leigh white Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Done my turns round Lancs, and i cant recall any other neighbouring town, whose folk say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cureforsanity Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I don't think I've ever heard the term 'beltin' outside the Bolton area either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 'Beltin' threads these. We had one previously. Some of my favourites - Out o' flunter (not square) Lant (p1ss emptied out of a potty on ter t'lawn as fertiliser. Beltin results) Mugwump (complete fooking idiot) Crate egg (not quite a complete fooking idiot) Fert (from the old Engish 'for to') I'll go tert foot of our stairs (I am lost for words) There's loads of em I can't think of at present. Proper talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted June 4, 2008 Site Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2008 One I recall from my grandparents was, "And she was a gait . . . " I gathered 'gait' ment something like 'on about' or similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 As a non-local I can confirm Beltin' is said in other parts - I think it's pretty universal. May have originated in Bowton though. Not so the other words / phrases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) Not a Bowton sayin' - but one i remember from some Athy lads i worked with years ago is "call" - as in "I were call gooin art last neet" Translates as "I was so called going out last night" They also used to say "Yah yit" short for yes it does/has/will. PS Bolty, "Fert" can also be short for "For the" - as in "Go fert paper" or "Head fert door" Still widely used in Bowton tha knows Edited June 4, 2008 by Burndens Bogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted June 4, 2008 Site Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2008 Art cumin out fer summat fert sup? Would confuse most people from outside Lancashire and long may it continue to do so. Next time you call in a North Wales shop and they switch from speaking English to speaking Welsh, ask for something in as broad a Lanky twang as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fester58 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 am goin wome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted June 4, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 4, 2008 regarding the use of fert "bound fert" never heard that anywhere else as in he's bound fert score or something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibob Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I've heard of a lot of these 'Bolton phrases' , so not sure if its because they're used in Wigan or because of my Bolton connections. I'll haffert (have to) find out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Is soft mick a Bolton thing? As in "what do you think that is, soft mick?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbobby Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 apeth - as in yer daft apeth (think it comes from halfpenny) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 apeth - as in yer daft apeth (think it comes from halfpenny) Correct. Ha'porth is an abbreviated form of 'halfpennyworth'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boothy Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Do people use the term 'cobblers' anywhere else. As in it bein' a load of rubbish .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green genie Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Do people use the term 'cobblers' anywhere else. As in it bein' a load of rubbish .. Country wide that one. Tooting as in looking at is another the in-laws come up with, which I've never heard anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Do people use the term 'cobblers' anywhere else. As in it bein' a load of rubbish .. they use it in northampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 Tooting as in looking at is another the in-laws come up with, which I've never heard anywhere else. Nah mate - this lad from darn sarf used it all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzo gambaro Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) Is soft mick a Bolton thing? As in "what do you think that is, soft mick?" And as in "more money than soft mick". Edited June 4, 2008 by enzo gambaro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HR Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 spazzydarren - cannot be found in the Oxford dictionary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted June 4, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 4, 2008 I suspect it's not only Bolton where it's said, but it's the only place I've ever heard it alreet marrah, or is it marrow? question is, wtf does it mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 And as in "more money than soft mick". And that fireman off WW.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazza Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I suspect it's not only Bolton where it's said, but it's the only place I've ever heard it alreet marrah, or is it marrow? question is, wtf does it mean? "marra" is known around here as being used in West Cumbria... ie Whitehaven and Workington as their way of saying mate. awright marra means alright mate Anyway..... don't think it's a Bolton thing unless it means something different there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green genie Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Nah mate - this lad from darn sarf used it all the time Do you have to drag Crawley_White into everthing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Gretar Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I was mowing mi mams lawn t'other week when I noticed she had an infestation of snails, I told her and she replied "I know, them French would have a bloody beefer" Apparently a "beefer" is a feast or "a good feed". Never heard her say that one before, is this a Bowton word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbulb Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Do people use the term 'cobblers' anywhere else. As in it bein' a load of rubbish .. Cockney rhyming slang, that me owd china. Cobblers = cobblers awls = balls. http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/cobbler_s_awls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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