Stoating...in Aviva advert

[Mickey-Mousse]

Chap does a dance in his new tap shoes and then says they're 'stoating' Is this advert shown all over the UK or just in the north?

[albaqwerty]

I'd imagine it's UK wide,

[JMR27]

I think it's shown UK-wide
http://www.theanswerb.../Question1041689.html

[rsvp]

I'm right down in the SE and I've seen it.

[joggerjayne]

What does it mean?

[Mickey-Mousse]

I think it means the shoes with the metal plates on the soles and heels would be good for stoat stomping. Is that a northern blood sport, like badger baiting?

[mxyzptlk]

The word is stotting and oop north it means "well good", "brilliant" etc

[joggerjayne]

Oh, golly ... that sounds cruel.

[boxtops]

I've never heard it about shoes, but my Scots family use it about rain - it's stoating down out there. It's actually spelled STOT - wiki says

Stot is a common Scots verb meaning "bounce" or "walk with a bounce"

So, the advert (which I've not seen) means his shoes are "well bouncy".

[boxtops]

^^mxyz's got it - similar modern usage to "wicked" !

[joggerjayne]

"phew"

Nothing to do with treading on stoats, then.

[rsvp]

I've just googled it and it has several meanings - none of which involve the sad demise of the creatures.

[missnemesis]

Stoatin' has nothing to do with stomping on wee creatures jj so it's ok. It has quite a few meanings but in this case it means really, really good :)

Boxy is quite right as well though as it is used also to mean 'hitting really hard' as in 'the rain was pure stoatin doon oan the pavement'

[boxtops]

You're right missnemesis - you don't use it as with hitting people though, only things hitting each other - man walks into a door, fair stoated off the glass window...

[funnygirl]

Seen down here in London and as for the dancing, what man does that!???!!!!!

[anneasquith]

" shes a stoating wee lassie " shes a nice young girl.