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Shaglene | 10:35 Mon 23rd Oct 2017 | Jokes
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Why do some people say 'chimley' when the word is 'chimney'.....I await your comments.................
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i'll ask sooty later
I think chimley sounds quite nice. Is it something children say as it's easier than chimney and then the word stays with them).
I know a few people who say refuge when they mean refuse (as in refuse collectors)
is this a joke? Well, because the transition from M to N is hard for some people to get their tongues round. L to N can also be tricky, so if you're called Milne you may hear people pronounce it Millen.
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Sweep could help as well............
I like the word chimley.
oh yes he'll have a hand in it lol
I have a friend who pronounces everything quite normally except for empty, he always says empy.
A kid I went to School with pronounced it Chimbley
While in the throes of passion, my ex wife often got her 'K's and 'B's mixed up. "Oh, Ben, yes" she'd often murmur. Weird innit?
My sweep said my chimney was too blocked for him, so he flue away.
Chimbley was quite common in the NW when I was growing up, my late Dad was also say 'ashphalt' for asphalt and 'prestinct' for precinct, would never be told he was wrong.
jno, I don't believe anybody is having a go at people with speech impediments.
I once worked with a lady who would say she'd been to the hospital for an Xer'ay.
It's a Lum up here... I'm having the Lum man round to sweep mine soon :o)
Lang may it reek.
I hope so Sam xx
My friend could not say turnip just turmit - no matter how she tried - bless her.
Because that's how the locals pronounce it ?

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