JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 “ keeping a showtae “ no sure of speeding ( keeping any eye on something or someone ) cheggied ( stole ) starday ( jail ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, redtipsjambo said: 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 Yah, cybies ( no clue on spelling). My mum & her family used thso word all the time (spring onions , for the ignorant). Re the stovies question elsewhere - made on a Monday with the leftover Sunday roast (lamb or beef) but NEVER corned beef . Superb stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, milky_26 said: 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...
milky_26 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, JamesM48 said: 😂😂 jimmy you know i'm right and there is probably only one other non football topic that would be worse than the stovie one. i wont mention it as i dont want blamed for jkb armaggeddon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, milky_26 said: jimmy you know i'm right and there is probably only one other non football topic that would be worse than the stovie one. i wont mention it as i dont want blamed for jkb armaggeddon Ok I agree !😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairdy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Don't know if that still happens. Did it at my wedding, mind you, that wasn't yesterday...😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 hours ago, JamesM48 said: 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 “ Bag off where I grew up but heard gillie folk using bag oot. Maybe the lassies there were uglier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairdy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 15 hours ago, Lone Striker said: The re-pronounciation of some words has always fascinated me. Changing the vowel sounds mainly. Not sure if these are mainly an Edinburgh thing or not - Lowland Scots derivation probably Gress = grass Fower = 4 Seeven = 7 Troot = trout Maister= master Ither = other Then there's words with a Germanic or French derivation in the pronounciation- Richt = right Kirk = church Another word Dad used was Slaister .... as in "yer a right slaister" (I think it meant messy) I still get called that ! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert. Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 44 minutes ago, JamesM48 said: Yea as other person commented there was a stoavies thread ! And it’s tatties and corned beef 🥩 😎 Wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 47 minutes ago, JamesM48 said: Yea as other person commented there was a stoavies thread ! And it’s tatties and corned beef 🥩 😎 You just can't help yourself... Who the feck in skint hooses had left over corned beef? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 3 hours 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 As I've said a few times we have a bunch of links with Dutch, especially in the east of Scotland. The Dutch for a message is boodschap, and their word for groceries is also the plural, boodschappen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 My gorebridge granny always used to say the dogs were ben the hoose if they were in another room. I loved it, when I bought a house in Holland I called it Ben the Hoose. My fife granny always said "yer lik a coo lookin ooer a dyke" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairdy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 3 hours ago, martoon said: Heard that in darts, too, I think. Your opponent checking out before you've checked in. Embarrassing. The 'pool' one's happened to me quite a few times.😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairdy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 What about 'cadge.' ie 'I cadged a fag of my mate.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 n, pl syboes or sybows (Cookery) Scot a spring onion [C16: from cibol, from French ciboule, from Latin cepulla onion bed, from cepa onion] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 38 minutes ago, Auldbenches said: You just can't help yourself... Who the feck in skint hooses had left over corned beef? Just having a coffee with a friend . He says it’s definitely sausages ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, bairdy said: The 'pool' one's happened to me quite a few times.😔 Almost happened to me in a darts leg at the Right Wing. A game v. some Hibby. Still lost but by the time he finally checked out I was on for one myself with the next three. Grannied by a Hibby? What a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, JamesM48 said: Just having a coffee with a friend . He says it’s definitely sausages ! I'm amazed that you stil have working class friends. Edited September 23, 2021 by Auldbenches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 37 minutes ago, bairdy said: What about 'cadge.' ie 'I cadged a fag of my mate.' I wonder if that's another romany word we adopted like radge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Puddock's paws is another granny one, if your hands were cold, they were like puddock's paws, frog's feet. She would talk about hoolits (owls) and cooshy doos (woodpigeons) but I suppose that's more Scots language than colloquialism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 16 minutes ago, Auldbenches said: I wonder if that's another romany word we adopted like radge? And gadgie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Pupkin Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Joogal.... A Dog Dunno why.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 46 minutes ago, Auldbenches said: I'm amazed that you stil have working class friends. Bless them , they keep me grounded and remind me of my humble roots 😎ps how you know he’s a working class Gorgie boy 👦 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Remember hearing older folk calling a drain a gundy. Not in Edinburgh but through west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 18 minutes ago, Rupert Pupkin said: Joogal.... A Dog Dunno why.. Haha. That brings back memories. Had a pal called Addie years ago and he had an Alsatian who was bonkers. Another friend would always say ‘here comes Addie wi’ that daft ****ing joogal’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 43 minutes ago, Rupert Pupkin said: Joogal.... A Dog Dunno why.. Another romany word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Ya ******* ye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegranty Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, GinRummy said: Remember hearing older folk calling a drain a gundy. Not in Edinburgh but through west. A weedgie mate calls it stank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Just now, weegranty said: A weedgie mate calls it stank. Not heard that one. A stank is quite apt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonfiveone Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 hours ago, GinRummy said: Remember hearing older folk calling a drain a gundy. Not in Edinburgh but through west. A siver is what we called a street drain when I was young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Just now, Wonfiveone said: A siver is what we called a street drain when I was young. Heard that one as well 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrymac Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Wonfiveone said: A siver is what we called a street drain when I was young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonfiveone Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 8 hours 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 used to get sent to the store for a fourpit of tatties. If I remember correctly the shop keeper used to put 3 and a half pound weights on one side of the scales and put in the tatties until the scale sides balanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 21 hours ago, Auldbenches said: I wonder if it was used further than the lothians. Asked about clatty and clarty because I also wonder where things become more west Scotland Cat dies and variations of it were/are used UK wide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonfiveone Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 A couple or so of words from my childhood that appear to have different meanings nowadays: mingin meant smelly scaffy meant a street sweeper cried meant called (named) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Crossan Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 hours ago, GinRummy said: Remember hearing older folk calling a drain a gundy. Not in Edinburgh but through west. It was called a gundy when I lived in Tranent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Just now, Paddy Crossan said: It was called a gundy when I lived in Tranent Thought it was a west of Scotland thing 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 53 minutes ago, Wonfiveone said: A siver is what we called a street drain when I was young. It's what I still call them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonfiveone Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 A few more words from my youth. patron or partan = large crab puddly = small fish rone = roof gutter Bucket raking = a past time of a couple of families where I was brought up searching the buckets of the more affluent areas rubbers = gym shoes Tumshay = turnip yocker = large stone for throwing mockit= dirty scud=nude pee the bed= dandelion Claise = clothes oxters = armpits piece = sandwich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, IronJambo said: Cat dies and variations of it were/are used UK wide. Thought it was just a local thing. Curious to know where it came from... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beni Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Auldbenches said: Thought it was just a local thing. Curious to know where it came from... What I was told is that when your cat dies you wear your trousers at half mast in its memory. Seems to be the case. https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/has-your-cat-died-voted-most-incomprehensible-insult-of-all-time-20190126181827 Edited September 23, 2021 by Beni Added link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, Beni said: What I was told is that when your cat dies you wear your trousers at half mast in its memory. Thanks. Only one trouser leg if your pet goat dies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beni Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, Auldbenches said: Thanks. Only one trouser leg if your pet goat dies? Why would that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Beni said: Why would that be? Bad Masonic joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beni Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Auldbenches said: Bad Masonic joke. Ah, I get it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Crossan Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, Beni said: Ah, I get it now. Do you not mean to say I goat it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Kintner Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Paddy Crossan said: Do you not mean to say I goat it now? Meh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 12 hours ago, Herbert said: I never heard "the street" in Edinburgh It was and still is the toon, Its only when I've lived in small towns I've heard people saying they're going doon the street. I was brought up in a small town, that's where I heard it. I suppose those places might have had main street where most of the shops were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Kintner Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 (edited) Gutties, rubbers and plimsoles. Playing “Join the crew” and going home black and blue, especially when you were one of the youngest. Edited September 24, 2021 by Alex Kintner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Cowp - To tip over. Nyaff - A wee annoying person. Sheugh - A ditch or the crack of your arse. Pagger, another Romany word, is one I've only heard in Edinburgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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