Jam Tarts 1874 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 This is not just an Edinburgh thing. When I lived in Sheffield, lots of people said "right" at the end of every sentence. When I lived in London, lots of people said "yeah" at the end of every sentence. Watch Eastenders, you will see what I mean, yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Tarts 1874 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 My 7 year old daughter has started to put 'but' at the end of her sentences. So annoying!!! At the Primary School I was at over 30 years ago this "but" thing was common, seemed to be mostly the girls that said it though, no idea why. Although I did see an "expert" talking on TV ages ago about these words at the end of sentences. They suggested that it was just a way of communicating that you had finished your point and that it was OK for the other person in the conversation to say something, a bit like a verbal full stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart MacD Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Kiwis have the annoying habit of ending every sentence with "Eh". I can't remember it from Edinburgh. There is one Edinburgh habit I remember, but. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Slightly off topic but don't we Edinburgh,Midlothian and East Lothian people use swear words better than anbody else in the world. i'd agree with that, we must be the only ones to use C.U. next Tuesday as a term of endearment "aye, Vlad might be mad, but he's a guid **** eh" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambo 71 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 mib u were doing everything wrong:rolleyes: No a wisnae!!......right;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Sexington Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I first started to hear the word 'eh' being used at the start of the 90's. It was almost like being part of the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Out of the blue, more and more people I knew just started using the term. Strange days. I blame Neighbours and Home & Away myself, eh. I think your actualy right about that. It's an Australian thing. The cult of saying "eh" after every sentence didn't exist until the 80's when these Aussie shows started. Schemies were simply mimicking the actors from the shows they watched the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis2006 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Ive noticed that folk from fife pronounce 2,4,7,11 twa,fower,seevan,eeleevan if you ken wit a mean eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo83 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Livingston area has a lot of "eh" at the end of sentences. Seems to have have got more common the last few years eh My mate used to say "Aye um ur" instead "Yeah I am" or "Aye, I am" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Ive noticed that folk from fife pronounce 2,4,7,11 twa,fower,seevan,eeleevan if you ken wit a mean eh? fower an seevan mak eeleevan yeken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_C Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Ive noticed that folk from fife pronounce 2,4,7,11 twa,fower,seevan,eeleevan if you ken wit a mean eh? You forgot the "neebs" or "sir" at the end of that Fife sentence. I've been in Fife for 3 years now and just understanding them Mind you I head over to Dundee for a pint now and then and it's all peh's and circles. Like a previous poster said, if you are born and bred you never notice it. I was brought up in Perth and don't know of any "perth-isms", cue tractor / carrot jokes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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