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Old 16-05-2010, 15:41   #121
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Nay John, thas furgetten one ot muast important item in any tool box, a Doofer, it do fur this an idl do fur thad,
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Old 16-05-2010, 18:09   #122
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Did you ever find that long rest you were sent for.
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Old 16-05-2010, 19:35   #123
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Old 16-05-2010, 19:39   #124
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Old 16-05-2010, 20:17   #125
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what does "oin" mean ? as in "oined to death" ........ does it mean worried (something on the mind) or worried (ripped apart as a dog to a rat, beaten)
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Old 16-05-2010, 23:41   #127
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what does "oin" mean ? as in "oined to death" ........ does it mean worried (something on the mind) or worried (ripped apart as a dog to a rat, beaten)
at a guess "oined to death" may mean a person who is being nagged at or feels they have been in the company of someone who moans all the time..they feel like they've been "ironed"
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Old 16-05-2010, 23:48   #128
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Can remember when I started work a first Retlaw I was a gofur, go fur this and go fur that
Go to the building merchants and ask for a "long stand".. stand there for hours .. thinking back teenagers in my day did even less work than they do now.. we were always sent off to do nowt!
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Old 17-05-2010, 06:37   #129
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what does "oin" mean ? as in "oined to death" ........ does it mean worried (something on the mind) or worried (ripped apart as a dog to a rat, beaten)
I always understood it to mean worried.

'She looked terrible.'
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Old 17-05-2010, 06:48   #130
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There are some good words and phrases on this quiz.

LANCASHIRE DIALECT PHRASES QUIZ
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Old 17-05-2010, 08:52   #132
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Old 17-05-2010, 08:54   #133
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at a guess "oined to death" may mean a person who is being nagged at or feels they have been in the company of someone who moans all the time..they feel like they've been "ironed"
That's exactly how I feel when you've been off on one Mancie
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Old 17-05-2010, 16:07   #134
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Might have been mentioned before, so apologies if it has, but who was Harry Moyle?

Used as an expression of suprise.

As in 'Harry Moyle! Where did that come from?'
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