As I git used to postin to this blog, I think I'll mak iv'ry Wednesday a bit of fun like. Summat to mak yer really think about oar dialect. Lets try -
Lassie-lad - a term of opprobrium (reproach, contempt or distain) among boys, denoting effeminacy or undue preference for the society of girls. for example -
'Oar lad's nivver a lassie-lad, he's just tak'n with t'lasses'.
Got an email yesterday fra a Mr Toman (of Frizington). Asks me how he can get hod of yan of m'dictionaries. Well they have copies at Derwent Bookshop (Workington), Bookends (Carlisle & Keswick), Bluebell Bookshop (Penrith), Tullie House (Carlisle), Waterstones (Carlisle) and other places thearabouts, including the Made in Cumbria shop at Rheged. Git in touch if yer need more help.
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