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[Yatesy]

Probably been posted many times before and if so then please accept my apologies but saw this posted by splus in a different topic "It's funny how many places you go where they have never heard of the word mither" and it reminded me that on Saturday Night at a family party I heard a young Clock Face Mum remark that her quartet of young daughters had her moth-etten - a good old St.Helens phrase if you ask me!
Any more???

[donkey o'tay]

snurtch

[Alan]

donkey o'tay, on Nov 1 2007, 12:37 PM, said:

snurtch

..........or to give it its proper spelling "snirtch"

[Yatesy]

Alan, on Nov 1 2007, 12:41 PM, said:

..........or to give it its proper spelling "snirtch"

Meaning? In what context?

[Griffin]

Carthaniel (the medical condition of having two stomachs for ale and none for work).

[sweetIsis]

Yatesy, on Nov 1 2007, 12:19 PM, said:

Probably been posted many times before and if so then please accept my apologies but saw this posted by splus in a different topic "It's funny how many places you go where they have never heard of the word mither" and it reminded me that on Saturday Night at a family party I heard a young Clock Face Mum remark that her quartet of young daughters had her moth-etten - a good old St.Helens phrase if you ask me!
Any more???

That brought me lots of memories, it was one of my mother's saying 'you've got me mothettin', another one of hers , 'when asked whats for tea?', she'd reply ' a jump at the pantry door and a bite at the latch' - whats that all about?? LOL.

[Griffin]

If my one said that when I asked what was for tea, she'd get her back time (another St. Helens expression).

[briman]

Not sure if these are exclusively from St.Helens, but I remember them being in common use when I was a kid,

Doo lally (somebody a bit mad)
three sheets
round the bend
crate egg

All me ars'e and Betty Martin (describing a liar)

Paste (to smack)

like Stowers 'orse (erm, well endowed or lengthy urination)

same as a seh (used to start every paragraph when it was your turn to speak in a conversation)

A right tat-ar (person of ill repute)

[Nemo]

mither is in the oxford dictionaryit's not local

what is is a split and a fish a pint of mixed and a fambleh mild

a stony
a moggie that means a mouse
and maybe slutch

[derb]

Where does the the expression "stone plonk" come from, my mum always used the phrase to decribe something that was cold. eg. " Hurry up and eat your tea or it'll be stone plonk ! " She was born and raised in Peasly Cross in the 1940s.

[Alan]

Nemo, on Nov 1 2007, 07:12 PM, said:

and maybe slutch

As in going for a slur in slutch

[Griffin]

Sithee (meaning "look here").
Sloppy dotch (mud pies).

Edited by griffin, 01 November 2007 - 11:31 PM.

[donkey o'tay]

scutch

[margaret2r]

donkey o'tay, on Nov 2 2007, 12:42 AM, said:

scutch

As children, when we asked what was for dinner mom always said "stewed fuffums and yakamatuffi" To this day, my children say it to their children.

[Yatesy]

As a kid, when my Mum was in the middle of doing things ... she would pause and say to herself out loud "and the burning question is - do kippers swim in pairs, no they swim in tins" now what is that all about???