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Always been Left Footer as far as i know.:confused:

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Don't know if it's already been mentioned. Apologies if it has.

'Moss nor sand'.

Said when you can't understand something.

'I've read the bleedin' instructions twice, and I still can't make moss nor sand of 'em.'

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I've forgotten which words and phrases have already been brought up, in the various threads.

Another good Lanky word though, 'moidered', meaning worried.

'She's not seen hide n'hair of him since last Friday, she's reet moidered now.'

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You probably misheard - 'moither' not 'moider' is the word I remember.
moither - Wiktionary

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always remember my granma say if you was stood in front of her and she wanted to see, thad mek a better door than a winda

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i still say that now, i think a lot of people do

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My grandad didn't like to swear so he used to say" blood and sand" when anything went wrong.

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mi gran (being catholic) used to say 'Jesus, Mary and Joseph' instead of swearing

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Yep Margaret, me too... or mither as in mithered.

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I've got perfect http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/im...ies/bigear.gif.

I've heard both moither, and moider.

To me moither is more usually used to mean bother.

'Stop moitherin' me, I've got to get this finished.

Moidered to me means worried, upset.

Moider - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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The thing with dialect is there really is no right, or wrong.

It was, is, an ever evolving, spoken communication, that could very, very localised.

Usage could be different, in areas separated by a few fields.

I've heard both mither, moither, and moider used.

With moither and moider being used for slightly different meanings.

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My Dad did too.

I never, ever heard him swear, but when he said that, you'd know he was really mad, and so gave him a wide berth for a bit.

:D

I've mentioned it before, and no one really knows where it came from, even though it's apparently not uncommon.

Some think it was from a film, of the same name.

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Another one was 'Blood and Stomach pills'........or 'Crikey Moses'......and my gran used to say 'Sugar', in a very exasperated tone of voice....it wasn't swearing, but sounded like it was.

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I use it often Shaz, especially when footies on TV:D

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Hell my mum used to say both Crikey Moses and Blood and Stomach pills Margaret