Originally Posted By: wutawayyou
Hi Yorlyee.

To this day ,when they are amangst themselves, they use this language, called simply "Norfolk".. As they also speak English, it would be inappropriate to address them in their own dialect. I can if you want give you a few phrases to give you a "taste" of what it sounds like!


A friend of mine was married to a Norfolker for many years, neither she nor her boys spoke "Norfolk" but they thought it a huge joke that the islanders believed their patois to be incomprehensible to outlanders. They said that they always found it hard to refrain from smirking when islanders switched from English to Norfok in their presence , apparently believeng that they were obfuscating their conversations.

Last edited by latishya; 04/26/08 09:02 AM.