WE HAVE A WINNER!

Congratulations to winner of the two Suffolk Buh tote bags: John Runnacles.

As featured in our May/June edition of Living In Suffolk magazine we teamed up with exciting new regional brand, Suffolk Buh.

These clever new kids on the block decided to put our unique Suffolk dialect on their super cool tote bags and other merchandise and the whole thing has taken off like a, well, a bad buh.

Started by Chris King and his partner Evie Cave (pictured), who respectively come from urban design, fashion design and marketing backgrounds, Sudbury buh Chris tells us that they wanted to celebrate our county and its dialect.

“Suffolk dialect has been shaped over centuries,” he says. “Its roots go back to Old English, with layers added through farming life, coastal communities, and the fact this part of the world kept fairly to itself for a long time. Take “on the huh”. It can describe a crooked picture frame, a wonky garden path, or how you’re feeling after a long night down the local. Or “cuttla”, meaning a few, but never quite defined. A cuttla beers could be two. Could be five, depends who’s asking. Then there’s “on the drag” (running late), “buh” (mate or friend), and the wildcard,“waddledickie”, a donkey, apparently, though no one’s fully confident how that one came about.”

You can read more about Suffolk Buh in the latest issue of Living In Suffolk magazine - either online here (click on the latest issue in our ‘Magazines’ section) or available to pick up from selected stores around Suffolk including East of England Co-Op branches, libraries, hotels, cafes and shops around the region. Or visit their lovely new website here.