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 Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:41 pm
unless it's the same man...
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:20 am
I love "comeuppance".
I seem to only use it when reffering to soap characters though..
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:24 am
xXx White Lily xXx unless it's the same man... Could be. It's a small island. In comparision to say... Russia.
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:46 am
Phrases . . . let's see . . . Scottish phrases . . .
My dad (a Glasweigan) calls us 'weins' a lot, meaning kids. Despite the fact we're 18, lol.
My mum (a Greenock . . . eigan) uses the word 'lemonade' to mean any kind of fizzy juice. Which gets confusing since she asks for lemonade even though she doesn't mean fizzy lemon-flavoured juice.
That said, my gran on my dad's side uses the word 'ginger' to mean any kind of fizzy juice (which I find is much less confusing).
'Wee' is small, as you all must know. I use that one a lot.
The incorrect use of the word 'pure' goes around a lot. For example, 'pure mad mental man'. As far as I understand, this means that something's really good and crazy, rather than commenting on a particular man's purity and mental health.
'Neds' are 'chavs'. Ned = non-educated delinquent. According to my dad at least.
'In the name of the wee man' is a bit like 'Oh for goodness' sake. I haven't yet found out who this small man is or what, in fact, his name might be.
'Aye' and 'Naw' are yes and no.
NO ONE says 'och aye the noo', but if they did, it could mean 'Oh yes the now'. Or 'Oh yes right now'. Purely speculation on my part.
Can't remember any more right now but I'll be back if I do.
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:06 pm
Tsamikayu 'In the name of the wee man' is a bit like 'Oh for goodness' sake. I haven't yet found out who this small man is or what, in fact, his name might be.
I was brought up to believe that it referred to Bonnie Prince Biscuit Tin...but that could just be me.
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:52 pm
Tsamikayu NO ONE says 'och aye the noo', but if they did, it could mean 'Oh yes the now'. Or 'Oh yes right now'. Purely speculation on my part. Tourists do. At least some of them.
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Shadow of an Illusion Crew
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:09 pm
My childhood phrases...
"Gie yer visog a dicht!"
That phrase instantly brings back images of bright mirror lights and scratchy face cloths.
"You're goin the right way for a skelpt arse!"
Ouch. I used to say it didn't hurt until my dad raised red marks.
"Gie yer grannie a bosie."
whee
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:09 pm
There are tonnes from Ireland. Some of the more anti-English are;
Sassanach - Literally means English in Gaelic. But when used in the correct context (such as, bloody sassanach money, as I heard my English friend say the other night)
or
Jackeen - An Irishman who is aligned to the Crown. Apparently it came from when Ireland got independance, supposidly all the unionists hung Union Jacks out of their windows in protest, and so were referred to as Jackeens.
Another one we use, which no one else has ever heard of, is the use of the word "sure". It doesn't mean much, it sorta takes the place of well or ah as an exclamation. Such as "sure it'll be grand!" instead of "ah, you'll be fine".
Legend would have it that the Liverpool phrase "it's smashing" comes from the Gaelic "iss mawsheen" (phonetic), meaning I love ... I think ...
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:55 pm
ice_illusion Tsamikayu NO ONE says 'och aye the noo', but if they did, it could mean 'Oh yes the now'. Or 'Oh yes right now'. Purely speculation on my part. Tourists do. At least some of them. I'll rephrase: NO ONE SCOTTISH says 'Och aye the noo'. People who say it are tourists, or asking for a good glare, possibly both. On that note, you should have seen the look we (my siblings and I) gave the McDonald's person in England when they said 'Ooh, you're from Scotland? Och aye the noo!'. His face was a picture afterwards as well *grin* (in that he looked extremely disconcerted, not that we messed up his face)
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:16 pm
Tsamikayu NO ONE says 'och aye the noo', but if they did, it could mean 'Oh yes the now'. Or 'Oh yes right now'. Purely speculation on my part. Och aye the noo.
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:20 pm
Lady of Spain Tsamikayu NO ONE says 'och aye the noo', but if they did, it could mean 'Oh yes the now'. Or 'Oh yes right now'. Purely speculation on my part. Och aye the noo. *prods you* ninja
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:34 pm
Tsamikayu Lady of Spain Tsamikayu NO ONE says 'och aye the noo', but if they did, it could mean 'Oh yes the now'. Or 'Oh yes right now'. Purely speculation on my part. Och aye the noo. *prods you* ninja + *cold look* dramallama (You're getting the drama llamba because there isn't a suitable emoticon)
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:34 am
I live in the land of GERT LUSH.
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:44 am
ice_illusion Tsamikayu Lady of Spain Tsamikayu NO ONE says 'och aye the noo', but if they did, it could mean 'Oh yes the now'. Or 'Oh yes right now'. Purely speculation on my part. Och aye the noo. *prods you* ninja + *cold look* dramallama (You're getting the drama llamba because there isn't a suitable emoticon) I wondered what the heck that thing was . . .
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:50 am
I also live in the place where adding 'l' to the end of every word is commonplace. confused
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