My auntie would do the bread slicing thing. She'd up-end the loaf, butter it, slice it, cut it into triangles and put it on the plate in a pretty pattern, all whilst carrying on a conversation with anyone else, looking anywhere except at the loaf. Her record was 3 whole (long) loaves in under 20 mins, each slice almost mathmatically precise and with the butter spread into the corners properly.

In Dorset it's the habit to say 'you' at the end of each sentence, so it would be common to hear people say "bistee comin' wi' I, you?" (bistee = be-est thee = are you), or "ee cassn't unnerstanei cannee you" (ee = you, cassn't = cannot, unnerstanei = understand I (me), cannee = can thee). The use of 'ee' for the third person, personal and third person formal archaic (you, me and thee) confuses a lot of people, but makes it more democratic... (there is a rumour that a family member greeted a royal personage with the phrase 'how bistee then you?' when they visited the village.... I can't substantiate it, but knowing my family.......)

LTS