Showing posts with label Lancashire words of wisdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lancashire words of wisdom. Show all posts

05 January 2019

Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs!

This made me laugh.  I need to find many ways to weave 'great googley moogley' into my conversation.


Now, if you live in Lancashire here are some suggestions of my own:

*Shock - "Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs!";
*Anger - "Flippin' Nora!";
*Bemusement - "Yer Daft Appeth";
and my favourite,
*Frustration - "Standing here like piffy on a rock bun!".

26 December 2009

Things you might hear in Lancashire


Me tea's a bit fortnight!

Fortnight = two week, i.e. I'm afraid my tea is too weak.

Fortnight from Old English fēowertiene niht 'fourteen nights', Oxford English Dictionary (also fēowertyne niht).