General Chat

haha nae doot they wid tak the huff wither the
kent or nae :-D :-D

I'm nae bad ata getting aboot bit nae like I ust tae
I wis aye at the heid o the hill, nae haudin me back
in them days :-D :-D

Awrite! ... Hou's it gaun?
Dae ye ken if folks that was argybargying on a thread wud know whit I wus saying if I telt em to Haud yer wheesht ! :-D :-D
GG A'm daein fine an ye? :-)

Good on ye, telt ye it woudna tak ye lang :-D

Hey, GG. I understood that! Must be improving!

Fit like Nolls, athin aright wee ye?

I ken fit like it is fin yer away fae hame I fair missed
the nae hearin the mither tongue. :-D

Awe! It's richt guid tae sit doon an hae a nice wee blether wae all of ye sos it is. :-D

Hi GlasgowLass (ya wee bairn)

Yer less than half ma age. Which means you will have to treat this old man with respect.

I left Glasgow in 1963 and apart from working there that year I also went through from Edinburgh to Football matches at all the Glasgow grounds.

Good luck with that Potty, ulhaenaebotherspickinlikeusaforelang :-

Emma :-)

Being English I sometimes find the conversations in our local shop unintelligible! Mind you, that could be due to slight deafness on my part!

Our local History Group has recently published a dictionary of Scots words used locally, which I shall have to study so I can catch up with the latest gossip (sorry, news).

Thanks George and you.

Take care.

Emma :-)

Hi Emma,

Brilliant thanks, enjoying the bit of rain we are getting.
Hope you have a cracking day. :-D


George

Hello George,

I'm well thank you, how about you?

Emma :-)

Hi Scotties,

How you all doing today :-D

George :-)

HAHAHA tell me you told him what the man said
in English :-D :-D
Love it :-D :-D

GG - OH's first visit to Scotland was in 1988.

I told him he might have trouble understanding people, but he said he'd be fine because he understood my Mum, and he watched Taggart.

Oh aye.

Day 1 ~ We stopped in Dumfries to fill up with petrol. Wee man in a bunnet came out, nodded at us......... OH said "can you fill the car up please"... wee man nodded again. At that stage I got out of the car, in case a translator was required..........

Car filled up...... wee man said "onyhinelseyerwantin?"

OH just looked at him......... "pardon?"

wee man said "onyhinelseyerwantin, man?"

I said "No, we're fine thanks"........ and the wee man stumbled off, looking over his shoulder at OH...... like OH was a daftie.

OH looked at me.... and said "What the HELL did he say?"

So I said "onyhinelseyerwantin......... man?"

:-D

LOL had me going there for a minute Scozz,
he is doing well understanding us Scots as
so many dialects and sometimes I have to listen
really close myself when listening to others as we
all tend to speak really quickly.

Emma :-)

if you're wondering........... he's taking the mickey, deliberately not pronouncing "peely wally" correctly.


:-D

ty GG

My OH had nae bother either....... and he's Aussie born. He's lived with me long enough to understand a wee bit!

He tries his best to speak "Scottish", doesn't do a bad job, but he's got some work to do, especially on his.... "pilly willy" (not being rude! pmsl)

:-D

:-D :-D Nae bother understanding it here Scozz

Emma :-)

ty OFIG :-D

I posted it on General Chat, thought it might get a laugh or two.

I think 12 people viewed it, but nobody commented.

Maybe they didn't understand the language?? :-D

I got the story from a book ~ Scottish Customs from the Cradle to The Grave, by Margaret Bennett.