Posted by andyb on July 26, 2005 at 09:13:23 from 213.122.143.51 user beardbiter.
In Reply to: Re: Regional dialects posted by Peter H on July 26, 2005 at 08:45:34:
I'll refer you to my mother then. She comes from Yorkshire, which I suppose is the other side of the Pennines from Cheshire but then again, I think my Dad eats them hot too and he's from Lancashire. For that matter so am I but I prefer them cold. There again I'm not sure if Buxton is on any side of the Pennines. Sometimes these questions of taste have a life of their own and can not be reduced to demography.
Thrutch is a common climbing expression meaning to procede with a great deal of exertion and very little elegance up a constricted chimney or similar awkward obstruction.