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Old 31-08-2011, 00:49   #267
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Re: Old local expressions

Try this for a little light reading at bedtime, from 1748.

http://gredos.usal.es/jspui/bitstrea...alect_1748.pdf



I should imagine it's a struggle, even for those of the broadest Lancashire accent.

To me it's like reading Spanish, which I don't really speak.

With just the odd word or two making sense.
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