Language Lesson

[maggiebee]

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.

[ToraToraTora]

anne 12:28/21:40, that's how it sounded to me ok? No need for your constant nastiness. Yes I'm English and I know you hate us but this was a CB fund thread from your country woman who probably hates us as much as you do but she didn't turn nasty. I was just trying to relate an experience from my youth and that is what I thought the guy was saying. It's to do with the way that some Scot's accents merge words and syllables, so "Pint of" to us sound like "Peanut". Sorry you cannot find an ounce of kindness in your heart.

[Bazile]

Yer a bampot

Your'e not too clever ( nice version )

[douglas9401]

Audiology as a science is in decline in England. Obvs.

[barry1010]

I've spent a lot of time in different parts of Scotland and they don't all speak with the same accent/dialect. Some Scottish islanders seem to have as much problem understanding some Glaswegians as much as an English person or any non-Scottish person might.

[davebro]

I did try reading "Trainspotting" written in the vernacular but gave up after a few pages.

[piggynose]

I 2nd that barry1010. I was in a glasgow bar a few year(s) back with a weggie pal, and ended up blethering(chatting) to about 6 people from 6 different parts of Scotland. This is when I discovered there a lot more accents than just weggie and posh scots, which was pretty much all I'd ever encountered

[barry1010]

I think you mean 'Weegie', piggy :D I find many Scottish accents to be very pleasing on the ear, a soft burr.

[JimF]

"south of Hadrian's"

When was Hadrian's Wall ever a boundary between England and Scotland*? It's entirely in England, 80 miles from the actual border in some parts.

* Clue: never!

[DTCwordfan]

'Carson nach bi thu a’ *** dheth gu Sasainn fuilteach no ge bith cò às a tha thu a’ tighinn, a bhatard.'

[maggiebee]

Thank you for all your responses. You've given me examples of Glaswegian (Weegie), Aberdonian (furry boot country), Western Isles and all points in between. Just shows how diverse language can be.

[Smowball]

Now who else said each one out loud to see how they sounded!? Lol