'ark at 'ee

English Etymology From en hark listen + en at + en 'ee variant of en ye or en thee or en he third-person singular; imitative of the pronunciation used by some natives of Bristol and the West Country of England. Pronunciation ärk ăt ē RP,GA en /ˌɑː(ɹ)k ət ˈiː/ (West Country) en /ˌɑːɹk æʔ ˈiː/ en En-us-ark at ee.flac GA en iː 3 Phrase phr 'ark at 'ee en Bristol & West Country informal Listen to you; listen to yourself; listen to it. en w:Brian Jacques The Outcast of Redwall: A Tale from Redwall London Hutchinson 1995 978-0-09-176721-1 Outcast of Redwall A Tale of Redwall 8 London Red Fox 2007 book 3 (The Warrior’s Reckoning) 305 https://books.google.com/books?id=dUCC7REqwhIC&pg=PA305 978-1-86230-243-3 ‘Look at that water! No wonder Duddle said he wouldn’t dare take the raft down this way; it’s dreadful!’ / Togget pointed ahead. ‘Yurr oi think et wursens yonder, ’ark at ee roaren et makes!’ en Ben Gwalchmai 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=LA1gAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT111 Purefinder Lanham, Md. John Hunt Publishing 2013 978-1-78279-097-6 ‘Is that you … Bristol George?’ ‘Ark at ’ee – Bristol George, hah! Jus’ George, laaad jus’ George.’ en Bristol & West Country informal Used to draw attention to something or someone. en Emma Kasprzak Yeah but no but: Is the Bristol accent gert lush? http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-17523102 https://web.archive.org/web/20170706124713/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-17523102 6 July 2017 w:BBC News 29 March 2012 Then a lady came into the shop and saw the T-shirts and said ‘ark at ee’ so that was the next one we did. en “Jooohn Ag” Failed Charity Boss Announces 2014 Tour! Unionised Workers Not Invited! http://thebristolian.net/2014/02/04/failed-charity-boss-announces-2014-tour-unionised-workers-not-invited/ https://web.archive.org/web/20171022015556/https://thebristolian.net/2014/02/04/failed-charity-boss-announces-2014-tour-unionised-workers-not-invited/ 22 October 2017 The Bristolian 4 February 2014 Ark at ee, it’s our old friend MARK ‘NOT THAT ONE’ OWEN, the moribund boss of troubled equine charity HorseWorld! Translations listen to you; listen to yourself; listen to it Latvian: lv klausos tevi Serbo-Croatian: sh pazi sad phrase, sh pazi ovamo phrase used to draw attention to something or someone