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03-09-2011, 20:31
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Re: Old local expressions
I've really enjoyed reading this thread. Lot's of things my mother used to say. Sad to think they've gone out of use.
Camping - having a chat, talking to each other
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03-09-2011, 20:39
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Re: Old local expressions
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Originally Posted by keith higson
Another of Mums sayings was "I favour him/her etc......_
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meaning you look like him or her......except in our neck of the woods it was......Well, he cuddent ged eauwt o thad un......that babby favvers him to a T'
Or 'dun't he favver thi father(to rhyme with lather)?'
Camping...gassing - having a good old gossip...over the back yard wall or on the front step(or stoop).
Said of someone lucky......eeh, if he fell off co-op, he'd land in't divvy.
Said of someone unlucky ...eeh if he fell in a barrel of t*ts, he'd come up sucking his thumb(sorry about the last one...done in the name of balance).
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03-09-2011, 22:30
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Re: Old local expressions
In n t slopstone............... meaning its in the sink.
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04-09-2011, 07:38
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Re: Old local expressions
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
meaning you look like him or her......except in our neck of the woods it was......Well, he cuddent ged eauwt o thad un......that babby favvers him to a T'
Or 'dun't he favver thi father(to rhyme with lather)?'
Camping...gassing - having a good old gossip...over the back yard wall or on the front step(or stoop).
Said of someone lucky......eeh, if he fell off co-op, he'd land in't divvy.
Said of someone unlucky ...eeh if he fell in a barrel of t*ts, he'd come up sucking his thumb(sorry about the last one...done in the name of balance).
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In the interests of gender equality: "eeh, if she fell in a barrel of (to be continued ....)
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04-09-2011, 08:15
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Re: Old local expressions
These sayings were formulated before equality and PC vlaues were even thought of Eric....
I await the 'continued' bit with interest.
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04-09-2011, 14:01
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Re: Old local expressions
Is "Let's have a shufty" Lancs?
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04-09-2011, 14:10
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Re: Old local expressions
or "have a sneck at that?"
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04-09-2011, 14:42
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Re: Old local expressions
give him some jip
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04-09-2011, 16:45
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Re: Old local expressions
"There's nowt as queer as folk..."
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04-09-2011, 16:52
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Re: Old local expressions
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Originally Posted by cashman
or "have a sneck at that?"
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'Have a gander', meaning the same thing, look at something.
Presumably because you might have to stick your neck out to see, like a goose.
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04-09-2011, 16:57
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Re: Old local expressions
What about "Have a butcher's ..." than where does that fit in?
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04-09-2011, 16:57
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Re: Old local expressions
Don't know if it's particularly Lancastrian, but it used to make me laugh when I heard it as a child.
Said of an elderly spinster.
'Sent back to God's sorting office unopened.'
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04-09-2011, 16:59
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Re: Old local expressions
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What about "Have a butcher's ..." than where does that fit in?
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Probably those cock-er-nees.
Butcher's hook.
Look.
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04-09-2011, 17:01
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Re: Old local expressions
He's one on 'is own....a bit of an eccentric?
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04-09-2011, 17:03
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Re: Old local expressions
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Originally Posted by garinda
Probably those cock-er-nees.
Butcher's hook.
Look.
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Think yer right -"Bladdy savveners"!
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