The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #86820   Message #1617299
Posted By: mandotim
30-Nov-05 - 12:04 PM
Thread Name: favorite Northern (UK) Expression
Subject: RE: favorite Northern (UK) Expression
'appen. (As in 'perhaps')
Dinner (Known as 'lunch' in the south)
Brew (a hill, in Saddleworth)
Swealing (a word I've only heard in Saddleworth, it means burning heather to clear the ground. Lovely word.)
As in 'Appen I'll go up brew after us dinner, do a bit o' swealin'.'
Tim from Bit on the Side