If you visit Lancashire, UK to sample some muffins, you might hear some other strange words. I've listed a few here, as they're often hard to find in dictionaries. Please email me if you know any more.
| Lancashire word |
Meaning |
| keks (or kecks) |
trousers (or "pants" to Americans) |
| chuddy |
chewing gum |
| spoggy |
chewing gum |
| scram / scran |
food |
| mither (verb) / mithered |
bother (verb) / bothered |
| ginnel |
a covered or uncovered passage between buildings |
| cowd |
cold |
| hutch (verb) |
move along (e.g. if you're trying to sit down on a crowded bench, you might say "hutch up a bit") |
| lodge |
a small but deep pool of water situated next to former cotton mills. I'm not sure of their original purpose, but those few that remain are used for fishing. |
| chunner |
talk incessantly |
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