My OH recently came away with the phrase “That cuckoo’s giein it lalday” in the middle of a normal conversation in English and it made me wonder how many of us use our own language as a matter of course.
I tend to use Scots when there is no English word which expresses my feelings well enough so I say e.g. I am scunnered by Boris Johnson, I can’t thole the lies and he’s an eejit.
When faced with the questions on language in the recent census I had to admit that although I understand Scots I can’t carry on a conversation in the language but it does enrich my vocabulary.
Can you carry on a conversation in pure Scots or do you, like me, use it when English doesn’t quite fit the bill?
What words do you use?
Lasr two letters continued Jan 24
Shall we reboot our cartoons thread again? 😁