Moderators Casino Posted May 30, 2021 Moderators Share Posted May 30, 2021 Stood there like one of lockharts - i assume lockharts was a clothes shop Its a poor belly that cant warm a cold meat pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Steejay Posted May 30, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2021 Don’t be mard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 3 hours ago, athywhite1958 said: reet, tha's on jankers fer a wik = you cannot play out for a week Jankers is more of a military phrase isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, Sweep said: Jankers is more of a military phrase isn't it? It is and my dad was ex army that is why he used it, at times it felt like we were in the army Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e2e4 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 On 29/05/2021 at 08:25, ErnestTurnip said: My lad was talking to a linguistics prof last month and mentioned I said "oo", so book, look, cook and not buck, luck, cuck. Prof asked if I was from Bolton and said one of his areas of study was regional dialects and that the oo would be gone forever in the very near future. Sayings wise "tha's more bant in a sore eye" was the first that jumped into my head, owd fella at work used to say it every dinnertime when he saw what lads were eating. probably not the same dude, but.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Grammar_of_the_Dialect_of_the_Bolton_Area ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted May 30, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2021 16 minutes ago, Sweep said: Jankers is more of a military phrase isn't it? 8 minutes ago, athywhite1958 said: It is and my dad was ex army that is why he used it, at times it felt like we were in the army My dad often described being exhausted as, “on mi chinstrap.” Another military term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 (edited) One we used to hear when working with lads from Atherton/Leigh years ago “ I wur cor gooin art, but dint bother int thee’end” it meant “ i was so called going out, but didn’t bother in the end” another one we heard regular was “ya yit duz” meaning “yes it does” Athy/Leigh/Howfen was always a lot broader than Bolton, but a broad Hindley accent is like another language - “watter” for water and “Wheat” is White and “Thirt- ty” for thirty. Edited May 30, 2021 by Burndens Bogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted May 30, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2021 First day of my apprenticeship at Horwich Loco Works. It was the first time I’d ever spoken to anyone from Leigh. I asked a question, to which I got the response, “yah” I thought he was German! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 I went to school in Leigh and learned the Plagank Laganage Lagangago=Plank Lane Lingo (ag before every vowel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 When I went to my Senior School, after being to my school in Boothstown as a kid, it was like learning another language with those Leigh scruffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Someone with a squint…. He glides in one eye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, MancWanderer said: Someone with a squint…. He glides in one eye Or even- “ he can watch darts and dominoes at the same time that cunt” There were some cruel squintist twats back in the 70’s. 😁 Edited May 30, 2021 by Burndens Bogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted May 31, 2021 Members Share Posted May 31, 2021 On 29/05/2021 at 16:59, Duck Egg said: Vair'ney, Clemped and Chauving Must be the same as my grandparents 'varnear' for almost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 57 minutes ago, bolty58 said: Must be the same as my grandparents 'varnear' for almost? Aye. Presumably originated from very nearly. I used to hear it a lot when we first moved to Westhoughton. Not heard it in ages now though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breightmet Boy Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Go’on yer daft apethe up the dancers, boe-boes for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Ee's got wind in th'ead Dementia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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