Every region in the country has its own special kind of dialect – and Preston is no different.
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I won £10,000 on a scratchcard but I haven't received a penny because the National Lottery are 'ghosting' meUpdated 3rd May 2024, 16:10 BST In a bid to celebrate our area’s unique language, we’ve picked out some crackers below - with some suggestions from readers.This gem from Luke Samuel is a real delve into the past. To make sense of it, put it in the sentence "they left me standing there like cheese at fourpence" which refers to the fourpence cheese that was left to languish in an old Lancashire shop window because nobody could afford it and instead bought the cheese at tuppence.
Suggested by Sartain Liam "what you skennin at?" can be roughly translated to mean "My dear sir/madam, what in tarnation are you looking at?"Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
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