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[DEVON BOY]

Snap was used down the pit my father always took his snap tin down clock face it was a mettle tin about 3inches thick shaped like a slice of bread

[Phyll]

My Dad used the word Snap too, but he worked at Pilks. I think it came to mean any Packed Lunch.

[jmosh]

Not sure if this counts Spanish as in liquorice

[karenjblack]

My Nan's favorite saying was "Hells bells"

[Mazzi]

My Dad would threaten us with a bloody good ommerin, others I remember were - you'll get laid on, you'll get a pasting, get your backside tanned, get a leathering. How about the cornish for the mantelpiece, pallyass for mattress, constitutional for a walk, lothered for been too hot. Sure there's loads more but can't think of them at the mo.

[Thumpa lumpa]

When I worked at Pilks on contract,in the 70's many of the older blokes used to greet you with, "at or reet shoe" or awreet "S"

[Lowe House Boy]

Olliebeak, on 28 May 2011 - 06:02 AM, said:

I've heard scousers use the word 'snap' - strangely enough, I never heard it used in St.Helens and thought it was just a 'scouse-ism' .

Same here,I never heard snap used until I moved to Leicester.
Does anyone in St.Helens stil refer to their wives or girlfriends as "our Maud" like they used to do in the 50s and 60s?
All these words mentioned on here are certainly bringing back memories. I can still hear my grandfather referring to someone as "yon mon"and of skriking and feeling clempt or having your legs skelpt for being naughty. I am afraid these words will be used less and less as television english takes over more and more.

[Olliebeak]

I still threaten my grandkids with having their 'backside/legs tanned' - trouble is that I'd have to catch them first but there's no way I could do that AND they know it !

[nb from rome]

Saying "me mum", "me dad", "our Bill", "your Tom", "their Harry" etc was universal. Is this still used?

[Olliebeak]

Oh yes, nb - STILL getting used today .

[Alan]

...as is our kid and your kid

Do you remember the word "fawce" meaning crafty or cunning? And how about "nowt" as being in a bad mood or "having a cob on".

"Trump" was a more up-market way of saying fart. Oh what fun we'd have had if that daft yank with the back to front hair-style, Donald Trump, had been around in those days

Edited by Alan, 28 May 2011 - 01:56 PM.

[T&T]

My great grandma and the older generations of our family used to use some amazing words. I've never heard anybody else use them and anyone outside the family who I've ever mentioned them to has looked at me like I'm crazy. Not sure if they're derived from old Irish or whether our family just had out own unique language! We still use them from time to time even now. Not sure on spellings but here are a few...

Mathock - dog
Plother - face, particularly a fat face ("look at his big red plother"
Bloochers - shoes, usually large heavy ones
Cratherner - a strange man ("who's that cratherner?")
Lolling - lying around lazily or slumping on somebody ("stop lolling all over me"/"stop lolling around")
Streel - a long dress or skirt
a "cool" of hair - a long hairstyle
Leeb - a tall person ("He was a big leeb")
Styoll - wee ("I'm going for a styoll")
Corshcrawn (voice) - high pitched/loud (voice)

There were others as well but can't remember off the top of my head at the moment! Anyone else ever heard any of these????

[karenjblack]

drawers...pants, knickers.
oilcloth....lino
I remember we used to say moggy.....but can't remember if it was the cat or mouse. think it was the mouse.
acidosis....upset stomach
noggin....head
cat lick....wash
Have you ever been to a chip shop outside of St Helens and asked for a split.......
we say entry where other places say alley or ginnel..

[Olliebeak]

We used 'lolling around', 'nowt' or 'nowty' to describe somebody who'd got themselves into a bit of a nark/temper/twist etc. Also 'catlick' (or 'lick and a promise') to mean a very quick wash (barely wet the flannel ), moggy (meaning mouse NOT cat) and 'noggin' for head.

Yeah, asking for a 'split' in chippies outside of St.Helens can be VERY embarassing - only ever did it once when I first got married and came to Huyton - NEVER AGAIN !

Edited by Olliebeak, 28 May 2011 - 03:12 PM.

[Alan]

Snerch, as to sniff loudly and fruitfully. "Will ya stop that snerchin' while folks is eatin'"