One For The People Of Northern Ireland

[naomi24]

I'm watching the television series Blue Lights.  Do the people of Northern Ireland really call the police 'Peelers'?  It seems so outdated.  

[sandyRoe]

I think it would be more my generation would use "Peelers" so it's slightly old fashioned.

[Barsel]

Did you manage to get your account sorted sandy?

[sandyRoe]

Barsel,

I now have 2 accounts.  I sign in to the Spud Murphy one, sign out and then  this one appears.

[barry1010]

Sandy, you really should choose which account to use.

I have heard people from Belfast use 'peelers' but I don't know if they still do.  

 

[Buenchico]

There's a company that sells mugs with Belfast slang phrases printed on them.  They include . . . 
https://wehaveitwrappedup.com/collections/belfast-slang-mugs/products/theres-the-peelers-belfast-slang-humorous-bone-china-mug

 

I love this Belfast insult though 😊
https://wehaveitwrappedup.com/collections/belfast-slang-mugs/products/your-da-sells-avon-belfast-slang-humorous-bone-china-mug

[Peter Pedant]

good question on  the rate of mutation ( what-ation?) of languages

as you get further from the centre of a language - it gets more uniform and mutates slower. ( Quebecois and Patagonian Welsh and Texan German) - so there are more dialects in

so speed ( of mutation that is!) varies with 1/r ( r being the radius)

This also shows that mutation of  languages has nothing to do with DNA - which does NOT show this effect.

good prog tho

( I expect half of AB to scream foo what dat  den and another half to say 'good god!')

[Peter Pedant]

more english  dialects in London and environs than there are in Nova Scotia