Scottish Grans Only

I thought the more discerning of you would like to see this recipe I saw on Twitter. ?

Very witty Espee! ?

Gin

My Parents visited my in-laws in Ayrshire. A cousin came who lived in a mining village up country. My poor mother, a Londoner, smiled sweetly and nodded but understood not a word he said!
One of his phrases we all still remember is ‘ I’ll away doon the wata fer a wee donner’

After many, many years of marriage I have a fairly large vocabulary of Ayrshire words and ask can I be an adopted Scottish gran?

Of course you can become an honorary Scot Gin though we might have to change your name to Scotch. ?

Wheniwasyourage

Doric around here. I'm from the west, so not a native speaker, but frequently find myself in a bilingual conversation with me using (mostly but by no means all) standard English words and my companion speaking Doric. It works.

Did anyone else enjoy "Scotland the What?"?

Scotland the What were a real treat. We still quote them . We spent a couple of years in Aberdeen and were used to their language .

Out in a park with England based grand child. She was admiring a friendly looking dog when the owner asked her if she wanted to give him a clap . One bewildered little girl : in case you do not understand this the man was asking if she wanted to give the dog a pat and not a round of applause.

A friend from the Black Country went to uni in Glasgow and reckoned that coming from an area with a strong accent helped her to pick up parliamo Glasgow.

Later, on a train trip in Scotland, her english husband was astonished when a fellow passenger addressed them with apparently incomprehensible gibberish - and she replied.

Gin My poor mother, a Londoner, smiled sweetly and nodded but understood not a word he said!

I have a colleague from Luxembourg (who speaks excellent English) who flew in Glasgow and took a taxi from the airport and was treated to a monologue from the driver. Not only did he not understand a word that was said, the taxi driver didn't even notice.

My Parents visited my in-laws in Ayrshire. A cousin came who lived in a mining village up country. My poor mother, a Londoner, smiled sweetly and nodded but understood not a word he said!
One of his phrases we all still remember is ‘ I’ll away doon the wata fer a wee donner’

After many, many years of marriage I have a fairly large vocabulary of Ayrshire words and ask can I be an adopted Scottish gran?

Beautiful language but I haven't a clue what you're all talking about!!

Shooglie is a good one. Especially pointing out a shooglie table in a Greek taverna!! Or be worried if your coat 's hanging on a shooglie hook!!

I probably could carry on a successful conversation in Doric Scots if I was with other Scots, but living in Denmark it doesn't really apply.

I think in any language there are words in the dialect people grew up with that they never find an equivalent to in the official language of the country.

As a child, I sometimes stayed with an aunt who spoke very 'properly' at all times, except in the evenings when she'd be on the phone outside my bedroom talking in broad Scots to her sister.

My DM was a Dundonian. At hime she spoke with not too much dialect. However when we went to visit an aunt where I often stayed over to see cousins it was like DM had changed into another being reverting back to the local speech. I notice some GNs use cloth when it is usually a cloot - gie it a dicht wi a cloot and down would be doon, awa doon the stairs. Fascinating subject.

I'd say "pock mo ho-yin", but happy to be corrected

Espee Pog Mo Thoin - I was told to pronounce it as Poch Ma Hone, but we were both a wee bitty drunk at the time ? maybe someone with a good knowledge of the Gaelic will come on and tell us how to say it.
And yes, it’s a great thread, funny and informative.

I lived in a holiday resort where we understood many accents. When my uncle came to stay I had to take him on the trams as he wasn't understood. The conductor asked " Where to?" I asked my uncle. He told me then I told the conductor. He then told me the fare and I told my uncle who gave it to me to give to the conductor. I never could understand why they didn't talk to each other.
When I ran a shop it was fascinating to hear a child swap between English &. German in the middle of a sentence.
I suppose it depends on what best expresses what one wants to say.

Definitely Marydoll, thanks to Espee for starting this.

Marydoll

What an enjoyable thread, this has turned out to be. Thank you Espee!

Incomprehensible to most of us

But I am wearing my knitted baffies!

What an enjoyable thread, this has turned out to be. Thank you Espee!

Katek

Er…..possibly not, Volver!

Although some of it never gets old...

F E R R E T... futret.

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Er…..possibly not, Volver!

Lovely thread ?????

I was going to link to the Princess Diana one but I thought it might not be so funny these days.

Aww 'Scotland the What'. Thoroughly enjoyed hearing that volver. I had one of their cassettes in the car for long journeys. Laughed all the way.

Great to see the odd words and phrases that I use at home here in the East Neuk of Fife. I have English neighbours who often ask me what a certain word or phrase means. I think our words are much more colourful and less offensive to those of a delicate disposition, When I visited Dundee for the first time I did think that it was an entirely different language I was hearing. The villages here all have their own names Anstruther is called Ainster, Kilconquhar is called Kinneuchar a sort of Scottish/English version.