IT is National Dialect Day and the Star has been delving into its archives - and asking some of our more experienced wordsmiths - to come up with some of St Helens most distinctive words and phrases.
There are some we have heard of but, admittedly, plenty that we haven’t.
Do you recognise them and are there any other words or phrases we've missed off?
Words and expressions used in St Helens – but not exclusive to the borough.
Stone plonk:I can’t drink that tea, it is stone plonk.
Bawtered or bortered: It was hot in the factory and he was bawtered in sweat.
Snooin’: I went down the cellar and it was snooin’ with mice.
Clemt: I am clemt I have not eaten all day.
Mard: The boy did not want to play football and moaned all afternoon, he is really mard.
Nesh: He said it is cold in here, he must be really nesh.
Mither: He could mither a nest of rats.
Moth-etten: The book was tatty and looked moth-etten.
Slutch: He walked through the field and was covered in slutchafterwards.
Expressions
He had teeth like the Stores’ (Stowers) horse.
Put wood I’th ole there’s a draught in here
Our maud is coming to the match with me
My mam was jangling on the phone all morning.
He favvered an old man in that old coat.
That beer is flat, it favvers Burgy Water.
Don’t stand in front of the telly, you weren’t made at Pilks.
She looked like Tilly going for liver
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