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Old 29-08-2008, 05:02   #25
Padiham Lass
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Re: Is the Accy accent changing?

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Originally Posted by mmsood99 View Post
I don't remember people commonly using the words 20+ years ago

guy - meaning bloke or chap
gas - meaning petrol
"like" - as a pause in sentences (he was, like, really cool)
cool - meaning great or wonderful
guy - regularly use guy over bloke or chap, but probably use bloke more when back in Lancs.
gas - never use or hear used
like - not as in "he was, like, really cool" (that's, like, really annoying) more as in "you know like, he was really cool, like"
cool - I'm cool with that.
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