Can you speak 'Lanky'
(Thanks to 'Blog Preston')
Scroll down the page for the answers....(no prizes!)
1 lobby
2 Slopstones
3 Chunner
4 Have you owt fresh?
5 Owt
6 Ecky Pecky
7 In Dicky’s Meadow
8 Sidecosser
9 Bagmuck
10 Growler
11 Dancers
12 Clap
13 Skenn
14 Once every Preston Guild
15 Couldn’t stop a pig in a ginnel
16 Was tha born in a barn an' fed wi' a fire shovel?
17 Tha meks a better dowr than a window
18 Bloomin-eck
19 Cha
20 Alreet
21 Give backword
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Answers: The 'translations'
1 lobby– an alley between two houses
2 Slopstones – a sink
3 Chunner – to mutter, as in ‘stop chunnering on’
4 Have you owt fresh? – any news?
5 Owt – meaning anything, as in ‘I don’t want owt for me tea’
6 Ecky Pecky – oh no!
7 Dicky’s Meadow – meaning you’re in trouble, so ‘if I don’t go now I’m in Dicky’s Meadow’
8 Sidecosser – a kerb or footpath
9 Bagmuck – another word for fertiliser
10 Growler – a pie. Yes, really. Not that other meaning!
11 Dancers – stairs, so ‘get up the dancers’
12 Clap – to catch, used in the context of ‘clap owd of this’
13 Skenn – when someone is squinting, ‘I had to skennit’
14 Once every Preston Guild – when something is rare, happens every 20 years
15 Couldn’t stop a pig in a ginnel – to have bandy or bow legs
16 Was tha born in a barn an' fed wi a fire shovel? – to leave a door open, said to make someone close a door
17 That meks a better door than a window – said to get someone out of your way!
18 Bloomin-eck – an expression of shock or wonder
19 Cha – meaning mate, or friend, ‘how you doing cha?’
20 Alreet – often combined with cha, or sometimes cock, or cocker, a way of saying hello and asking how someone is
21 Give backword – meaning to cancel an arrangement
