Welcome to The Briercliffe Society Forum

The forum is free to join and you do not need to be a member of the society. You will receive an email to activate your account before you will be able to log in. Please check spam filters and junk mail folders for this email.
It is currently Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:49 am

View unanswered posts | View active topics


Board index » Local History » Local Dialect

All times are UTC [ DST ]



Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 6 posts ] 
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
rexwatson
 Post subject: nor
PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:46 pm 

Joined: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:46 pm
Posts: 433
Location: cambridge
'nor' = than.

'Worse nor ever', e.g. Burnley FCs current league goal scoring
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Joan
 Post subject: Re: nor
PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:53 pm 

Joined: Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:27 am
Posts: 270
Location: Canada
Can't comment on Burnley FC but here are three more words I remember:

mazy - my mother's word for dizzy
chimbley - my Grandma said this. She also used childer all the time.
coits - we used this for the roof of any low building e.g. playin' on t' coits, if we climbed on to the coal place stone roof. I never heard it refer to a coat. But then, we were five miles from Burnley and maybe spoke a different language.

Joan
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Burnleymasher
 Post subject: Re: nor
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:42 pm 
Librarian
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:08 pm
Posts: 1121
I still put my coit on Joan when I go out :wink:

Stephanie.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Julie in Norfolk
 Post subject: Re: nor
PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:59 pm 

Joined: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:30 am
Posts: 79
Location: Norfolk, England
:P Does Joan mind wearing your coat?

_________________
Making each day count
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Joan
 Post subject: Re: nor
PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:39 pm 

Joined: Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:27 am
Posts: 270
Location: Canada
If it's warm enough for a Canadian winter I'd be happy with it!

Joan
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Burnleymasher
 Post subject: Re: nor
PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:54 pm 
Librarian
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:08 pm
Posts: 1121
:lol: :lol: :lol:


Stephanie.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 6 posts ] 

Board index » Local History » Local Dialect

All times are UTC [ DST ]

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group