Each county has it’s own local dialect, some people love them and some people hate them. I think they are a very important part of our Heritage and it’s important that they are used and remembered.
I’m Kettering ‘born and bred’ and have grown up with the local dialect and several years ago when I was in my teens I made an important decision to learn and speak as much of my local dialect as possible.
One of the first things you should know is that Kettering is pronounced Ket’rin’ by us locals, hence the name of this website!
I’m hoping to compile and record as many local words, sayings and phrases as possible on this website to record them all for generations to come.
If you know of some local words, phrases, sayings or myths/legends/folklore then please take a few moments to fill in the contact form on the Contact Me page so I can put it on the site.
Enjoy!
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