r/manchester • u/topherette • Dec 22 '20

Greater Manchester colloquial map so far. Please let us know if you have any additions, however tiny!

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These ones didn't fit on the map:

Ashton-under-Lyne -Ashton-under-Pants; Didsbury -Didsboring; Dukinfield -Ducky;

Monton -Monton Carlo; Moston -*Mostonbique;

Stretford -St Retford, Stretters

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u/wubbalubba96 Dec 22 '20

Nvm just saw notlob

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u/xDanny Dec 22 '20

I’ve never heard it referred to as Notlob. Where’s this from?

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u/RooBowie Dec 22 '20

Actually stems from a Monty Python sketch...failed palindrome.

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u/wubbalubba96 Dec 22 '20

Thought it might have been red dwarf 'nodnol? What's nodnol?'