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That might mean get running, as in gait, walk/run?

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We understood it as 'get doing'/start
..which would explain why people asked
what are you agait? = what are you doing?

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I apologise for Emily Bronte's misspelling.
I have found this
The Dialect Dictionary - Lancashire Dialect Glossary - Abaht Backart abee Abeawt Axins Allocking Afore, afoore - Language your way
Agate(working)

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starved = frozen with cold
Lancashire Dialects

Another one that produces a blank stare, when you ask someone in London to close the door, because it's starving outside.

:D

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PS to post #103
This thread is not needed - Dave in germany just needs to bookmark that link

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Another two word usages which I still use today are whatsamacallit and thingamajig, rough translation is an item or person who's name you've forgot

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Thanks MargR, but you've got to admit it certainly got people taking part & although the link should be good enough, its always better to speak to the people who know & use it. :)

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Yeah ... one man's ginnel is another man's snickett.:rolleyes:

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I tend to think that Blackburn and Accrington accents are very similar. Burnley there's a slight difference. Nelson and around that area, a marked difference in my opinion.

I suppose Nelson is getting dangerously near to Yorkshire,which could well explain it.

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Slight wander on local differences ...No idea if there is any truth in it , but my Son and his mate were visiting Gt Harwood a few years back, in one of the local pubs they were approached by a bunch of locals who asked them if they were from "Accy", when they told them no , they were from Germany they were told sorry "no problem, we thought you were from "Accy" because you are both so tall "
Does Accrington have a reputation for producing tall folk ? or are Arroders just height impaired :confused:

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No, Accringtonians are normal size.

Probably because much of Arrod is in the shadow of Whalley Nab, and doesn't get much sunlight.

Which means they are a town of munchkins, and anyone over 5'2'' draws attention to themselves.

:D

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On my return to Ossy in 2002, from ventures afar as Dingleland and all points in between,
I did notice that there is a particular aspect to a man's gobbin face -
...a tendency for an oversized nose.
My son has it, men I see visiting their allotments have it, ... a big conk
...not jewish style...more 'bulbous'

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What a wonderful turn of phrase Marge !! :D made me chuckle !

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Nay John, thas furgetten one ot muast important item in any tool box, a Doofer, itul do fur this an idl do fur thad,
Retlaw.

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Which would be the equivalent of the Liverpool :-

Worrall = "What will" or Darrell = "That will" & Iddle = "It will"

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What about the phrase my mother used often -
It's a 'thing o' purpose' - whenever its purpose was not readily identifiable:confused:

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Why, when people were taken by suprise, or shocked, did they say 'Well, I'll go t'foot of our stairs'?

Why there?

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How come a woman is always referred to as ooh. As in oo's just gon shoppin.

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Do you mean 'A nose with a little arse on the end' ? As Jim Royle would say.:D

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And Rossendale is a different kettle of fish altogether:rolleyes:

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Can remember when I started work a first Retlaw I was a gofur, go fur this and go fur that:D

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Did you ever find that long rest you were sent for.
Or those blue tappet clearances.

Retlaw.

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or the bubble for the spirit level :D

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Tartan paint, left hand screwdriver ?

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a bucket of steam :)

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what does "oin" mean ? as in "oined to death" ........ does it mean worried (something on the mind) or worried (ripped apart as a dog to a rat, beaten)

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at a guess "oined to death" may mean a person who is being nagged at or feels they have been in the company of someone who moans all the time..they feel like they've been "ironed" :D

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Go to the building merchants and ask for a "long stand".. stand there for hours :).. thinking back teenagers in my day did even less work than they do now.. we were always sent off to do nowt! :D

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I always understood it to mean worried.

'She looked terrible.'
'Really oined looking.'

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There are some good words and phrases on this quiz.

LANCASHIRE DIALECT PHRASES QUIZ

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down on mi beam ends = financially broke
(a beam is part of a weaving loom)

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No but I was sent to Bridges on Church Street for a long rest:D

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That's exactly how I feel when you've been off on one Mancie:rolleyes::D

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No but he got the bucket of steam and a left-handed screwdriver.

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Might have been mentioned before, so apologies if it has, but who was Harry Moyle?

Used as an expression of suprise.

As in 'Harry Moyle! Where did that come from?'

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In Anglo Saxon, the third person, singular, feminine pronoun is: hu.

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Has anyone ever heard of this name as an expression of suprise or shock?

Both my parents say/said it, and my grandparents.

Please tell me it's not just used in my family, as they have no idea who he was, or why his name is so shocking.

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Well G having also grown up in Ossy like your Parents and Grandparents, I have to say I've never heard that myself, could well be a family thing

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Oh dear.

No chance then, as know one knows why they say his name, when something suprising happens.

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Just Goggled it G and there was 109,000 results, seems a very popular chap, but I ain't wadding through um:D

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new un on me that, Gordon Bennett, yeh Harry Moyle nah.:confused: where did gordon come from?

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Gordon Bennett!

Harry Moyle is used like someone would say Gordon Bennett.

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There seems to be only two noteworthy Harry Moyles, one was in the R.A.F., and wrote a few books, the other was an American, Harry Moyle Tippet, who seems to have left a lot of religious quotes.

Guess if no one else has even heard of him, I'll never know why his name was used.

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Not much chance with Echy Thump then :D

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No, thanks to The Goodies, that's even listed in some dictionaries.

Ecky Thump : definition of Ecky Thump and synonym of Ecky Thump (English)

:D

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A relative of soft Mick?

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No, Soft Mick was much more well known than Old Harry.

Apparently Mick minced as far as Preston.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...mick-8434.html

:D

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Another odd one is clammed, meaning hungry.

Not mentioned in most dictionaries, but does merit an entry in here.

Survey of English dialects: the ... - Google Books

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My Grandma used to say that G especially if I was late in for tea, come on we're all clammed in here waiting fur thi:D

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Another odd one is beltin', meaning good.

'Ow were t'do, after thi weddin?'

'It were reet beltin'.'

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What is a Splutter muck? Or as my grandma used to say " a spluther muck"
She always called me that, I think It was because I was clumsy but I'm not sure

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i always took that to mean clumsy sue, me nan used it a lot wi me, cos i was n still am clumsy,:o

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I'm still clumsy too. I still fall over my own feet:rofl38:

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I always thought it was being clumsy when you were rushing to do something. My mother'd say "If you'd stop being such a spluttermuck you'd do it right."