NotVincentGuerain Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 messages is making me smile Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lemongrab Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Lets have a wee deek of that. Rhymes with keek. Did ye keek yer pants (did you shite yersel)? Often heard this back yonder, though again unsure if it was purely an Edinburgh word. Does keek no mean to take a quick look at something? A keech however is something you wouldn't really want to take a deek or a keek at. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tazio Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Shan comes from sharn which is the borders traveller word for manure. One which always makes me laugh is people talking about buying their butcher's meat. What other kind is there? You don't talk about baker's bread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
droid Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Dreep-to drop down from a height Shoatie-as in keeping a look out Hornies-Police Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JP1874 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Is treg an edinburgh word?? No used it in a while but just minded it the now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArcticJambo Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Does keek no mean to take a quick look at something? A keech however is something you wouldn't really want to take a deek or a keek at. Think you're right ... spoke to my folks and that's how they described it ... exact spelling as well. Mum wasn't so versed on the keech but she did talk about a wee keek through the letter box. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ToYouToMe Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Are we the only place that say the morn as in tomorrow ? "Got a busy day the morn" as an example Nah, we would say that in Inverness. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Suspect Device Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Did anyone else dreep off a wall or out a tree? How about a game of shapes? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Colquhoun Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Remember an English mate calling shapes 'soccer squash'... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Currahee! Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Most of these must be East coast as most are said in the Borders. Dreep is a brilliant word as Suspect Device says. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Maroonblood Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 It's not just an Edinburgh word, I've heard it used by dundonians and in the west, mainly Lanarkshire and ayrshire Maybe so but certainly not Glasgow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deevers Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Sivver as in street drain - not heard that used anywhere else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pablo Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Nash for hurry up, Candy for cash and Tarry for hash? Actually I've no idea how widespread their use is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlphonseCapone Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 most non-edinburgh people don't know what i mean when i say "i'll chum you" like to the shops. Chum was another one I seen actually. Again, I knew it was a slang word but wasn't aware that its virtually unknown outwith Edinburgh. I used to stay in the borders for my high school years and I can't really remember if any of these words were used nor do I remember being alienated for using some. One of my best mates who's from Selkirk though says trim instead of chum. Did anyone else dreep off a wall or out a tree? How about a game of shapes? Chum is used in West Lothian, at least where I live, "I'll chum you through etc". Bunker is also used a lot, actually, it is the only word I use for it. Dreep is another one, "How do I get down from here", "Just dreep down". West Lothian has a weird mixture of East and West but it depends what part you are in. Whitburn, Armadale, Blackridge etc all seem to have a bit more of a West coast thing on the go, where as other places are more East coast leaning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego10 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Chavvy for a greeting. As in, alright Chavvy? Pagger and Shan are fairly widely used in NE England as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancashire_Lou Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 We use 'Pagger' as in 'he got a right paggering' but never heard 'Shan' in my life before seeing it on this board. I don't understand half of your slang; be it Scottish or more localised. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tokyo Drifter Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I grew up in Cumbria - just outside Carlisle - and shan was a word we used at primary school a lot. It mainly was a way of describing doing something knowingly nasty but we'd also use it in the phrase 'shanny on you' when someone was worthy of humiliation. I never really used it much in Edinburgh and always thought it a northern English thing - only on here that I've seen it being used readily. I've introduced it recently to my work colleagues in Glasgow. It's definitely one of my favourite words. I grew up in Cumbria too, just south of Carlisle. Never heard shan but we used words like gadgie, which is used on the east coast of Scotland as well though maybe more Tayside/Aberdeenshire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eckauskas Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Stunned we got to this point and no-one said 'BOMA'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theo1874 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Always known the fruit machines in pubs as 'bandit' That's 'puggy' for the west coasters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
269miles Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Gam - never heard this anywhere else Boaby Loupin Black Man Manky Clarty (my kids used to wet themselves if I used this word) Happy days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jambo-Chappy Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 SHUNKY. There I said it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boof Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Are we the only place that say the morn as in tomorrow ? "Got a busy day the morn" as an example Nope - Shetland as well. The morn (or more usually da moarn) Da moarn's moarning / efternun / nicht Quote Link to post Share on other sites
punkrockcroc Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I've never heard the term 'bunker' used in reference to kitchen worktops. No-one west of Harthill seems to know what a 'scaff' is, though. What aboot coal bunker? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
punkrockcroc Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Did anyone else dreep off a wall or out a tree? How about a game of shapes? We called it bungy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GlasgoJambo Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I grew up in Cumbria too, just south of Carlisle. Never heard shan but we used words like gadgie, which is used on the east coast of Scotland as well though maybe more Tayside/Aberdeenshire. Where'd you grow up? I lived in Dalston until 1986 and then moved to Edinburgh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
queensferryjambo Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Don't know what all this 'Ben' chat is about and I have lived in Edinburgh all of my life. As far as I am aware a Ben is either a name or a big hill. I have always thought 'ben' was more a Fife expression and also 'ye ken' was very much Fife as well as Edinburgh. I used to work abroad and the one word that got people staring was birl (or burl depending on your preference on spelling) as in to spin round. Definitely not a word used outside of Scotland. Radge was always a good Edinburgh word. We are of course talking about a city where using the word **** can be used as a term of endearment - awright ya **** Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GlasgoJambo Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Chore as in steal is a word not used in Glasgow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FORTHCLYDE Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Bobby pronounced Bo-bay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PsychocAndy Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I have always thought 'ben' was more a Fife expression and also 'ye ken' was very much Fife as well as Edinburgh. I used to work abroad and the one word that got people staring was birl (or burl depending on your preference on spelling) as in to spin round. Definitely not a word used outside of Scotland. Radge was always a good Edinburgh word. We are of course talking about a city where using the word **** can be used as a term of endearment - awright ya **** I think that wonderful word and it's many uses, is used more throughout Britain than you think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tazio Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I used to work abroad and the one word that got people staring was birl (or burl depending on your preference on spelling) as in to spin round. Definitely not a word used outside of Scotland. Canadians understand that word. The thing you see with two lumberjacks standing on a log in the water is called log birling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leginten Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Shan comes from sharn which is the borders traveller word for manure. One which always makes me laugh is people talking about buying their butcher's meat. What other kind is there? You don't talk about baker's bread. This is a word my mother uses quite a lot when describing squalid, clarty conditions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
queensferryjambo Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Canadians understand that word. The thing you see with two lumberjacks standing on a log in the water is called log birling. Great fact Could that word have travelled directly from Scotland to Canada when the Scottish settlers moved there? There are apparently 5 million + people in Canada who claim to be of Scottish roots 15% of the population. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gadgey55 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I grew up in Cumbria too, just south of Carlisle. Never heard shan but we used words like gadgie, which is used on the east coast of Scotland as well though maybe more Tayside/Aberdeenshire. And Fife now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Whittaker's Tache Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Two expressions that were used when I was an apprentice back in the 80's and Ive never quite understood were... "a bairn wi a biscuit arse could dae that" WTF is a biscuit arse? "that'll be chocolate (cake)" meaning aye right Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Currahee! Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Two expressions that were used when I was an apprentice back in the 80's and Ive never quite understood were... "a bairn wi a biscuit arse could dae that" WTF is a biscuit arse? "that'll be chocolate (cake)" meaning aye right I hear "dinnae just sit there aw biscuit ersed" etc. quite a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JT1959 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Shoatie and dreep are great words. .....and take that glaiket look of yer geggy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gadgey55 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Was just talking to the Mrs pal aboot these words. She's from High Valleyfiels, so she talks funny anyway. She's hardly heard of most of the words sopken about on this thread. Didnae believe me there was such a word as siver or dreep! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Franklin Delano Bluth Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Doric is another language. Ken fit ah mean, quines en loons? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boof Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I think I've asked on here before...but can anyone shed any light on the derivation of the word 'coupon' as in 'The ba' skelped him square in the coupon'? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swavkav Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Chore as in steal is a word not used in Glasgow. its used in Essex though, namely Tilbury Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pablo Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I think I've asked on here before...but can anyone shed any light on the derivation of the word 'coupon' as in 'The ba' skelped him square in the coupon'? No. But I know why Simon Weston wasn't paid despite winning the Pools Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boof Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I used to work abroad and the one word that got people staring was birl (or burl depending on your preference on spelling) as in to spin round. Definitely not a word used outside of Scotland. 6 fiddles, a piano and a bass = Birls Aloud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3mueEm6qGw Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Seeger Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I've heard just about all of these words outwith Edinburgh fairly regularly. The only ones that you only hear in Edinburgh are shan and barry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I think I've asked on here before...but can anyone shed any light on the derivation of the word 'coupon' as in 'The ba' skelped him square in the coupon'? Probably wrong but was told this comes from some sort of rhyming slang: a ticket (or coupon) was punched when you got on a tram / bus way back. If someone punched you in the face you had your coupon punched. Eventually the punch was dropped but the reference to the coupon as a face remained. Reading it back it seems bollocks (but might just be bizarre enough to contain a grain of truth) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 (edited) I hadn't heard worktops called bunkers till I moved to Edinburgh. I think it's came from the tenements where the coal bunker, with a lift-able lid, was in the kitchen. Both ny parents were Fife born although I was raised in Edinburgh. Bunker was what we called the worktops in the kitchen as long as I remember - I don't think it's an exclusively Edinburgh expression (although 2 out of my 4 grand parents were from Edinburgh / Dalkeith - might be some influence on my folks from them) Edited October 10, 2013 by Grumpy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swavkav Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 dingy ya radge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NotVincentGuerain Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 (edited) I've heard just about all of these words outwith Edinburgh fairly regularly. The only ones that you only hear in Edinburgh are shan and barry. even chum and messages? and " a blackman" Edited October 10, 2013 by NotVincentGuerain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Mr Brightside Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 even chum and messages? and " a blackman" Blackman was used in the North East of England. I asked if I could get a chocolate wafer in an ice cream shop in Seaton Delaval and the woman didn't have a clue what I was on about. Eventually she said do you mean a blackman? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rust Cohle Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 (edited) We called chewing gum "chuggy" in high school. No idea if that's an Edinburgh thing...or even a thing. And of course, the shortened version of "chug" has completely different connotations... Edited October 11, 2013 by Bane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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