For Scots Grans (not political!)

You’re right Charleygirl it is amazing, I left Glasgow in 1969 yet all these words and phrases, many of which I’ve not used or heard in years, are all tucked away in the back of my mind. Just don’t expect me to remember what I did yesterday or what I’m supposed to be doing tomorrow!!

Do other parts of the UK have such varied vocabularies? It can't be just us.

It is amazing what so many of us have dredged up and I have not set foot in Scotland since 1979 and never will again. I lived there from birth to early 20's.

Oh, the 'jeely piece song'!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukTX0kKCSEY

Oh and while yer hingi’ oot that windae, “see us a jeelie piece” marydoll or aveline!

We’ve all been “gein’ it laldy” on this thread!

Ah ken.

Aveline

Away Marydoll yer bums oot the windae!

It's never been in and it is not a pretty sight.

Away Marydoll yer bums oot the windae!

From Bud Neil, Portrait of Mrs Thomson opening the Toonheid windae hingin’ season.

Windae Hingers

Wi hud sum windae hingers
up an doon oor street.
Thae hud the sherpest eyes
ye iver chanst tae meet.

Yir ba had hut the tiles
didnae reach thi chimnae.
Thae swore blind it did
but you new thit it didnae.

Ye couldnae play at fitba
thae wantid tae referee.
A seen that ya we beggar
ye kicked him oan thi nee.

Guan to wurk in thi mornin
ye'd wauped a bottle o'milk.
Thae hud ye doon as scarface
oar wan o' thit kind o'ilk.

Thae hud thir uses anaw ye ken
as thi neibourhood childminders.
Ye'd be better aff in Barrlinnie
as jailers thae played a blinder.

KIT DUDDY

A stairheid rammy! 😂

Aveline

Hmmm. Time for a rammy maybe!

Or a stooshie? 😉

Hmmm. Time for a rammy maybe!

Marydoll

I love this thread, thank you all who have contributed.
It's a delight to read this thread, no animosity at all.

It's been a delight, hasn't it?

A favourite saying of my mother's, when talking about a troublesome neighbour, was: She would cause a rammy in an empty hoose!.

I like ‘rammy’ , which I think is just Scottish, to mean an uproar, and I use it quite often.
My two English grandsons laugh at my speech often, and like to imitate me. I hadn’t realised I used ‘wee’ quite so much.
My Dad was from Fife and my Mum from Perthshire so I know most of the words on this thread but only use a few now.

I love this thread, thank you all who have contributed.
It's a delight to read this thread, no animosity at all.

I can see the garnsey connection with a Guernsey jumper. Spail and loupin are definitely familiar.

I don't believe the words in my post upthread are particularly regional Marydoll as my Weegie dh suggested most of them!
Yark - to tug/pull
spail - splinter,
lowpin/loupin- leaping
gansey - fisherman's jersey

I think that gansey is actually used in various areas of the UK for a particular style of jumper.

Cock o' the walk ?
Like he stepped oot o' Burton's windae.

Kenspeckle even?

Charleygirl5

Is Bobby dazzler a Scottish expression?

The English word bobby-dazzler was originally a northeast "Geordie" English dialect term for a person who is considered (with affection) remarkable or excellent, shows smart dress sense or is maybe "flashy".

Is Bobby dazzler a Scottish expression?

Blondiescot

Marydoll

All but one of these words are double Dutch to me as Lowlander! 😁

I'm a Lowlander but I understand them all. I'm sure my granny used to say 'as carnaptious as the pigs in Dublin' - but I never did find out why those Irish pigs were so carnaptious, lol!

I have never heard any of these words being used, apart from stocious, which I have been known to use. Perhaps they are peculiar to certain areas.

I have never heard radge, but pure mental definitely.

I use glaikit nowadays- I have one friend who understands what it means.

I also like a crabbit auld besum (sp)