To those who live here, there is nothing unusual about the way we speak, and the mighty Notts dialect is often thought of as simple speech for simple folk.
But it has a long and ancient history, with many words reflective of the language used by the Angles, Saxons and Vikings, and most of the distinctive words date back to when the Romans left Britain about 400AD.
The Angles laid the first foundations of the Notts dialect and it still retains many old words that have since been discarded from Standard English.
Key characteristics include shorted vowel sounds, dropped ‘h’ sounds at the start and end of words, and the letter ‘t’ generally being half pronounced, or dropped all together.
The unique turn of phrase has brought with it a number of classic insults over the years that only true Notts folk can deliver with such passion, fury and annoyance.
How many of these do you know?
9. Shut yer gob
If someone says this to you... you know it's time to be quiet. And probably feel very insulted. Photo: m
10. Fossneck
A distinctly Nottinghamshire term for someone who is a bit of a know-it-all. E.g. "he reckons to have read every book in the world, the fossneck". Photo: m
11. Twonk
Another fairy inoffensive slang insult, which has similar connotations to idiot. Photo: m
12. What a berk
A commonly used insult to refer to someone who is behaving daft, or like an idiot. Photo: n