Lancs/Yorks old sayings
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Lancs/Yorks old sayings
Put wood in th’ole..
Mitherin
Kecks
Mitherin
Kecks
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Re: Lancs/Yorks old sayings
are you lakin
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Fettling.
Champion.
Champion.
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Sneck Lifter
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Choddy
E's a gate
Put big light on.
Through't ginnel
E's a gate
Put big light on.
Through't ginnel
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Fair to Middlin
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Q. Weer thi gannin fert 'olidays
A. Kerbstone Edge
That's nowhere for those South of Manchester.
A. Kerbstone Edge
That's nowhere for those South of Manchester.
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Thar as awkward as Dicks hatband.
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Gerrin t'em yer f****** puff.
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Oin (sp) - as in the oin someone, to annoy them.
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Re: Lancs/Yorks old sayings
Someone posted a list of old Barnsley speak on fb today.
It was remarkable how similar it was to a lot of old Burnley speak.
They used 'feighting' for example but I haven't heard many other Yorkshire folk use it.
It was remarkable how similar it was to a lot of old Burnley speak.
They used 'feighting' for example but I haven't heard many other Yorkshire folk use it.
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I used to have a tea towel (I know I'm proper rock and roll me) which said on it.........
If thi from Lancashire, Yorkshire folk are t' enemy
If thi from Yorkshire, Lancashire folk are t' enemy
If thi from anyweer else it's none o' tha business
So theer
If thi from Lancashire, Yorkshire folk are t' enemy
If thi from Yorkshire, Lancashire folk are t' enemy
If thi from anyweer else it's none o' tha business
So theer
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There's nowt as queer as folk
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some gradely ones ere alreet.
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I wer lakin wi mi mates, some owd peeler was agate " get of wi the bother I sin ya up to no better than tha shud o been" "Begger off" I yelled "stop oinin us its nowt but wind a wather" Yon copper says "Time you wer oer't whitewash wi wood in thole fort neet.
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Buggerlugs!
A mate of mine at work got bollocked because another colleague complained he’d been disrespectful when he said it to a lad in the office....
But the person who complained is like Norris off Corrie, a right interfering *******!
A mate of mine at work got bollocked because another colleague complained he’d been disrespectful when he said it to a lad in the office....
But the person who complained is like Norris off Corrie, a right interfering *******!
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Going to see Jack Moore's monkey. One of my gran's favourites
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I'll Go to foot ov our stairs
copperation pop
Uffin an puffin
ower Walter (or whoever)
Edit= bottom brackets and 2 for typo
copperation pop
Uffin an puffin
ower Walter (or whoever)
Edit= bottom brackets and 2 for typo
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Use it regular away, didn't even know it was a Lancashire saying. There again I use Oin pretty much daily too.Jimmymaccer wrote:Buggerlugs!
A mate of mine at work got bollocked because another colleague complained he’d been disrespectful when he said it to a lad in the office....
But the person who complained is like Norris off Corrie, a right interfering *******!
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Al bet thee
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Was hoping to post on this thread about half an hour ago, but I've been putting sandwiches up for tomorrow.
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So, thas not from Lancasheer then jd?
If tha wer, thy lass'd be puttin thi bate up fo' thi.
Edit: or should that be "bait"?
If tha wer, thy lass'd be puttin thi bate up fo' thi.
Edit: or should that be "bait"?
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The words "fish butty" don't mean anything in the rest of the country.
And even if you do get past the dialect and successfully ask for a piece of battered fish between 2 slices of bread, they'll look at you like you've just asked if you can **** their teenage daughters.
And even if you do get past the dialect and successfully ask for a piece of battered fish between 2 slices of bread, they'll look at you like you've just asked if you can **** their teenage daughters.
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My Grandmother used to say... It's like t' shed shuttin down.
This was used when all the grandchildren had left her house after a visit and it being quiet.
The shed being a weaving shed/mill.
This was used when all the grandchildren had left her house after a visit and it being quiet.
The shed being a weaving shed/mill.
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stad owt t'eat ?
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weir otta ? n wottupto ?
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Tha sheps wooden (you're not very good at that).
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Ows'ta bin
Na then
Sethy
Na then
Sethy
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I remember it as shap eg. shap yersel - maybe a subtle but maybe the kind of difference the rest of the country would miss.BFCmaj wrote:Tha sheps wooden (you're not very good at that).
Daft Article, Yer puddled
Under't brush
Wats fer tea?
Three jumps at cu'board doer
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He's a "Reyt Bobby Dazzler"
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Off tu cod oil
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Who would 'av thunk it.
Up wooden hill - get to bed
Cloth ears
Been to see a man about a dog - as in not telling where one's been
Buggerlugs was used everyday in our house, but without the accent.
Up wooden hill - get to bed
Cloth ears
Been to see a man about a dog - as in not telling where one's been
Buggerlugs was used everyday in our house, but without the accent.
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You bin purrin yer bait up?jdrobbo wrote:Was hoping to post on this thread about half an hour ago, but I've been putting sandwiches up for tomorrow.
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where theres muck theres brass.
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Gerrum onside ref
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I remember my grandad telling me about the Yorkshire 3 wise monkeys, ' ear all see all say nowt, eat all sup all pay nowt and if ever you do owt for nowt be sure tha does it for thi sen'
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Who was ‘Soft Mick’ and how comes he had so much of literally everything!
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DHClaret wrote:Who was ‘Soft Mick’ and how comes he had so much of literally everything!
Could be this or maybe not..lol
The phrase to have more <something> than Soft Mick means to possess an extravagant quantity of that thing. This phrase may originally have referred to an Irish shoe peddler working around Accrington, East Lancashire, in the early 1900s, from the phrase "More shoes than Soft Mick
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Thuz nowt ner queerer than folk,thuz only me and thee that's reet, and even thars a bit queer at times.
That's an old 'un from my dear grandma, god rest her soul.
That's an old 'un from my dear grandma, god rest her soul.
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Nuther bostin slyce uh Turf Moor ont Clearts Playuh.
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I'm sure I saw something on here a good while back regarding the ubiquitous "Soft Mick". It said he was actually a travelling "tinker" who sold absolutely anything an everything from his caravan around East Lancashire and that's where the phrase originated.
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Blinkin' eck its crackin't flags out
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Tha muss explain thisen! Sgon reyt oer mi noggin.john'sroseyspecs wrote:Going to see Jack Moore's monkey. One of my gran's favourites
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Ow ta fettling 

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Re: Lancs/Yorks old sayings
Ear all, see all, say nowt;
Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt;
And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt –
Allus do it fer thissen.
Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt;
And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt –
Allus do it fer thissen.
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You great eppeth!
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piston broke » Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:05 am
john'sroseyspecs wrote:
Going to see Jack Moore's monkey. One of my gran's favourites
"Tha muss explain thisen! Sgon reyt oer mi noggin."
Well I'll be blowed! Jack Moore's monkey, the great Easter treat. So long ago but never, ever forgotten.
john'sroseyspecs wrote:
Going to see Jack Moore's monkey. One of my gran's favourites
"Tha muss explain thisen! Sgon reyt oer mi noggin."
Well I'll be blowed! Jack Moore's monkey, the great Easter treat. So long ago but never, ever forgotten.
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Big do's n little do's.
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We sat on a form having a camp.