Meaning of Hullish | Babel Free

Definitions

The dialect of English spoken in Hull, Yorkshire.

Examples

“Why can't things just be simple, like⟳ where you would have⟳, say⟳, a county like⟳ Somerset, [...]. Anyway, if Hull is going to stay⟳ not part of a county, I say⟳ what I said before, make⟳ it a completely independant^([sic]) country [...]. You could even develop⟳ your own⟳ language - Hullish. Your nationality would be Hullinian.”

“> Perhaps Gran was speaking dialect? That's just as proper. After all, > Wisbech museum is in the Fens! Gran spoke a fine, clear East Hullish!”

“The canals, compost heaps, and tenfoots (Hullish for laneway) of O'Brien's poems recall⟳ the mouldy suburban landscapes of Raymond Briggs's Fungus the Bogeyman, and no less than in Briggs.”

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