How lanky are you - Page 5

Margaret Pilkington · 30-01-2005, 14:47

No wonder Grandma was thin... she worked in the weaving mill too!

park381 · 30-01-2005, 15:10

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Park..... shouldn't that be donkeystone????? there was Reckitts Dolly Blue.......good for wasp stings as well as washing.......the dollytub and posser were dragged out every Monday morning and the copper was lit to boil the water, the washboard and hard green soap(bought off a block from the Co-op) and then the clothes mangled to remove excess water...... then if it was wet the clothes were hung on the rack over the kitchen fire......Tuesday was ironing day!

Ay tha reet Margaret, me mind aint wat it used be, oh that green soap me mam used that.
Monday wash days, meant a sarny lunch, cold meat butties left over from sunday.............................happy memories

Margaret Pilkington · 30-01-2005, 15:33

Oh yes......I remember it too.....everything steamy and smelling of green soap.
Takes you back eh? and like I said I'm only 17!

Terry · 30-01-2005, 16:13

Here's a few words I remember. Mank. Skrikin. Lakin. spell. pill. slutch. joabin.(joabin thi socks) fourpeny one. lug.

Trouble is that when I left Accy 40 odd years ago and arrived in Melbourne I had to lose all my dialect and slang in order for the aussies to understand me. At the mo I speak with with what can only be described at best as a mongrel accent. Although I can still speak Accy which is as pure and unadulterated as it was 40 years ago. I have noticed that in Accy the dialect has somewhat changed over time and lost alot of slang and the more obscure dialect. Thankfully, there are many people who are trying to preserve it. To me it is a beautiful language all on its own, and I'll never forget it.

WillowTheWhisp · 30-01-2005, 17:23

Nah then sithi. Tha's doin a'reet.

What does "joabin thi socks" Mean? The only pill I know of is a tablet. Is that slutch as in muck or something else?

park381 · 30-01-2005, 17:30

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Nah then sithi. Tha's doin a'reet.

What does "joabin thi socks" Mean? The only pill I know of is a tablet. Is that slutch as in muck or something else?

Mank / work
Skrikin./screaming
Lakin./ playing
pill./ ball
Think thats what they mean, don't know bout the others

sarnie boy · 30-01-2005, 17:58

lug i think is your ear
its still that today to some of us

WillowTheWhisp · 30-01-2005, 19:05

As in "Pin back thi lug 'oiles!"

Margaret Pilkington · 30-01-2005, 20:44

Lugs are ears...... but luggs are knots in your hair. Like when you get up in a morning and your hair is luggy(sometimes said as loggy).
If Grandad had been out and had a few he came home stotherin' drunk or oxo-ing......and the cure next morning was a Yorkshire oyster(an egg) taken raw with a shake of alicker(vinegar).

fibi · 31-01-2005, 09:52

9 out of 10 got number 10 wrong....

Poodle · 31-01-2005, 18:35

ok i got a whopping 10/10 not to put shame on the quiz or anything but im actually a yorkshireman born and bred and i still work ova yonder hills :P

Margaret Pilkington · 31-01-2005, 20:22

Well done Poodle...... I think you probanly qualify to be an honorary lancastrian now(ducks to avoid the missile....wheeeeeeeeee!)

park381 · 31-01-2005, 20:34

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Well done Poodle...... I think you probanly qualify to be an honorary lancastrian now(ducks to avoid the missile....wheeeeeeeeee!)

Hey Margaret, steady on now he's a yorkshireman............................

Margaret Pilkington · 31-01-2005, 20:37

Yeah but if he got full marks in the quiz there must be some in him some lancashire in him somewhere....... maybe his dad had a bike! lol

park381 · 31-01-2005, 21:03

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yeah but if he got full marks in the quiz there must be some in him some lancashire in him somewhere....... maybe his dad had a bike! lol

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