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'Acrost'

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dollybird · 06/12/2016 21:40

Have only recently noticed that MIL says 'acrost' instead of 'across'. According to DH, the mayor of London also said it the other day

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user1477282676 · 07/12/2016 00:24

What? Like "She went acrost the road to the shop"

and "Put the bag acrost your shoulders"

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dollybird · 08/12/2016 20:57

Yes, exactly that! Does my head in

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ludog · 10/12/2016 22:20

Where I live people talk about their 'cousints' (cousins).

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dollybird · 12/12/2016 12:55

I have wondered if mil would say hot crost bun

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user1477282676 · 12/12/2016 13:02

Dolly....please try to find out. Say "Oh...what are those things called that we have at easter....a sort of cake with a cross on them?"

Then come back and tell us!

nancy75 · 12/12/2016 13:05

I say hot crost buns (or I would if I ever talked about them) I don't think I say acrost

Enb76 · 12/12/2016 13:08

I've come across old poetry which has 'acrost'. The 't' addition maybe similar in origin to 'amongst'. I guess it's archaic usage though and would be considered wrong now.

Dilligufdarling · 12/12/2016 13:09

Aren't they called hot crossed buns though? as in they are buns which have been crossed?
That would sound the same as crost... I think.

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dollybird · 12/12/2016 13:37

We have some in the freezer- definitely hot cross buns

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user1477282676 · 12/12/2016 13:39

Enb interesting. OP what part of the country is MIL from? My Gran was from Essex and called the edge of the road...the green strip...the "Greensward" which is pretty archaic but obviously used in the Essex village she was from....

TapDancingPimp · 12/12/2016 13:44

Ludog are you in N.I. by any chance?

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dollybird · 12/12/2016 20:56

She's from Hampshire. I never noticed it before so I don't know if she's always said it like that. I've known her nearly 20 years!

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blahblahnow · 13/12/2016 16:21

I've heard 'acrost' a lot (Norfolk/Suffolk) and assumed it was another (irritating) dialectal difference to my 'proper' speaking ;-)

iklboo · 13/12/2016 16:34

A woman on Homes Under The Hammer (I'm in sick leave - its forgivable to watch ) was going on about replacing the bathroom and kitching.

Bloke on Time Commanders last night kept wanting to send his calvary (cavalry) in.

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 13/12/2016 17:01

I say hot crossed bun. I've only just realised I do!

DaCapoAlFine · 13/12/2016 18:29

But it is Hot Crossed Bun, isn't it? As in the bun is hot. And crossed. Not a big angry bun running around?

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 13/12/2016 18:35

Well, I think so but I've googled and it seems it's hot cross

wideboy26 · 14/03/2017 10:04

I encountered acrost in rural Kent. I noticed it only where 'across' was followed by a vowel so it was a sort of lazy way of linking the words. For example "sling it acrost 'ere" is easier than "across 'ere".

A similar lazy link occurs between words ending in 'w' when followed by a vowel. You can hear it in Eastenders when an r is used to link 'how' and 'are' in "how are you?" It's difficult to write, but it comes out as 'owraryer?

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