Guernsey French/Dictionaries/Funny
All communities develop unique phrases in their language, and this is one of the chief charms of studying language. As a rural community, Guernsey French contains a great number of very specific phrases pertaining to agriculture. Here is a collection of some quirkier expressions:
Ancre de quille - one who stays a very long time for a chat
Bouaillon - a death rattle
Broussepé - a cat's fur ruffled the wrong way
Caillebottin - the weak part of a stocking
Délataïr - to be an informer
Fielle - cake tins of different sizes
Hersaïr - to neglect a cold and let it get worse
Persent - the white spots on the nails
Poutrichier - to touch continually; to touch food with hands which might not be clean
Sources
edit- "Our Insular Dielect"