ri Alban Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, Morgan said: Pockle. No, as in stealing. Cheating is stealing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 minute ago, ri Alban said: Cheating is stealing. Good evening, Mr Pedant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Morgan said: Pockle. No, as in stealing. I've heard it used for both stealing and cheating at cairds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 13 hours ago, AW1 said: Gadjy or Gadgey A traveller/gypsy word hijacked by Edinburgh folk to describe a ned type. One of my best mates nickname is gadj, we all call him it, he accepts it now. It's also used in the North East of England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 12 hours ago, Morgan said: Good evening, Mr Pedant. Mmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW1 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 4 hours ago, martoon said: It's also used in the North East of England. It is indeed. So is calling someone a "radge". Heard a few Geordies use that term Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 4 hours ago, ri Alban said: Mmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!? Aye, you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 36 minutes ago, AW1 said: It is indeed. So is calling someone a "radge". Heard a few Geordies use that term Heid is another. Probably a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Used slang all my life, virtually every word already mentioned, but I have lost my way with how the young Edinburgher speaks. Often overheard them chatting on the bus, for example, and been genuinely unsure if they're locals or perhaps speaking Polish. Much of the time I never do find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 9 minutes ago, Morgan said: Aye, you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 12 minutes ago, martoon said: Heid is another. Probably a lot more. Some folk spell heid as heed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Morgan said: Some folk spell heid as heed. Aye, I've noticed that. Especially on dotnut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 14 minutes ago, martoon said: Aye, I've noticed that. Especially on dotnut. Indeed, that’s because they are erseholes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey Dosser Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I can't accept Jobbie. It's clearly Jobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 It wid gie ye the boak. Couldnae, widnae, hasnae,willnae. Got a kick in the bahookie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I'm away oot for a wee dauner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Scott Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 15/10/2019 at 14:41, PortyJambo said: Bawkit, or maybe baukit, not sure of the spelling. As in "getting bawkit on the couch" Bawkit means lazy or I suppose it could also mean comfy but it has been used toward me to mean lazy many a time haha, as in “get oot yer bawkit bed”, “whit ye dain lyin aboot bawkit et four in the afternoon ya manky tramp”, ”get a joab and stop being bawkit on the couch” also I’m a bawkit musician so these things have been said to me many many times. now I don’t even know what it means, seems it can be used in many ways much like most of our lovely dialect. Catch yees good *****, glad I came oor this haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecN Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 9 hours ago, Craig Scott said: “whit ye dain lyin aboot bawkit et four in the afternoon ya manky tramp”, surely this would be ‘efternin’? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 15/10/2019 at 17:57, Morgan said: Pockle. No, as in stealing. I would say pochle. And while it is used for stealing when I was a youngster the old trawler men my grandad has been a shipmate of used to pop into my grannies and give her some of their pochle from the catch. So not really stealing but all the guys on the crew would get a wee freebie to take up the hill (from Granton harbour) with them. Normally prime stuff that the fishmongers didn’t always sell. So halibut, monkfish, or if you were lucky John Dory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, Tazio said: I would say pochle. And while it is used for stealing when I was a youngster the old trawler men my grandad has been a shipmate of used to pop into my grannies and give her some of their pochle from the catch. So not really stealing but all the guys on the crew would get a wee freebie to take up the hill (from Granton harbour) with them. Normally prime stuff that the fishmongers didn’t always sell. So halibut, monkfish, or if you were lucky John Dory. Yes pockle is def stealing . I think I iy tends to be from your workplace as in “ pockling” some of the till takings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, JamesM48 said: Yes pockle is def stealing . I think I iy tends to be from your workplace as in “ pockling” some of the till takings Indeed but my thing was that with the trawler men it was almost a formal thing. No man left the boat without some fish wrapped in newspaper. Including the skipper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 11 minutes ago, Tazio said: Indeed but my thing was that with the trawler men it was almost a formal thing. No man left the boat without some fish wrapped in newspaper. Including the skipper. 👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo_jim2001 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Keepin shottie as in looking out for anyone coming whilst tarry fingering items illegally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gentleman Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 On 05/10/2019 at 03:49, Craig Gordons Gloves said: When i worked on a farm nr West Linton and in the slaughterhouse in Biggar, towards the end of the day the farmer and some of the guys would say "time to get red up" as in, time to tidy up around you etc. Never ever heard it anywhere else. Am i alone in this? My mother used it all the time, as in "Gie the hoose a guid redd oot" (give the house a thorough cleanup). She was from Bo'ness, but that wasn't her fault. Perhaps it derived from a hen salmon's 'excavating' tail action in creating a redd (nest) to lay her eggs in? The cognate in Scandinavian languages is "rede", so the word is probably of Norse origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, JamesM48 said: Yes pockle is def stealing . I think I iy tends to be from your workplace as in “ pockling” some of the till takings Pockle is cheating at cairds anaw. Edited January 15, 2022 by ri Alban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, ri Alban said: Pockle is cheating at cairds anaw. Never heard that in my puff. Must be a west coast thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, Tazio said: Never heard that in my puff. Must be a west coast thing. Pulling cairds out you pocket. Cheating *******s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, ri Alban said: Pockle is cheating at cairds anaw. Never heard that before 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, JamesM48 said: Never heard that before 👍 Pockling the cairds. Aces usually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 8 hours ago, JamesM48 said: Never heard that before 👍 My mate uses the same words for cards. He's from Falkirk though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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