Lakeland Words / A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases as Used in Cumberland and Westmorland, with Illustrative Sentences in the North Westmorland Dialect

by Bryham Kirkby

SHOCKLESS—When lads is laiken at marvels an’ yan gits up afooar t’ tudder gits three—he’s won him shockless.

SHOT-O’-GREASE—Nags hes ’t wi’ nut workin’ an’ stannen ower mich o’ ther feet.

SHOT-O’-ICE—Frae t’ skiul yat ta t’ turn at t’ niuk’s o’ yah shot o’-ice, an’ slape as an eel tail.

SHOON, SHUN—Shoes. Mi Sunday shun on.

SHORT-CAKE—Nice lal ciaks fer krissenens, an’ seck doos as them.

SHACK-BAGS—A shack-bags kind ov a chap’s yan ’at’s nin seea particular, he’ll sleddur aboot any fashion, deea just as he’s a mind, an’ izzant up ta mich at nowt.

SHUTTERED—Com doon wi’ a pash.

SHACK-WHOL—A pot whol. A spot i’ t’ grund whar t’ foundation’s gone an’ left a roond dent er whol.

SHARP—O theer in the way o’ brains.

SHIN—To trump at cards.