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By *byeguys OP Couple (MM)
over a year ago
Paisley |
We’ve been arranging a meet with a girl down in England for the end of March and she really likes Scottish terms and slang.
Anyone got any interesting of fun scottishisms that we can share with her?
We’ve covered obvious ones like “taps aff” and “hod yer wheesht” so any more unusual ones would be great  |
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"I believe "tumshy" is a word. I'm not born and bred Glasgow so I'm not big on the words lol x"
Yup, means turnip!
A Scottishism that seems to baffle folk (I didn't even realise it was a Scottish thing until recently!  ) is "back of" when used to describe a time.
Eg "I'll meet you at the back of 3"... to me fairly obvious I mean "just after" but others don't seem to have a clue! 
Also up in Aberdeen the word "fine" is used to describe something tasty- "ah that was a fine burger I just had" or "fancy a fine piece?" 
They also have bosies! |
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By *byeguys OP Couple (MM)
over a year ago
Paisley |
"A bit more Dundonian than general Scots but this has got to be one of my favourite sentences in the world:
"twa pehs, a plehn bridie an' an inyin in an' a'"
Phonetic bliss haha
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I can’t figure this one out at all, haha |
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"A bit more Dundonian than general Scots but this has got to be one of my favourite sentences in the world:
"twa pehs, a plehn bridie an' an inyin in an' a'"
Phonetic bliss haha
C
I can’t figure this one out at all, haha"
At the bakers: 2 pies, a plain bridie and an onion one as well
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By *byeguys OP Couple (MM)
over a year ago
Paisley |
"A bit more Dundonian than general Scots but this has got to be one of my favourite sentences in the world:
"twa pehs, a plehn bridie an' an inyin in an' a'"
Phonetic bliss haha
C
I can’t figure this one out at all, haha
At the bakers: 2 pies, a plain bridie and an onion one as well
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And just like magic I can suddenly see it, lol. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Oxters, for arm pits.
Sellin' matches, for your spaver (zip) being down.
Dreich, there's not an English word that describes our weather in the way that dreich sums it up!
Fiar foonert, for being full after having eaten too much.
Hud yer wheesht, for shut it!
Better than a steen ahin the lug, for better than nothing.
Yokey dokey, for an itchy arse.
I could gang on aah day we these!! |
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"Oxters, for arm pits.
Sellin' matches, for your spaver (zip) being down.
Dreich, there's not an English word that describes our weather in the way that dreich sums it up!
Fiar foonert, for being full after having eaten too much.
Hud yer wheesht, for shut it!
Better than a steen ahin the lug, for better than nothing.
Yokey dokey, for an itchy arse.
I could gang on aah day we these!!"
Wit the fuck!!!! Dreich….aye, but are you making the rest of these up? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Oxters, for arm pits.
Sellin' matches, for your spaver (zip) being down.
Dreich, there's not an English word that describes our weather in the way that dreich sums it up!
Fiar foonert, for being full after having eaten too much.
Hud yer wheesht, for shut it!
Better than a steen ahin the lug, for better than nothing.
Yokey dokey, for an itchy arse.
I could gang on aah day we these!!
Wit the fuck!!!! Dreich….aye, but are you making the rest of these up? "
Whoa there Gina, are e sayin' I'm spikin' shite???  |
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"Oxters, for arm pits.
Sellin' matches, for your spaver (zip) being down.
Dreich, there's not an English word that describes our weather in the way that dreich sums it up!
Fiar foonert, for being full after having eaten too much.
Hud yer wheesht, for shut it!
Better than a steen ahin the lug, for better than nothing.
Yokey dokey, for an itchy arse.
I could gang on aah day we these!!
Wit the fuck!!!! Dreich….aye, but are you making the rest of these up?
Whoa there Gina, are e sayin' I'm spikin' shite??? "
I just don’t know what you are saying! |
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"A bit more Dundonian than general Scots but this has got to be one of my favourite sentences in the world:
"twa pehs, a plehn bridie an' an inyin in an' a'"
Phonetic bliss haha
C two something a plain birdie and an onion one as well
I can’t figure this one out at all, haha"
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By *wingkingMan
over a year ago
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Stappit fu’ = full up
Puckle,pucklie, tickie = units of measurement
Also in North East Scotland, some of the older folk used to say ‘half five’ meaning half an hour BEFORE five o’clock(I.e. 4.30) instead of the ‘modern’ meaning of half an hour AFTER five o’clock. Confuses people from outwith the area(and some within)! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Ye hing wi' the craws, ye get shot wi' the craws - Hang about with bad people, you pay the penalty.
Houghmagandy - fornication.
Winchin' - kissing.
Dogging it - playing truant.
Hoor - lady who likes her hole.
Hoormaister - guy who likes giving a lady her hole. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Dreich
Best word to of many to discribe the weather
And if you really want to confuse a non scottish person ask them when was the last time they stratched their oxter |
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I used to work with some English guys who were lost with some of the things is Scottish guys would say.
Tammy for woollen hat
Line for bet
Coupon for face
Glecks for glasses
Scullery for kitchen
Bunker for worktop
Bucket for bin
Pale for bucket
Calling them tubes or wallopers
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I moved up from England a few months ago and i've struggled with some of the accents and language but this discussion has explained a lot. Thanks everybody - it has put a big smile on my face and made me laugh - i love Scottish humour! P.S. what does 'outwith' mean - this is the first time i have heard this word. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Online dictionary says OUTWITH is mainly Scottish word meaning OUTSIDE."
As in ( outwith the rules?)
Or outdoors
I would have said the first example I gave |
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"A bit more Dundonian than general Scots but this has got to be one of my favourite sentences in the world:
"twa pehs, a plehn bridie an' an inyin in an' a'"
Phonetic bliss haha
C
I can’t figure this one out at all, haha"
It’s even better to hear lol as person said phonetically it’s amazing… but even hearing it I had no idea what was being said lol I know now of course lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"A bit more Dundonian than general Scots but this has got to be one of my favourite sentences in the world:
"twa pehs, a plehn bridie an' an inyin in an' a'"
Phonetic bliss haha
C
I can’t figure this one out at all, haha
At the bakers: 2 pies, a plain bridie and an onion one as well
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I remember edith bowman used to always say this on radio 1 and the english didnt have a fuckin clue |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What aboot a joke only Scottish people get....
A guy goes into a Scots cake shop and asks "Is that a cake or a meringue?"
The Baker replies "Naw, yer right enough"
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A quine fae Peterhead has a bairn and her granny comes to the hospital - fits the bairns caad then?? NATHAN says the dame. Nathan? Yill hay ti caa it somethin'!!!!!
Haha  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What aboot a joke only Scottish people get....
A guy goes into a Scots cake shop and asks "Is that a cake or a meringue?"
The Baker replies "Naw, yer right enough"
A quine fae Peterhead has a bairn and her granny comes to the hospital - fits the bairns caad then?? NATHAN says the dame. Nathan? Yill hay ti caa it somethin'!!!!!
Haha "
That's went right over my napper |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What aboot a joke only Scottish people get....
A guy goes into a Scots cake shop and asks "Is that a cake or a meringue?"
The Baker replies "Naw, yer right enough"
A quine fae Peterhead has a bairn and her granny comes to the hospital - fits the bairns caad then?? NATHAN says the dame. Nathan? Yill hay ti caa it somethin'!!!!!
Haha
That's went right over my napper "
Haha, aye, Doric's a bugger. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Stanley Baxter used to do some fantastic weegie word sketches -
"Can I buy a marra aff yer barra Clarra?""
"...fur ma wee lassie Hannnah?"
I used to howl at this when I was wee. Still do. |
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Wouldn’t go near it with a ten foot barge pole
Like chucking a fag up a close
Village bike, everyone’s had a ride
Look wi your eyes naw your hands
I’ve seen more meat on a jockeys whip
More bellends than weekends
If you were chocolate you would eat yourself
Don’t look at the mantle when you’re poking the fire |
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By *aseMan
over a year ago
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"Wouldn’t go near it with a ten foot barge pole
Like chucking a fag up a close
Village bike, everyone’s had a ride
Look wi your eyes naw your hands
I’ve seen more meat on a jockeys whip
More bellends than weekends
If you were chocolate you would eat yourself
Don’t look at the mantle when you’re poking the fire "
You forgot reeking of pish lol |
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"Wouldn’t go near it with a ten foot barge pole
Like chucking a fag up a close
Village bike, everyone’s had a ride
Look wi your eyes naw your hands
I’ve seen more meat on a jockeys whip
More bellends than weekends
If you were chocolate you would eat yourself
Don’t look at the mantle when you’re poking the fire You forgot reeking of pish lol"
If brains were dynamite |
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"I believe "tumshy" is a word. I'm not born and bred Glasgow so I'm not big on the words lol x
Yup, means turnip!
A Scottishism that seems to baffle folk (I didn't even realise it was a Scottish thing until recently! ) is "back of" when used to describe a time.
Eg "I'll meet you at the back of 3"... to me fairly obvious I mean "just after" but others don't seem to have a clue!
Also up in Aberdeen the word "fine" is used to describe something tasty- "ah that was a fine burger I just had" or "fancy a fine piece?"
They also have bosies! "
It might come from Gaelic,. Tar eis a tri,.. air eis, means behind. The Scottish equivalent of Hiberno English. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Total boot
I often refer to myself as a wee boot. Saves anyone else doing it haha why would you do that !"
If you think some of the things I put down in writing is bad, you should see what goes through my head. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Total boot
I often refer to myself as a wee boot. Saves anyone else doing it haha why would you do that !
If you think some of the things I put down in writing is bad, you should see what goes through my head."
it's good to speak your mind  |
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By *aseMan
over a year ago
Gourock |
"Total boot
I often refer to myself as a wee boot. Saves anyone else doing it haha why would you do that !
If you think some of the things I put down in writing is bad, you should see what goes through my head. it's good to speak your mind "
I wouldn't day that |
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