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1Well attempted, since the accent and word choice are at heart the setup for the joke, that the Dad went on from cathedral to fancy-pants though bawdy show business.– Yosef BaskinCommented Oct 2, 2023 at 22:41
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2bend down? Or maybe barn down = put on my farm clothes...? (Also, hearken means to give respectful attention)– Tinfoil HatCommented Oct 3, 2023 at 3:18
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2@TinfoilHat - in Yorkshire the 'respect' aspect isn't the norm. It's merely 'listen'.– TetsujinCommented Oct 3, 2023 at 8:35
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The OED shows “bahn” to be from “bound (v)”, which is “A variant or alteration of boun (v). -- OED boun v 3. intransitive. To betake oneself to (a place), set out, go. (obsolete) -- c1400 Barounes at þe sidebordes bounet ay where. Cleanness l. 1398 -- c1448 Bot bownis out of babulone with all obediens. Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie, Maitland Folio Manuscript (1919) vol. I. 176 -- 1805 Till Lord Dacre's band Were bowning back to Cumberland. W. Scott, Lay of Last Minstrel v. xxx. 154– GreybeardCommented Oct 5, 2023 at 11:10
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