Lancashire Words

[bazh]

Hi and Happy New Year one and all....First time on for a while due to business commitments...I dont know if its been done before, but id love you to share your lancashire words and sayings...heres a couple i know to get the ball rolling:-

'well a'l go t'foot of our stairs'.....Well I never
'dust'a think a'talk romantic'.... do you think I talk with passion (never flippin worked that one )

a'l si thee up yonder.... I will meet you up there

a'l si thee t'morn'at'neet......... I will meet you tomorrow night

Take care and keep smilin,

Baz H[]

[Martin]

Hi Baz and welcome to the forum.
I seem to remember seeing a website about lancy speak, I'll see if I can find again.

[noel]

Hya Baz, warm welcome again. There are so many subjects on the forum now, I've lost track but I do remember one on lanky "twang" but can't find it.
My pal used to say he'd stuck up for me. Somebody said I hadn't got the brains of a hen, but he said I had.
etc. etc. [8D]

woops done a search. Here it is.
http://www.leylandtown.info/forum/topic....erms=sitha

[bazh]

ahhhhh...thanx for that Noel, i had a good titter, the word 'thrutch' as always tickled me..must be my toilet sense of humour

thanx again, i enjoyed that.

Baz H

[noel]

Cheers Baz. If you can think of any more .....

[Martin]

try this site for a chuckle...

http://www.nyt.co.uk/lankytalk.htm

[Sandieh]

Put wood inth ole - Close the door.

I always liked that one.




I found some very good Lancashire poems on these sites


http://monologues.co.uk/

http://www.mdempsey.freeserve.co.uk/

[Caroline]

Most of the British over here are from dahn sahf, and are amused by our quaint accents. One lot especially when we both exclaimed 'Hey Up!!' when a police car drove past the house( not that they usually stop, mind).

[anacortesdamp]

I've always had a hard time explaining "favour", meaning to look like, e.g "Our Fred fair favors your Joe".

Also, I find the Lancashire use of the posessive, when referring to siblings or relatives (our Jack, your Joe) is not widely used elsewhere, particularly in the US.

I have a lot of fun with the accent sometimes, particularly when doing the Stanley Holloway monologues "The Battle of Hastings", "Yorkshire Pudding" and "Magna Carta".

The usual response is "Are you Canadian?", as most Americans are more familiar with Home Counties accents. I do have one regular passenger on the buses who's an ardent "Corrie" fan who has no trouble with my accent!


Frank

[Caroline]

Then there's ' our kid'- meaning a sister or brother. And 'the old man' meant Dad.