My grandfather from Rochdale had the habit of saying, "eeh wot?" when finished with a sentence. He also said, "bycrypas." I never knew what it meant nor if that was good or bad. If it was bad I hope I'm not offending anyone! My aunt, also from Rochdale, always put dinner in , "thoven." Good memories! Ron

"EE wot?" meant something like "Don't you agree?" By Crypers is "By Cripes", a euphemism for ""by C****t", like "By Gum" is for "By G*d", I don't want to offend anyone either! I come from near Rochdale too, and worked on the Buses there for years! Ian

My mum always used to say, when we were out walking together, to 'put my leg in bed', meaning to link arms. Was this just one of mum's own sayings, or a Lancashire one? Pauline K in Oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Winterbottom" <i.winterbottom@ntlworld.com> To: <LANCSLIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [LANCSLIFE] Sayings > "EE wot?" meant something like "Don't you agree?" By Crypers is "By > Cripes", a euphemism for ""by C****t", like "By Gum" is for "By G*d", I > don't want to offend anyone either! I come from near Rochdale too, and > worked on the Buses there for years! > Ian > > ==== LANCSLIFE Mailing List ==== > Contact the list admin with any problems, questions or concerns: > lancslife-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.20/95 - Release Date: 9/09/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.20/95 - Release Date: 9/09/2005