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Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:30 pm
by CaptJohn
Volvoclaret wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:27 pm
It's poking the fire Ian.
Correct.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:39 pm
by 2 Bee Holed
Volvoclaret wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:27 pm
It's poking the fire Ian.
Correct, and it makes far more sense when you consider what the saying actually/usually means. :)

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:54 pm
by Bop
Vintage Claret wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:36 am
Turtarutter - otherwise known as a TV remote control
Turnarupper?

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:59 pm
by Bosscat
Bop wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:54 pm
Turnarupper?
Or Turn'erover but thats s completely different mindset 😉

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:06 pm
by RMutt
Dressinggown wrote:
Fri Nov 18, 2022 10:49 pm
'Followed the muck cart thinking it was a wedding'
(No idea what it meant).

'Giving it the Bacup look '
(Touching something that you are not supposed to)
Having a Bacup look. I always assumed this was only a Rossendale saying. Is this used further a field?

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:07 pm
by bobinho
2 Bee Holed wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:06 pm
What is it about Yorkshire men? They're the most narcissistic county, surely.
:lol:
Tha can allus tell a yorksheerman, but tha carned tell im much.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:14 pm
by Stayingup
Na then mi owd key

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:16 pm
by Stayingup
RMutt wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:06 pm
Having a Bacup look. I always assumed this was only a Rossendale saying. Is this used further a field?
Na then waht about the Bacup kiss?

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:17 pm
by bobinho
Stayingup wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:16 pm
Na then waht about the Bacup kiss?
Like a Glasgow kiss but with more saliva….

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:19 pm
by Bosscat
bobinho wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:07 pm
Tha can allus tell a yorksheerman, but tha carned tell im much.
Tha's reet there Bob in hoo lad ah tell thee tha carn't us much what we doe'snit alreedy know

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:40 pm
by elwaclaret
Reet Gradely
He aimed fort wind but it wether
Yur overeggin’ puddin’
Nowt but wind and wather
Bob on
Our… mate or family member

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:46 pm
by Bosscat
elwaclaret wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:40 pm
Reet Gradely
He aimed fort wind but it wether
Yur overeggin’ puddin’
Nowt but wind and wather
Bob on
Our… mate or family member
Thats also very South Yarkshire ... Barnsley Rotherham area too

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:54 pm
by 2 Bee Holed
Yorkshire, if that's so bl**dy perfect, wha's tha no east?
Or, carn't tha cownt t' fower?

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:30 pm
by wrj20
My dad always used to say “you can’t have your cake and your ha’penny”

Obviously eating your cake wasn’t an option - you either had the cake or kept the money for it. That’s a very Burnley sentiment I think

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:34 pm
by dougcollins
It was actually the 'South' Riding that was absent - there was an East, West, and North.

I recall a fictional tv drama 'South Riding', but I can't remember anything about it.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:36 pm
by Volvoclaret
Local lasses were advised to "keep yer hands on yer 'apenny'

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:51 pm
by CnBtruntru
It be reight

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:52 pm
by CnBtruntru
Volvoclaret wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:36 pm
Local lasses were advised to "keep yer hands on yer 'apenny'
Or Tuppence :lol:

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:57 pm
by Bosscat
CnBtruntru wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:52 pm
Or Tuppence :lol:
Depends ow big t'lass was 😉

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:10 pm
by bpgburn
Keep ya neb out & keep ya sneck out

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:13 pm
by Bosscat
Not being funny but a helluva lot of these are basically Northern sayings ... not just Lancashire 😉

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:36 pm
by Duffer_
Bosscat wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:13 pm
Not being funny but a helluva lot of these are basically Northern sayings ... not just Lancashire 😉
Ecky thump! Just shows our success in colonising your dialect, rent free. :D

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:43 pm
by Bosscat
Duffer_ wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:36 pm
Ecky thump! Just shows our success in colonising your dialect, rent free. :D
And Vice Versa old bean Don'tcha know

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:48 pm
by Volvoclaret
True Duffer. We sent out Burnley disciples to all corners of the Northern England to teach them how to talk proper. Even unto darkest Long Preston where it needed disciples with an understanding of special needs.😉

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:49 pm
by A15TG
Don’t be so Mard.
When are you flitting.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:50 pm
by expoultryboy
Tha coudnt knock the skin off rice puddin . When I was misbehaving , my father became a time traveller - " I'll knock you into the middle of next week " !!

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:52 pm
by Bosscat
Volvoclaret wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:48 pm
True Duffer. We sent out Burnley disciples to all corners of the Northern England to teach them how to talk proper. Even unto darkest Long Preston where it needed disciples with an understanding of special needs.😉
Talking of special needs I know now why I understand you then Volvo 😁

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:56 pm
by Mondsley
When we turned up for a game my Dad would say "who's laykin today"? In other words who is playing

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 10:15 pm
by Volvoclaret
Bosscat wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:52 pm
Talking of special needs I know now why I understand you then Volvo 😁
We taught you well young Bosscat. May the Turf force be with you

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 10:17 pm
by middleton claret
Suppin bout !!
Finished my drink & it's your round.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 10:18 pm
by alf_resco
dougcollins wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:34 pm
It was actually the 'South' Riding that was absent - there was an East, West, and North.

I recall a fictional tv drama 'South Riding', but I can't remember anything about it.
There would never be a south riding. "Riding" is derived from Saxon for "third" ie "thriding."
Hence only three divisions.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:30 pm
by It Is What It Is
Eeeeh by gum lad !

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:34 pm
by IanMcL
Volvoclaret wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:27 pm
It's poking the fire Ian.
Agreed! Not sure why I put stoking.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:37 pm
by Stayingup
As geet a yeyd wark. Work that one out

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:38 pm
by IanMcL
IanMcL wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 5:54 pm
Surely....

Nowt as Queen as folk
Queer didn't appear as written!!!

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 12:45 am
by elwaclaret
Bosscat wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:46 pm
Thats also very South Yarkshire ... Barnsley Rotherham area too
Yes Yorkshire copied it when we annexed it after the War of the Roses :lol:

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 1:53 am
by Dressinggown
Something about not wearing your coat inside as you won't feel the benefit when you go out.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 5:51 am
by Brucefanclaret
dougcollins wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:34 pm
It was actually the 'South' Riding that was absent - there was an East, West, and North.

I recall a fictional tv drama 'South Riding', but I can't remember anything about it.
Book by Winifred Holtby, made into a TV series.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 5:56 am
by Brucefanclaret
RMutt wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:06 pm
Having a Bacup look. I always assumed this was only a Rossendale saying. Is this used further a field?
From Tod. Picking things up to look at them - my Dad would say “you from Bacup? They look with’ their fingers in Bacup”

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 7:41 am
by BFCmaj
My Nan always used to call "things" "doings". And if we weren't doing something very well, she'd say "you're shaping wooden".
My grandad would say "I'll Molly you" meaning "I'll thump you" (although it was always in a playful way. He was lovely and never laid a finger on us).

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:14 am
by AGENT_CLARET
pongers - feet
trollied - drunk
kecks -trousers
soz - sorry
gizza sken - can I take a look
peggit - run for your life
owt - anything
nowt - nothing
chuck it - throw it
bomb it - run away
ta ra - good bye

me mam - my mum
ducking - skiving
corporation pop - water
chucking it down - raining
Neckin - Kissing
Skanky - dirty/unclean
Wazzock - A nuisance
cewd - cold
ewd - hold
By eck - Oh Heck

Si'thi - Do you see/understand
Frettin - Worrying
Feetin - Fighting
Bunking off - Playing truant.
Crumblie - Old person.
Belm - A lie
Crusties - Underpants.
I afot do - I have to do it!'
Tickle Tackle - Gossip
Gob - mouth
Gobbing - spitting
Off your Head - Stupid or drunk
Piffie on a rock bun - exposed, embarassed.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:00 am
by Brunlea
Mentioned this a while back but when clearing up at home with Mrs B told her she “had more shoes than soft mick” which is something my mum used to say to me donkeys years ago

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:28 am
by bpgburn
I Shamed - I was embarrassed

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 6:34 pm
by chorleyhere
"If he fell off the Co-op he'd land in the divvy!"

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:26 pm
by No Ney Never
I was up and down like a brides nightie.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:43 pm
by Dressinggown
" If I dived into a bucketful of t*ts I would come out sucking my thumb"

(I tend to be rather unlucky)

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:11 pm
by dvalley69
rincon wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 12:48 pm
sidda, rovers geet licked agen
made me smile and brought back good memories of mi' granddad, always used to say a team 'got licked again'. God rest his soul.

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:13 pm
by PenfoldClaret
In Dickie’s Meadow

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:17 pm
by Stalbansclaret
Many expressions I recognise from my parents and grandparents on this thread.
I'll contribute that whenever my mum was tired out she would tend to say "I'm jiggered" .

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:19 pm
by Volvoclaret
Skivin, school or work.