Re: Dialect phrases to describe Hyndburn (Greater Accrington)
more workin in a Beechams pill.
as lazy as ludlums dog, who leaned against t'wall t' bark.
skrike more......tha'll pee less.
he hez a face like a melted welly.
Tha looks like tha fell off a flittin(you are a bit unkempt)
To someone picking their nose 'doant tek them pictures deawn, we'r not flittin'
I'm sure I know many more but I can't bring them to mind right now.
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