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Old 23-11-2006, 23:40   #78
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Re: lost dialect

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp View Post
Busman was taken by surprise the other day when someone asked him to give them 'a lift'. He thought they wanted to go somewhere in the car when actually they were asking for assisance with what they were doing. He'd never heard that before.
That was a very common saying in Burnley,they also said give us a hand ,which meant the same thing
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