Hi Bren Some I haven't heard but here goes: arto - have you bee boes - bed club- pregnant degg - water esshole - fireplace mard - soft ponful - panful sauce - beer No idea what fast.gam, keep, mendin and sugar are. Dad always used to say, when I'm dead, have me stuffed and put in the esshole for the kids to play with. Best wishes, Pauline in Darwen

My mother still talks about a "degging can" for watering the garden. Never heard this word used since except by her since I moved away from Lancs. Long time since I've come across "mard" but it struck a chord as it was used a lot in my youth. I think it signified "spoilt brat" as much as soft - no place for such a term in today's PC world. "in the club" is still fairly common and not restricted to Lancashire. David At 17:04 11/09/2005, you wrote: >club- pregnant >degg - water >mard - soft -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 267.10.19 - Release Date: 07/09/2005