Where on earth are you from?

[ficklefiend]

It wasn't until recently that I actually considered how Scottish I am, I don't have a strong accent and since alot of my friends are English or from English background I always thought of myself as not really a stereotypical Scot.
I was posting away on QI, talking about guising and other odd words my parents use when I started to find links about Scots as an actual different language. Apparently there is a general opinion that if Scotland had become independant from England, we would have two different languages much like Portugal and Spain. This is why;

I would be instructed to "Dicht your auxters." and was sung songs about corbies and cuddies. We use "slange" as a toast, we are forever bairns and quines to our grandparents, who would always give us a bosey. We learned Ceileid dancing at school, ate buttries, softies, white pudding, would give our rooms a redup and go out on the randan.

I guess I am more Scottish than I thought.  

[Shadow of an Illusion]

I miss buttries so much. You just can't get them in Fife. I think Ive had one since I moved here and it wasn't even made from butter. I mean, come on thats just missing the whole point.

My school doesn't do Ceileid dancing, it calls it social dancing but we do a mix of dances so it's not all Scottish anyway. There is a Ceilidh on Monday but I'm not going since I don't have any formal wear. XP  

[ficklefiend]

We used to call it social dancing too...actually I think we used to call it "anti-social prancing" in our first year or so (dancing with boys?? euch!)

I don't actually eat buttries anymore, I never buy them for myself. I only have one if I am at my mum's or grannie's house and they have for me to swipe.  

[Jaega]

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I would be instructed to "Dicht your auxters." and was sung songs about corbies and cuddies. We use "slange" as a toast, we are forever bairns and quines to our grandparents, who would always give us a bosey. We learned Ceileid dancing at school, ate buttries, softies, white pudding, would give our rooms a redup and go out on the randan.

We have Ceilidhs quite often in Northumberland (then again, it is "England's Border County"). They're so much fun wink

However, I admit that I didn't understand a word of the rest of that.  

[illyrianth]

Has to be said, the form of Gaelic used in Scotland is JUST different enough from the Irish form to make things interesting...then again, Breton and Cornish are pretty similar too - no surprise there, all of them being Celts smile  

[Shadow of an Illusion]

Hmm, I just realised about half those words were Aberdonian. Was that gaelic? I always thought it was a completely different language but I can see how it would get muddled up.  

[Invictus_88]

No Scottish blood in me, nor Irish. Not a drop.

My blood is pure Franco-Anglo-Saxo-Norman.

rolleyes  

[illyrianth]

ice_illusion

Hmm, I just realised about half those words were Aberdonian. Was that gaelic? I always thought it was a completely different language but I can see how it would get muddled up.

Gaelic has a fair few different forms...slight OR major differences between areas and so on.  

[Misty_Watersprite]

Invictus_88

No Scottish blood in me, nor Irish. Not a drop.

My blood is pure Franco-Anglo-Saxo-Norman.

rolleyes

Exactly the same. My mum's family was working class; my dad's middle. The only blood connection to foreigners I have is my Auntie Maureen who emigrated to Australia.

Let's be boring-arsed purebloods together. rolleyes  

[Invictus_88]

Misty_Watersprite

Invictus_88

No Scottish blood in me, nor Irish. Not a drop.

My blood is pure Franco-Anglo-Saxo-Norman.

rolleyes

Exactly the same. My mum's family was working class; my dad's middle. The only blood connection to foreigners I have is my Auntie Maureen who emigrated to Australia.

Let's be boring-arsed purebloods together. rolleyes

If there is teaor yoghurtinvolved, then I'm game!

wink  

[Nebelstern]

Invictus_88

Misty_Watersprite

Invictus_88

No Scottish blood in me, nor Irish. Not a drop.

My blood is pure Franco-Anglo-Saxo-Norman.

rolleyes

Exactly the same. My mum's family was working class; my dad's middle. The only blood connection to foreigners I have is my Auntie Maureen who emigrated to Australia.

Let's be boring-arsed purebloods together. rolleyes

If there is teaor yoghurtinvolved, then I'm game!

wink

What's that Francis? Did I spy some fermented milk-based comment in there? rolleyes  

[Invictus_88]

Nebelstern

Invictus_88

Misty_Watersprite

Invictus_88

No Scottish blood in me, nor Irish. Not a drop.

My blood is pure Franco-Anglo-Saxo-Norman.

rolleyes

Exactly the same. My mum's family was working class; my dad's middle. The only blood connection to foreigners I have is my Auntie Maureen who emigrated to Australia.

Let's be boring-arsed purebloods together. rolleyes

If there is teaor yoghurtinvolved, then I'm game!

wink

What's that Francis? Did I spy some fermented milk-based comment in there? rolleyes

Not really. Well, maybe. Ish.

ninja  

[Angilwingz]

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Nebelstern

Invictus_88

Misty_Watersprite

Invictus_88

No Scottish blood in me, nor Irish. Not a drop.

My blood is pure Franco-Anglo-Saxo-Norman.

rolleyes

Exactly the same. My mum's family was working class; my dad's middle. The only blood connection to foreigners I have is my Auntie Maureen who emigrated to Australia.

Let's be boring-arsed purebloods together. rolleyes

If there is teaor yoghurtinvolved, then I'm game!

wink

What's that Francis? Did I spy some fermented milk-based comment in there? rolleyes

Not really. Well, maybe. Ish.

ninja

I'm pure female. Does that count? Cause I wouldn't mind a cup of tea.  

[Invictus_88]

Angilwingz

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Nebelstern

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Misty_Watersprite

Invictus_88

No Scottish blood in me, nor Irish. Not a drop.

My blood is pure Franco-Anglo-Saxo-Norman.

rolleyes

Exactly the same. My mum's family was working class; my dad's middle. The only blood connection to foreigners I have is my Auntie Maureen who emigrated to Australia.

Let's be boring-arsed purebloods together. rolleyes

If there is teaor yoghurtinvolved, then I'm game!

wink

What's that Francis? Did I spy some fermented milk-based comment in there? rolleyes

Not really. Well, maybe. Ish.

ninja

I'm pure female. Does that count? Cause I wouldn't mind a cup of tea.

Well, if you're offering.

I suppose it'd be rude to decline someone's offer of tea. Or yoghurt, for that matter..
Particularly from you of all people.

rolleyes  

[ficklefiend]

ice_illusion

Hmm, I just realised about half those words were Aberdonian. Was that gaelic? I always thought it was a completely different language but I can see how it would get muddled up.

Gaelic is a completely different language and should be, by all rights, held in equal esteem as an official language of Scotland along with English.

What I am reffering to is an old idea of a Scottish language based on English, but different enough to be classified not as a dialect but as a language in it's own right. Scots was regarded to be a different language informally up until the act of union with England, wherupon it became recognised as a dialect of English. This was mostly due to the fact that it was mainly a spoken language. As such it had no formal spellings and few books.

The words are Aberdonian..so guess where I am from wink