Language Lesson

maggiebee | 09:49 Wed 06th Apr 2022 | ChatterBank

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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.

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ToraToraTora

FANDABIDOZI
very good

ToraToraTora

FFFRRREEEEEDDDDDOOOOOMMMM!
Freedom.

maggiebee

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Sorry TTT, go to the bottom of the class. Your expressions would never be uttered by a true Scot.

davebro

Lang mae yer lumb reek.

dannyk13

I dinna ken.

maggiebee

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davebro: Lum = chimney; Reek = smoke. Not said in every day conversation as the OPs are.

maggiebee

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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.

Ken4155

Maggie, i'm a tad surprised your response to TTT wasn't, "Away and bile yer heid", or "Away, lavvy heid. :-)

maggiebee

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Well said Ken, these expressions are perfect.

Ken4155

Ta, Maggie, but i have to admit to Googling for 'Scottish Insults' :-) The one i like best is, "Yer bum's oot the windae." :-)))

ToraToraTora

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!