Big_Nothing
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This is where I’m atStockton lad, I vary between Burra and Borra but deffo Middlesbruh (that last syllable is more of an exhaled grunt than a true verbalisation)
This is where I’m atStockton lad, I vary between Burra and Borra but deffo Middlesbruh (that last syllable is more of an exhaled grunt than a true verbalisation)
I say Middlesbru and "The Burra"I say Middlesbru and "The Burra"
Living on the north side of the Tees, the locals say Middlesburra and "The Borra"
My friends wife, from down south says Middlesbro
That was indeed the original meaning but there was never an actual fortress and it's not on high ground although there was a Benedictine Priory there, which I suppose in some ways might be seen as similar to a fortified building. As alluded to above the "middle" part of the name is generally believed to refer to it being located at a mid-point between Whitby and Durham where the monks used to stop on their journey between the two places.Suzi dent 'a borough/brough is originally a place that has a forcified fortress or something that was protected on high ground'
Same here in my youth.It's interesting to see the comparison to Scouse. Many's the time I have been mistaken for a Scouse.
Certainly not Berrra.
It's interesting to see the comparison to Scouse. Many's the time I have been mistaken for a Scouse.
It's certainly Sunderland...'we hate Berra '.Is that the Hartlepool pronunciation as in Curry - Kerry?
Both of yers werked together?Haha - I met a Scouser once who was convinced I was from Liverpool.
My other half - when I met her, she thought I was from Liverpoo.There are definitely plenty of older people from Middlesbrough who sound Scouse.
I was adamant that a woman in her 60s that I know was from Liverpool when I first met her, but she's born and bred in Boro.
I imagine it's even more confusing when you're not from here.