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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
yes Retlaw......witchered is derived from 'Wet shod'.......I like Lancashire dialect......my grandad spoke it well. In fact many people at the end of his life could not understand him at all.
it is sad that it is a dying dialect.
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I'm sure Benita Moore wrote a book on Lancashire dialect, and I think Bob Dobson's. Landy Publishing printed it, wonder if they're out of stock now?