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Learn Lanky!

bloke in a flat cap
Flat caps are optional!

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?"
listen
B is for...
... BarmpotIdiot
"Tha' barmpot!"
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C is for...
... Cake 'oleMouth
"Shut yer cake 'ole"
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D is for...
... DustDo you
"Dust come from roun' 'ere?"
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E is for...
... Ey upExcuse me/hello
"Ey up cock"
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F is for...
... FlitTo move house
"'Es flit last weyk"
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G is for...
... GradelyVery good
"Aye, gradely"
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H is for...
... HommerHammer
"Pass t'hommer"
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I is for...
... InthIn the
"Put wood inth 'ole"
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J is for...
... JiggeredTired
"Ahm reet jiggered"
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K is for...
... KecksTrousers
"'is kecks were tight"
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L is for...
... LeetLight
"Put big leet on"
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M is for...
... MoitherAnnoy
"Stop moitherin' mi!"
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N is for...
... NouseCommon sense
"Use yer nouse lad!"
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O is for...
... OwtAnything
"Owt for nowt"
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P is for...
... Pow-faggedTired
"Ahm pow-fagged!"
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Q is for...
... QuareStrange
"There's nowt so quare as folk"
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R is for...
... ReetRight
"'Es reet tha' noes"
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S is for...
... SkenLook
"Gissa sken"
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T is for...
... TarraGoodbye
"Tarra luv!"
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U is for...
... UmpteenSeveral
"Ah've told thi umpteen times!"
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V is for...
... VawseVase
"Ah've put them flowers int vawse"

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W is for...
... WorrellWhat will
"Worrell 'e do nah?"
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X is for...
... XagcklyExactly
"Acrrington Stanley, who are they? Xagckly"
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Y is for...
... YonFast
"It's oer yon"
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Z is for...
... ZippedVase
"e zipped past like a bat outta hell"
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