Slang from where you live

These so funny to me - all these word! LOL! I can not figure out slang words from here where I living - never mind other country! Oh my gosh...so funny!

Arse and butts lol.... bollocks! hHAHAAA! I will tell those word to Steven and he will laugh (or else he will be gutted - or knackered) haha! I laughin... so funny
 
These so funny to me - all these word! LOL! I can not figure out slang words from here where I living - never mind other country! Oh my gosh...so funny!

Arse and butts lol.... bollocks! hHAHAAA! I will tell those word to Steven and he will laugh (or else he will be gutted - or knackered) haha! I laughin... so funny
Yes. After reading the Australian list I know I would have to walk around with a list of the meanings in my hands :D
 

Hahaaa! Oh boy..... So many strange word to try to remember..... I also will need a list BW! :) xx
 
Pennsylvania Dutch:

Redd up - get ready. "Dinner will be soon, better redd up the table."

Loud - pungent. "My, that limburger cheese is loud."

All - finished, gone. "You should have asked for a piece earlier. Now, the pie is all."

Or my grandfather's favorite just plain ol' Midwest term for "gone" - "That pie is singing the doxology."
 
"Haud yer wheesht" - keep quiet.

"Wally dugs" - a pair of ornimental china dogs (left & right facing) that sit either side of a fireplace or mantle.

"Poke" - a small paper bag eg. A poke of sweeties

"Dreich" - wet & miserable (weather)
"Guy dreich" - really miserable.

"Toty" - small
"Toty wee" - (relatively) very small

"You'll have had yer tea".. this is a tongue in cheek reference to the (totally untrue) Scottish being miserly.
 
"Hits the spot" - generally meaning "that's just what I needed".

BUT....I read a small article written by a woman whose father was a minister back in the 1930's. She said people from the church would bring the family pies, home canned goods and other food and then ask next Sunday whether they had liked it. She said her father struggled with the dilemma of whether to lie about something that was terrible and say he had enjoyed it or to tell the truth and hurt someone's feelings. His solution: he said that the garbage can would henceforth be designated "THE SPOT". When something had to be thrown in the garbage because it was inedible and he was asked about it on Sunday, he'd truthfully say, "Sister Williams, that cake you brought us sure did HIT THE SPOT!" Win-win.
 
Go for messages - go shopping - normally I hear this from elderly people.

.... will see ya oot - buying something that you won't need to buy again as you'll be dead by then
 
Oh my gosh....these all so funnny! I have a friend who live in the South and they all sounding just like her! (If you ever will hear our telephone conversations ...lol... all the time she must explain what the words are meaning to me. :) Still I love her though.... xx

And we LUV you as well Gia. :sentimental::love_heart:

That's how a Liverpool Scouser would say it! ;)
 
I love all those saying, Annie.... I will be very lost to be visit to Scotland... I will hire you for translate for me! hahaaa.... I think is very CHARMING all these saying and phrases.... so much fun to see how others say thing....wonderful! :) xo From Gia
 
I dunno what it means that one, Sharon - but I think I should stay on the porch! ;) So cute.... Oh! - - it mean if you not tough then you stay with the not tough dogs...if you tough, then you allow to go with the big tough dogs. Steven tell me what its mean. Make sense to me.... good one! :)
 
I love all those saying, Annie.... I will be very lost to be visit to Scotland... I will hire you for translate for me! hahaaa.... I think is very CHARMING all these saying and phrases.... so much fun to see how others say thing....wonderful! :) xo From Gia

Haha! I'll interpret although I still have trouble with a Glasgow accent and don't know every single slang/Scots words. I've lived here 16 years.
 
These are ALL funny, Captain Lightning....

SO far from what I am able to understand...but I like to see the words and what they meaning in Scotland language. You and Annie the same - is very interesting to see
how others say thing. :)
 
These are ALL funny, Captain Lightning....

SO far from what I am able to understand...but I like to see the words and what they meaning in Scotland language. You and Annie the same - is very interesting to see
how others say thing. :)

There are actually a lot of differences between Capt's language/slang in East Scotland and where I live in the West.
 
Well...that okay Annie.... I live here since young and STILL I not know all the English words. Is because I speaking Italian all day long at home and to my family who lives near me....my English is mainly for online and out in public...or work.... so I not say English very often. I know I should speak it more, but I just forget. : } You do VERY well for live there only 16 year.... there is much to learn about Scotland and I think you have do very very well. I proud of you, Annie. :)
 
Well...that okay Annie.... I live here since young and STILL I not know all the English words. Is because I speaking Italian all day long at home and to my family who lives near me....my English is mainly for online and out in public...or work.... so I not say English very often. I know I should speak it more, but I just forget. : } You do VERY well for live there only 16 year.... there is much to learn about Scotland and I think you have do very very well. I proud of you, Annie. :)

I love it here and pay attention. Took a while to understand the accents.
 
I see....well...is like that here in US also, Annie....the South say things different than the North.... and the west coast different than the East coast - - each region speak the way they do from long ago language...is the same in different parts of Italy also. Is not so easy to learn them all - that why I enjoy to see them here... SO many difference but also so many of the same kind of words, just pronouce differently.... I find it fascinating. :)
 
I'm sure it take a while, Annie.... it is like that for me, also...... even just different regions close to us...they say words that I have not hear before.... but is nice to learn of different languages.... I know one thing! I learn that we NOT make the "okay" sign with our fingers to ANYone in public...because it NOT mean "okay" or "I like" .... it mean the hiney part to other languages. Oh boy! I learn the hard way - I insult some one in New York - it was at a pizza restaurant.... we stop in quickly for just a bite and when we leaving, I make the sign like "okay! " - very good pizza! And they was from Arabia and it was a insult to them what i make with my fingers. I not EVER do that again!... oh my goodness...they eyes was full of hate for me! Steven say, "come on- we goin' right now" lol........... yike! So you not EVER make that sign in public. Is not a good thing to do. haha.... be very careful not to insulting people.... they not like that. : /
 
I'm sure it take a while, Annie.... it is like that for me, also...... even just different regions close to us...they say words that I have not hear before.... but is nice to learn of different languages.... I know one thing! I learn that we NOT make the "okay" sign with our fingers to ANYone in public...because it NOT mean "okay" or "I like" .... it mean the hiney part to other languages. Oh boy! I learn the hard way - I insult some one in New York - it was at a pizza restaurant.... we stop in quickly for just a bite and when we leaving, I make the sign like "okay! " - very good pizza! And they was from Arabia and it was a insult to them what i make with my fingers. I not EVER do that again!... oh my goodness...they eyes was full of hate for me! Steven say, "come on- we goin' right now" lol........... yike! So you not EVER make that sign in public. Is not a good thing to do. haha.... be very careful not to insulting people.... they not like that. : /

Yea, I learned that one a few years ago - the AOK sign means kiss my butt in many cultures. Thumbs up seems to be okay everywhere I've gone. Even in Africa.
 
Okay! We will do only thumb ups sign - haha.... :) Funny how the bad things are known in so many country, huh? :)
 
Hi Sharon!

Yes.... I was not aware of those thing my self! NOW I know better...haha...... Jeesh - they were highly insult...the big white teeth smile turn to such a sour face and anger eyes! yikes! :) How are you today my friend? All ready for Easter day? :)
 
It's good to do research before traveling to a country you've never been to before. And even in English-speaking countries there are big differences and could be very embarrassing.
 


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