrian sound for Ash as Esh and shorten Patria to Patree.
Say it quickly and you get the proper Cumbrian way to pronounce Aspatria as Spaytree.

[Worky @Workytown]

I thought I'd do the Cumbrian connection for this St Patrick's Day with a picture of St Patricks Holy Well with the Snowdrops in St Kintigern Church in Aspatria.