Meathook Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 hour ago, superjack said: As in cowp ower. Yes. After I typed it I realised the word 'tip' could be used for both a mess and for something falling. Fousty, or is it foosty, for something mouldy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 8 hours ago, bobsharp said: Are there still keelies in Edinburgh This is a word my dad used an awful lot, I think to denote people who might nowadays be described as neds. That direction, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitJuice Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 12 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: Yes. After I typed it I realised the word 'tip' could be used for both a mess and for something falling. Fousty, or is it foosty, for something mouldy? I forgot about the wonderful foosty. Not heard that in years. Ya foòsty bassa! No you lemongrab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathook Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, FruitJuice said: I forgot about the wonderful foosty. Not heard that in years. Ya foòsty bassa! No you lemongrab For a minute there I thought you knew me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitJuice Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: For a minute there I thought you knew me. 😁 I was referring to myself. I should've said I've not been called that in years... Treg! Again not you, but I can remember that being used to describe someone trampy. Not sure if that was just our scheme or a wider known word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitJuice Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) Not a Scottish word but at school and someone had stood on dog shite or something, you would put your bees/b's up. I know in some places then said keys up though that might be a west coast thing. 'You alright hen, you won't get pregnant, I've got my bees up. Edited October 5, 2019 by FruitJuice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Boy Named Crow Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 9 hours ago, ri Alban said: Clattie for me, never say clarty. 100% this! I’ve long held the theory that the Edinburgh spelling / pronunciation comes from a historic use of the Anglicised “a” sounds, like how the English would say glahss instead of glass. If you use the English a from glass in clatty, you get pretty close to clarty, eh? I have no evidence for this, other than it fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathook Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 You don't hear 'blootered' much these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 12 hours ago, Morgan said: Eggie language! Where you put the letters ‘eg’ after every vowel? That one? Not a lost art to me. You need to brush up on your eggie my man. It’s an egg before every vowel. 10 hours ago, FruitJuice said: Fegguck eggoff. Is there anyone still fluent in eggy language? My missus and her sister can rattle it off easily. They don’t even have any pauses. boaby tadger gonads chebs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 10 hours ago, FruitJuice said: It's only clatty if your from the west and you can't pronounce things properly. It's clarty. It comes from claret. You from the west? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitJuice Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 4 hours ago, A Boy Named Crow said: 100% this! I’ve long held the theory that the Edinburgh spelling / pronunciation comes from a historic use of the Anglicised “a” sounds, like how the English would say glahss instead of glass. If you use the English a from glass in clatty, you get pretty close to clarty, eh? I have no evidence for this, other than it fits. I posted this earlier the right one is clarty. It's supposedly from claret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Lemongrab said: You don't hear 'blootered' much these days. Drunk or volley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitJuice Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 minute ago, ri Alban said: Yes. That explains everything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Lemongrab said: Can cowp no mean to fall over too? Tip! Dump or fall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, FruitJuice said: That explains everything... Haud yer wheesht! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathook Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 16 minutes ago, ri Alban said: Drunk or volley? Both. It's strange how other words for hitting hard, like smashed and hammered, also mean drunk. Maybe it isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: Both. It's strange how other words for hitting hard, like smashed and hammered, also mean drunk. Maybe it isn't. I suppose Michael McIntyre has a point. You can use any word for Drunk or Hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Stauner, blether, Malky, knawledge, sassenach, Hauf inch, Tappin Barstewart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Boy Named Crow Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, FruitJuice said: I posted this earlier the right one is clarty. It's supposedly from claret. Really, how would that come about though, likening something that is foul or dirty to a fairly nice tipple? If you can back it up, I’m happy to accept this, but if not, I’ll continue using my baseless assertion and discard yours 😉. Edited October 5, 2019 by A Boy Named Crow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirudi Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Cant beat a wee bit Hochmagandy !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pans Jambo Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 10 hours ago, Lemongrab said: Can cowp no mean to fall over too? Tru dat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitJuice Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 hour ago, A Boy Named Crow said: Really, how would that come about though, likening something that is foul or dirty to a fairly nice tipple? If you can back it up, I’m happy to accept this, but if not, I’ll continue using my baseless assertion and discard yours 😉. Think Motherwell and you'll get there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 5 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: You need to brush up on your eggie my man. It’s an egg before every vowel. My missus and her sister can rattle it off easily. They don’t even have any pauses. boaby tadger gonads chebs I corrected myself later on yesterday. Couldn’t believe I’d got it the wrong way round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wentworth jambo Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Reading this thread has left me puggled !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Lincs Jambo Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Anyone still use the word dippit? As in ya dippit *****? Interesting for me was that in the 80s I spent a year in Vienna and their slang word deppert (pronouced teppit) means exactly the same as dippit in Edinburgh slang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Z Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Relevant and very cool video by a Scottish neuroscientist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRnQ8lYcvFU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, wentworth jambo said: Reading this thread has left me puggled !!! Just puggled? Or, puggled pink? 21 minutes ago, N Lincs Jambo said: Anyone still use the word dippit? As in ya dippit *****? Interesting for me was that in the 80s I spent a year in Vienna and their slang word deppert (pronouced teppit) means exactly the same as dippit in Edinburgh slang. I still say dippit to this very day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithee Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, wentworth jambo said: Reading this thread has left me puggled !!! I'm more scunnered myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 05/10/2019 at 02:19, Lemongrab said: Yes. After I typed it I realised the word 'tip' could be used for both a mess and for something falling. Fousty, or is it foosty, for something mouldy? Is it not spelt ‘fusty’? Funnily enough, we were talking about this yesterday and had a difference of opinion regarding it’s spelling. I say fusty, my wife says foosty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Oosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 16 minutes ago, jonnothejambo said: Laupin, honkin, gantin, mingin. Boggin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Dug Hoarse Coo Burd Moose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathook Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 30 minutes ago, Morgan said: Is it not spelt ‘fusty’? Funnily enough, we were talking about this yesterday and had a difference of opinion regarding it’s spelling. I say fusty, my wife says foosty. Fusty mibbe be the English version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Caine Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Morgan said: Is it not spelt ‘fusty’? Funnily enough, we were talking about this yesterday and had a difference of opinion regarding it’s spelling. I say fusty, my wife says foosty. You say fusty, I say foosty - fusty, foosty, let's call the whole think off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathook Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Pockle or is it pochle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathook Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Just now, Horatio Caine said: You say fusty, I say foosty - fusty, foosty, let's call the whole think off That did come intae ma heid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo414 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Clipe. Infinitely better than the modern "grass" imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 04/10/2019 at 19:19, 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 auld fedder used to look for a 'redder' so he could 'redd' his hair (when he had some). Essentially it just means to tidy as in 'Da Voar Redd Up' - a community (Shetland) spring clean of beaches, verges, ditches etc every spring (voar). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Bawkit, or maybe baukit, not sure of the spelling. As in "getting bawkit on the couch" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 22 minutes ago, Thommo414 said: Clipe. Infinitely better than the modern "grass" imo Just a plain old ‘Lee Wallace’ would suffice, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 55 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: Fusty mibbe be the English version? Could be. It came up due to the fact that my wife is currently reading a book that is set in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 10 minutes ago, PortyJambo said: Bawkit, or maybe baukit, not sure of the spelling. As in "getting bawkit on the couch" Don’t know that one. Does it mean comfy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Morgan said: Don’t know that one. Does it mean comfy? Yeah, don't even know where I first heard/used it! Edit - googled it (as thinking I'd maybe just made it up!), and it does come up as scots slang, there's even a Facebook page called "Bawkit on the couch" Edited October 15, 2019 by PortyJambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Lemongrab said: Pockle or is it pochle? As in cheating at cairds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 2 hours ago, PortyJambo said: Bawkit, or maybe baukit, not sure of the spelling. As in "getting bawkit on the couch" Bawkicked Mair like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW1 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 04/10/2019 at 19:19, 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? Perhaps related linguistically in some way to Shetland's annual Reddup litter clean? https://www.shetlandamenity.org/da-voar-redd-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Lemongrab said: Pockle or is it pochle? Pockle. 1 hour ago, ri Alban said: As in cheating at cairds? No, as in stealing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 38 minutes 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. https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/gadgie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) 39 minutes 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. Gadgie. My father-in-law spelt it Gadgy. Edited October 15, 2019 by Morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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