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    Helens, formerly part of Lancashire (now Merseyside) (Johnny Vegas). Problems playing this file? See media help. The Lancashire dialect (or colloquially, Lanky)...
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    speech in Manchester was considered part of the Lancashire dialect. Many of the Lancashire dialect poets of the 19th century came from Manchester and...
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    colloquialisms have shown a growing deviation from the historical Lancashire dialect that was previously found in Liverpool, as well as a growth in the...
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    have led to the naming of a farmstead after this resource. In the Lancashire dialect, "acorn" is pronounced "akran", which might have influenced the name's...
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    Cumbrian dialect or Cumberland dialect is a local dialect of Northern England in decline, spoken in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the...
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  • northern West Riding) as well as the North Lancashire dialect. Historical linguists recognise four distinct dialects of Old English: Northumbrian, Mercian...
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    westwards through Lancashire to the estuary of the River Lune, and is sometimes called the Humber-Lune Line. Strictly speaking, the dialects spoken south and...
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    traditional dialects associated with many of the historic counties, including the Cumbrian dialect, Lancashire dialect, Northumbrian dialect and Yorkshire...
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    for Lancashire constituency Lancashire dialect Lancashire Constabulary Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner List of collieries in Lancashire since...
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  • was Jenny Greenteeth, responsible for drowning children. Another Lancashire dialect word for supernatural beings was 'Feorin'' (frightening things): this...
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