About 40 years ago we had just moved to a new house, in Ashton in Makerfield (near to the junction of the East Lancs Road and the M6).
I was sent to the Dry Cleaners to enquire about hiring a Carpet Cleaner.
I was getting answers to all the questions, and then, I thought the shop worker said "Do you want a bucket?"
To which I replied: "We have got one at home" I detected then she looked rather frosty as though I was a timewaster.
I realised what had happened subsequently.
It all hinges on the vast variation in accents and dialects from one Lancashire town to the next one.
What she had actually said was "Do you want to book it"
Let this be a warning to you, If you ever visit Lancashire.
I was sent to the Dry Cleaners to enquire about hiring a Carpet Cleaner.
I was getting answers to all the questions, and then, I thought the shop worker said "Do you want a bucket?"
To which I replied: "We have got one at home" I detected then she looked rather frosty as though I was a timewaster.
I realised what had happened subsequently.
It all hinges on the vast variation in accents and dialects from one Lancashire town to the next one.
What she had actually said was "Do you want to book it"
Let this be a warning to you, If you ever visit Lancashire.