Ribble Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 35 minutes ago, JamesM48 said: My English friend was in hysterics with this phrase when he first came up to Scotland . I think it stems from actually writing a shopping list down on paper as in “ messages l really Probably originated before general stores or supermarkets so when being sent for the messages you would have a separate note/list for each shop rather than nowadays where you can just have 1 shopping list and just go to asda etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, martoon said: I was the same as a kid. Long summer nights and I was allowed out until it got dark. Sometimes it never truly did get dark. Those times would never end, I believed. 😊 Feel sorry for kids now. Don't think many will have the freedom I did in the 70s and early 80s. Double posting. Edited September 23, 2021 by JamesM48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Other odd shopping things. A loaf of bread always called a half loaf, and my mum and the older generation still talk about going to the shop for butcher’s meat. As in “I need to remember to get the butcher’s meat when I’m at he Provie” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribble Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 27 minutes ago, JamesM48 said: We just called the kitchen the scullery. 😂 yes happy summer memories of playing kick the can until 10 Pm and heading home knackered and usually “ Mocket “ Scullery was wherever you done the washing up/washed clothes, so could be a separate wee room or in the kitchen itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Tazio said: Other odd shopping things. A loaf of bread always called a half loaf, and my mum and the older generation still talk about going to the shop for butcher’s meat. As in “I need to remember to get the butcher’s meat when I’m at he Provie” I still go and get “ the butchers meat “ ! Come on it had to be said 😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 37 minutes ago, martoon said: There was a game we played that, when caught, you were placed in an imaginary cell/holding place until an ally "tigged" you out, as it were. The game had a strange name that I don't think I ever truly knew or understood. Leave lo. Don't know the spelling. Snow dropping. That might've been used out with Edinburgh. Ding dong dash is excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 In Whitburn we used to call a piece oan jam 'Carluke Steak' There's some Carluke steak ben the scullery oan the bunker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 A classy sentence using local sayings that reference place names. “she telt me I had to get off at Haymarket, mind you that took ages as it was like chucking a sausage up Blair Street” That one should confuse non Edinburgh people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 I only discovered recently that saying you’re “ages with someone” isn’t something English people understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, Tazio said: A classy sentence using local sayings that reference place names. “she telt me I had to get off at Haymarket, mind you that took ages as it was like chucking a sausage up Blair Street” That one should confuse non Edinburgh people. that took me a moment to work out and it was the second bit that helped me understand 13 minutes ago, Tazio said: I only discovered recently that saying you’re “ages with someone” isn’t something English people understand. philistines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 does cutting aboot with count as one or is that used elsewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 23 minutes ago, Auldbenches said: Leave lo. Don't know the spelling. Snow dropping. That might've been used out with Edinburgh. Ding dong dash is excellent ...and classy. Chap door run, where I lived. Iirc. Don't remember doing it much, tbh. Helpie, the levoy/leave thing and fitba mostly. I was never in. Being "kept in" for misdemeanours was the harshest punishment in the world to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 15 minutes ago, Tazio said: I only discovered recently that saying you’re “ages with someone” isn’t something English people understand. Strange people, they English. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Just now, martoon said: ...and classy. Chap door run, where I lived. Iirc. Don't remember doing it much, tbh. Helpie, the levoy/leave thing and fitba mostly. I was never in. Being "kept in" for misdemeanours was the harshest punishment in the world to me. Brutal having to tell your mates that when asked if you were doing something later. Shapes for wallie always sounded posh to me. Did they actually shout things like triangle before they kicked it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Just now, martoon said: Strange people, they English. 😄 Tell me about it. Imagine my confusion marrying someone from the midlands and their family saying you talk funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambostuart Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Anyone else use patch? As in to patch your work or patch the school as it's too nice a day to attend? Or to fail to meet a friend... You've patched them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Just now, jambostuart said: Anyone else use patch? As in to patch your work or patch the school as it's too nice a day to attend? Or to fail to meet a friend... You've patched them? I think that’s a more recent thing. Dingie would have been the word for my generation for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, Tazio said: Tell me about it. Imagine my confusion marrying someone from the midlands and their family saying you talk funny. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Pickle etc are supposed to originate from romany culture. Always wondered why they we used adopted them but other places in Scotland. I hear folk say gowf and I can't remember anyone using that. Was that more of a fife and perthshire thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Tazio said: I think that’s a more recent thing. Dingie would have been the word for my generation for that. Brummies call a granny getting brushed. As in grannied at pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Pagger Nash Stoorie Shotty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, Auldbenches said: Brummies call a granny getting brushed. As in grannied at pool. Heard that in darts, too, I think. Your opponent checking out before you've checked in. Embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, jambostuart said: Anyone else use patch? As in to patch your work or patch the school as it's too nice a day to attend? Or to fail to meet a friend... You've patched them? Patched is definitely more recent . We used to call it “ getting bumped “ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CostaJambo Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, JamesM48 said: Yes same here in feeling sorry for kids now who never seem to leave their bedrooms or are in their phones or tablets . They are really missing out on those great shared experiences with friends . Suppose it’s just how things evolve . And yes the summers did seem warmer and lighter until 11 at night . I was always out enjoying myself . I thank my parents for not having a helicopter parenting style ! Made me quite an independent and resourceful child and adult . Couldn't agree more, quite sad really. I bet there are kids in their late teens these days who have never climbed a tree in their puff (does puff count?). We used to do it for no other reason than it was there! Also unsure about two sayings we used for scoring at a school disco - you either got "fixed up" or got a "bag off" those were the days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, CostaJambo said: Couldn't agree more, quite sad really. I bet there are kids in their late teens these days who have never climbed a tree in their puff (does puff count?). We used to do it for no other reason than it was there! Also unsure about two sayings we used for scoring at a school disco - you either got "fixed up" or got a "bag off" those were the days! Yes the parenting styles nowadays are so different from years ago . Some rally positive aspects to it but children are far too risk adverse now compared to our childhood . I remember walking to school when I was 6 . Now it seems kids are chauffeur driven until they get to high school . It’s an over molly coddling of children which creates dependency and Makes children less able and resilient in later life I feel . It’s damaging . I didn’t really get too many “ bag offs “ at the school disco really ! Would gave caused a scandal if I had . I also recall the term “ nashing “ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Kintner Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, jambostuart said: Anyone else use patch? As in to patch your work or patch the school as it's too nice a day to attend? Or to fail to meet a friend... You've patched them? When I was young we called this dogging…which has a whole other meaning these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 10 minutes ago, Alex Kintner said: When I was young we called this dogging…which has a whole other meaning these days! And I recall we used to say “ Turn the tranny on “ ! Now that’s completely different now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, JamesM48 said: Patched is definitely more recent . We used to call it “ getting bumped “ Did people not use dogging the school for skiving? I suppose dogging the school has a different nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Just now, Auldbenches said: Did people not use dogging the school for skiving? I suppose dogging the school has a different nowadays. We said “ kipping “ school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 13 minutes ago, Alex Kintner said: When I was young we called this dogging…which has a whole other meaning these days! Beat me to it. Never saw this when posting. Credit for ding dong dash. Hope you made that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Just now, JamesM48 said: We said “ kipping “ school Kipping was the first I heard. I remember a couple of lassies at school saying leaf piece for play piece at primary. Never knew if it was just something they used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Sibees (sp?) for spring onions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 hours ago, martoon said: There was a game we played that, when caught, you were placed in an imaginary cell/holding place until an ally "tigged" you out, as it were. The game had a strange name that I don't think I ever truly knew or understood. 2 man hunt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Auldbenches said: Sibees (sp?) for spring onions A good indicator of age and class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, JamesM48 said: I still go and get “ the butchers meat “ ! Come on it had to be said 😂😂😂 Enough about your private life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Crossan Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 27 minutes ago, JamesM48 said: We said “ kipping “ school We said "skipping school" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Tazio said: A classy sentence using local sayings that reference place names. “she telt me I had to get off at Haymarket, mind you that took ages as it was like chucking a sausage up Blair Street” That one should confuse non Edinburgh people. Now theres a coincidence. In all my days Id never heard that phrase until someone at work mentioned it last week and even then they had to provide an explanation for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, ri Alban said: Enough about your private life. Oh don’t be such a delicate flower 🌺 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrymac Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 "Lobby" "The Store Divvy" "Press" "Hingo" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Dingied = bumped/abandoned/ignored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert. Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Slightly off topic stoavies. Growing up it was sausage, onion and tatties all boiled together with gravy. Is that the right way or is corned beef hash the right way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, Herbert said: Slightly off topic stoavies. Growing up it was sausage, onion and tatties all boiled together with gravy. Is that the right way or is corned beef hash the right way? Well this will blow the thread apart. Sausages for convenience, leftovers from Sunday dinner for "proper" stovies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Ribble said: Scullery was wherever you done the washing up/washed clothes, so could be a separate wee room or in the kitchen itself Thats what I always assumed it was too. But my granny & grandad had only one small kitchen in their Gorgie Road tenement and they called it a scullery. Theres a definition when you google it that suggests its derived from a French word for serving platter, used to transport food to the table in big posh houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 50 minutes ago, Auldbenches said: Sibees (sp?) for spring onions Yeah, I heard that one too. Never heard them called spring onions until the 80s. No idea how you spell it or where the word came from. Your spelling looks rather too close to "Hibees" for comfort though .... although both are green and bitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, Herbert said: Slightly off topic stoavies. Growing up it was sausage, onion and tatties all boiled together with gravy. Is that the right way or is corned beef hash the right way? There was a stovies thread a few years back, Herb. Sausages v. Corned beef Brown v. White... It was epic. Must have lead to quite a few warning points, suspensions and lifelong bans. Religion, flag debates...pfft. How you took yer stovies put all that nonsense in the shade. I'm out if this thread escalates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, Herbert said: Slightly off topic stoavies. Growing up it was sausage, onion and tatties all boiled together with gravy. Is that the right way or is corned beef hash the right way? Yea as other person commented there was a stoavies thread ! And it’s tatties and corned beef 🥩 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 24 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Yeah, I heard that one too. Never heard them called spring onions until the 80s. No idea how you spell it or where the word came from. Your spelling looks rather too close to "Hibees" for comfort though .... although both are green and bitter. Though they don't make you cry when you slice them. * just to say I have to intentions in slicing anyone up. Just desperate to add to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribble Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 33 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Thats what I always assumed it was too. But my granny & grandad had only one small kitchen in their Gorgie Road tenement and they called it a scullery. Theres a definition when you google it that suggests its derived from a French word for serving platter, used to transport food to the table in big posh houses. If they didn't wash dishes anywhere else then it'd qualify as a scullery as well as being a kitchen, the french escuele directly translates to 'dish' but comes from the latin for salver or wooden platter, so what we thought were scottish words from our grannies was actually just bad latin for a place to wash dishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtipsjambo Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 What about hunted, as in that guy needs hunted(chased away) said that to some edinburgh folk and they had never heard of it. I'm the same with sibees, always called them that, although I've seen cyboes as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 54 minutes ago, Herbert said: Slightly off topic stoavies. Growing up it was sausage, onion and tatties all boiled together with gravy. Is that the right way or is corned beef hash the right way? you've gone and done it now. the fighting on the covid thread will pale into insignificance with the rammy that will happen with everyone telling each other what is the correct way of making stovies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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