"Nesh" was often used by my great-grandfather as a kind of insult, particularly if you were complaining about how cold the weather was; it meant "weak" or "fragile".
I believe "nesh" is an old English word ("hnesce") which had the same origin as the Dutch word "nes" meaning "soft" or even "foolish".
All of my great grandparents were born and lived in the Stoke on Trent area of Staffordshire. They spoke in a very distinctive dialect and often used words which I have never heard anywhere else. I thought it would be interesting to preserve these words and try to find out more about where they came from.
Monday, 6 November 2017
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