We will be getting many visitors to Scotland over the summer. This is a short lesson about expressions you may hear with explanations. Please practice before you arrive.
DID YE, AYE
Oh you did, did you
GEIS PEACE
Please leave me alone, you're annoying me
AYE, NAE BOTHER
Yes of course
NAE CHANCE
I'm afraid that won't be possible
YER AFF YER HEID
Oh dear, you may be troubled
YER GITTIN' ON MA WICK
You are slightly giving one a headache
I will be back later to test you out. Please (Scots) feel free to add to the list.
dannyk13 - great, you're getting into the spirit of it. Eh dinnae ken - you will hear this on a daily basis. Great song by St Andrew & the Woollen Mill - Dinnae ask me fur eh dinnae ken.
PEANUT BUTTER
when I was a student I worked in a bar and this Scotsman came in and and asked for "Peanut Butter" - confused wondered if he was in the wrong place, but I asked again, he repeated "Peanut Butter" - I couldn't fathom it and asked again, angrily he repeated "PEANUT BUTTER!" - finally the penny dropped, he was saying "Pint of Bitter!" - hilarious, I've been telling that ever since!