Glasgow meet ?

I'll bump too Marydoll

Getting closer, bridie!

I'm struggling to remember the name of the lady from Troon, who was keen to come.?

We really are a friendly bunch Fanny you would be so welcome to join in with the blethering and laughs.

Oh thank you Kalu How nice

I’m not certain if our accents would be compatible though ?
Mary and I might have to communicate through the use of mini whiteboards and pens!

Cheeky besom!

I will have you know Kalu and I are very posh and can imitate a Kelvinside accent if necessary. Apologies to anyone, who lives in Kelvinside. I think there may actually be a poster, who lives there.

I don’t even know what a besom is

Is it a cross between a bison and a bosom?

The mind boggles Fanny ?

I hope you all have a wonderful meet up. Sounds like it will be hilarious.

Fanny just in case you get the wrong end of the stick. The meaning has changed over the years.
My mother used to call mr a besom. Draw your own conclusions.

A Scots term whose definition has grown broader over time, it initially referred to immoral women.

Contemporary usage of the term tends to be more lighthearted, and is more synonymous with someone with a bit of attitude, ie. “ya cheeky wee besom.”

Oh that Marydoll is such a besom! If said with a smile, it is an endearment!?. Anyone who is largish in the chest area could possibly be a cheeky bison. ?

Love the auto correct change from besom to bison.?

You really need to visualise me with my arms crossed across my ample besooms, to get the full effect!

FannyCornforth

I don’t even know what a besom is

Is it a cross between a bison and a bosom?

You could substitute the word bugger Fanny. You could say "cheeky we bugger" but in a lighthearted way.

Literally a besom is a broomstick (A witches broomstick) ,during a surge in handfasting ceremonies here in the early noughties the happy couple would jump over the besom after being handfasted ... bound together with their tartans .Its a lovely wee ceremony and there are some fantastic celebrants who will perform it BUT dont tell your minister or priest that its a pagan ceremony as we've seen more than one minister refuse to be involved with it,even when it was pointed out that it was the tradition and not the religion they wanted in their wedding day .

Esspee

FannyCornforth

I don’t even know what a besom is

Is it a cross between a bison and a bosom?

You could substitute the word bugger Fanny. You could say "cheeky we bugger" but in a lighthearted way.

Espee, I am shocked!? You would never hear me use such a word. ?

Esspee

Love the auto correct change from besom to bison.?

?. Easy to change keyboard to various languages, Scots, - a different foreign language altogether.

The Scottish mother of a schoolfriend of mine once called her second daughter (there were four of them and this was not my friend) a "glaiket besom" because she'd tipped a dustbin out onto the patio in a rage about something she'd lost.

Baggs, I love that word glaikit. In my book, it on a par with scunnered!! They are not really translatable into English.

Oh, Baggs, that made me laugh out loud, I haven't heard glaiket in years!?

Agreed, mdoll! Scunnered is a favourite of mine too even though I probably can't do the accent justice ?

I though a besom was a broom ? ?

Another fave is dicht (wipe). My Dundonian mil used to hand me a dichter when the kids' faces needed wiped.

TillyTrotter

I though a besom was a broom ? ?

It's that too.

My besom/broom (with another and a rake or two.

My mother was always wabbit!