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Sentence
A
curious
specimen
of
Gloucestershire
dialect
came
out
in
an
assault
case
heard
by
the
Gloucester
court
magistrates
on
Saturday.
One
of
the
witnesses,
speaking
of
what
a
girl
was
doing
at
the
time
the
assault
took
place,
said
she
was
‘badding’
walnuts
in
a
pigstye.
The
word
is
peculiarly
provincial:
to
‘bad’
walnuts
is
to
strip
away
the
husk.
The
walnut,
too,
is
often
called
a
‘bannut,’
and
hence
the
old
Gloucestershire
phrase,
‘Come
an’
bad
the
bannuts.’
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A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect came out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ‘badding’ walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial: to ‘bad’ walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called a ‘bannut,’ and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ‘Come an’ bad the bannuts.’
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