Meanings
- informalBristol and West CountryListen to you; listen to yourself; listen to it.
‘Is that you … Bristol George?’ ‘Ark at ’ee – Bristol George, hah! Jus’ George, laaad jus’ George.’
2013, Ben Gwalchmai, chapter 15, in Purefinder, Lanham, Md.: John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN1 more example
‘Look at that water! No wonder Duddle said he wouldn’t dare take the raft down this way; it’s dreadful!’ / Togget pointed ahead. ‘Yurr oi think et wursens yonder, ’ark at ee roaren et makes!’
1995, Brian Jacques, The Outcast of Redwall: A Tale from Redwall (A Tale of Redwall; 8), London: Hutchinson, →ISBN; republished as Outcast of Redwall, London: Red Fox, 2007, →ISBN, book 3 (The Warrior’s Reckoning), page 305 - informalBristol and West CountryUsed to draw attention to something or someone.
Then a lady came into the shop and saw the T-shirts and said ‘ark at ee’ so that was the next one we did.
2012 March 29, Emma Kasprzak, “Yeah but no but: Is the Bristol accent gert lush?”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 06 Jul 20171 more example
Ark at ee, it’s our old friend MARK ‘NOT THAT ONE’ OWEN, the moribund boss of troubled equine charity HorseWorld!
2014 February 4, “Jooohn Ag”, “Failed Charity Boss Announces 2014 Tour! Unionised Workers Not Invited!”, in The Bristolian, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2017
Origin
Translations
Latvian klausos tevi
- klausos tevilisten to you; listen to yourself; listen to it
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with 'ark at 'ee
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