2006-09-15 07:07:55 · 10 answers · asked by sueanne23675 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Emmets
2006-09-15 07:09:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right - emmets.
This refers not just to the swarms of holidaymakers who amble at a snail's pace through Newquay, blocking the roads and pavements so that it takes me twice as long to do necessary shopping, but to 'incomers' such as myself. I live here but I'm still an emmet. Cornwall in general though - gorgeous at any time of year, I love it!
2006-09-16 00:16:13 · answer #2 · answered by Songbird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emmets. But it relates to anyone who lives or visits Cornwall who wasn't born there.
2006-09-15 07:21:27 · answer #3 · answered by purpletia2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right its Emetts is it, I can tunderstant uh werd as um sez donm cornall.
We calls um Grockles in Glosershire too'
They do ave funny names in Cornall, Looe, well tis a **** hole, and Piskys, I allus through a Pisky were a Picksy what bin on the scrump.
2006-09-15 09:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by "Call me Dave" 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hehe emmets - i am not from cornwall but my good freind is contantly whinging cos the litter goes worse and traffic is bad when emmets in town
2006-09-15 07:17:56 · answer #5 · answered by theoldecrone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was in The Falklands in the 80's they called us Wennize. Because, they said we were always saying " When I was
(wennize).....in Aden,Cyprus,Borneo, Belize etc. after a few beers.
2006-09-15 10:59:27 · answer #6 · answered by stratmanreturns 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ginks, grockles and wessies in north yorkshire, isn't the name for a group of tourists in cornwall a traffic jam?
2006-09-15 07:11:35 · answer #7 · answered by g8bvl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is emmets, it means ants because they swarm all summer, it is lovely down here now
2006-09-15 07:22:41 · answer #8 · answered by Pagan Dave 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
`What are they called in English?
2006-09-15 07:21:33 · answer #9 · answered by michael k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dint know, but in Hampshire (where i grew up) there called Grockles too.
2006-09-15 07:21:13 · answer #10 · answered by Kerrie-anne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋