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Learn Lanky!

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Learn some Lancashire dialect with our audio clips and you can learn 'ow to say it proper!

A is for...
... Alreet?	How are you?
	"Y'alreet?"
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B is for...
... Barmpot	Idiot
	"Tha' barmpot!"
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C is for...
... Cake 'ole	Mouth
	"Shut yer cake 'ole"
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D is for...
... Dust	Do you
	"Dust come from roun' 'ere?"
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E is for...
... Ey up	Excuse me/hello
	"Ey up cock"
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F is for...
... Flit	To move house
	"'Es flit last weyk"
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G is for...
... Gradely	Very good
	"Aye, gradely"
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H is for...
... Hommer	Hammer
	"Pass t'hommer"
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I is for...
... Inth	In the
	"Put wood inth 'ole"
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J is for...
... Jiggered	Tired
	"Ahm reet jiggered"
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K is for...
... Kecks	Trousers
	"'is kecks were tight"
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L is for...
... Leet	Light
	"Put big leet on"
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M is for...
... Moither	Annoy
	"Stop moitherin' mi!"
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N is for...
... Nouse	Common sense
	"Use yer nouse lad!"
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O is for...
... Owt	Anything
	"Owt for nowt"
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P is for...
... Pow-fagged	Tired
	"Ahm pow-fagged!"
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Q is for...
... Quare	Strange
	"There's nowt so quare as folk"
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R is for...
... Reet	Right
	"'Es reet tha' noes"
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S is for...
... Sken	Look
	"Gissa sken"
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T is for...
... Tarra	Goodbye
	"Tarra luv!"
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U is for...
... Umpteen	Several
	"Ah've told thi umpteen times!"
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V is for...
... Vawse	Vase
	"Ah've put them flowers int vawse"
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W is for...
... Worrell	What will
	"Worrell 'e do nah?"
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X is for...
... Xagckly	Exactly
	"Acrrington Stanley, who are they? Xagckly"
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Y is for...
... Yon	Fast
	"It's oer yon"
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Z is for...
... Zipped	Vase
	"e zipped past like a bat outta hell"
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