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Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!
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Correct, and it makes far more sense when you consider what the saying actually/usually means.
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Turnarupper?Vintage Claret wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:36 amTurtarutter - otherwise known as a TV remote control
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Having a Bacup look. I always assumed this was only a Rossendale saying. Is this used further a field?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)
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Tha can allus tell a yorksheerman, but tha carned tell im much.2 Bee Holed wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:06 pmWhat is it about Yorkshire men? They're the most narcissistic county, surely.
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Na then mi owd key
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Like a Glasgow kiss but with more saliva….
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Reet Gradely
He aimed fort wind but it wether
Yur overeggin’ puddin’
Nowt but wind and wather
Bob on
Our… mate or family member
He aimed fort wind but it wether
Yur overeggin’ puddin’
Nowt but wind and wather
Bob on
Our… mate or family member
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Thats also very South Yarkshire ... Barnsley Rotherham area tooelwaclaret wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:40 pmReet Gradely
He aimed fort wind but it wether
Yur overeggin’ puddin’
Nowt but wind and wather
Bob on
Our… mate or family member
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Yorkshire, if that's so bl**dy perfect, wha's tha no east?
Or, carn't tha cownt t' fower?
Or, carn't tha cownt t' fower?
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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
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
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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.
I recall a fictional tv drama 'South Riding', but I can't remember anything about it.
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Local lasses were advised to "keep yer hands on yer 'apenny'
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It be reight
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Or TuppenceVolvoclaret wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:36 pmLocal lasses were advised to "keep yer hands on yer 'apenny'
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Depends ow big t'lass was
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Keep ya neb out & keep ya sneck out
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Not being funny but a helluva lot of these are basically Northern sayings ... not just Lancashire
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Ecky thump! Just shows our success in colonising your dialect, rent free.
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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.
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Don’t be so Mard.
When are you flitting.
When are you flitting.
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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 " !!
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Talking of special needs I know now why I understand you then VolvoVolvoclaret wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:48 pmTrue 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.
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When we turned up for a game my Dad would say "who's laykin today"? In other words who is playing
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We taught you well young Bosscat. May the Turf force be with you
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Suppin bout !!
Finished my drink & it's your round.
Finished my drink & it's your round.
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There would never be a south riding. "Riding" is derived from Saxon for "third" ie "thriding."dougcollins wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:34 pmIt 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.
Hence only three divisions.
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Eeeeh by gum lad !
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Agreed! Not sure why I put stoking.
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As geet a yeyd wark. Work that one out
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Yes Yorkshire copied it when we annexed it after the War of the Roses
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Something about not wearing your coat inside as you won't feel the benefit when you go out.
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Book by Winifred Holtby, made into a TV series.dougcollins wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:34 pmIt 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.
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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).
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).
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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.
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.
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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
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I Shamed - I was embarrassed
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"If he fell off the Co-op he'd land in the divvy!"
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I was up and down like a brides nightie.
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" If I dived into a bucketful of t*ts I would come out sucking my thumb"
(I tend to be rather unlucky)
(I tend to be rather unlucky)
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In Dickie’s Meadow
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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" .
I'll contribute that whenever my mum was tired out she would tend to say "I'm jiggered" .
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Skivin, school or work.