I Just Love Our Language (Scottish English)

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Laurie

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A guy has just been done for "Culpable and Reckless conduct ............ to the danger of the lieges."

Sounds so much netter than "anti-social behaviour" doesn't it?
 
My husband uses old historical language such as 'My liege' at times...but it's not been in common usage for hundreds of years..so where did you see this today Laurie, have you got a link ? I'd love to see it written down in terms of todays language.. :D
 
LOL OA... Lang may yer lum reek..is still amazingly in fairly common usage in Scotland and means as you probably know..Long may you always have coal to warm your house (this when coal was very expensive) ..alternatively meaning may you always have good fortune

Another Scottish saying (among many ) which is still very much in common usage is 'it's a Dreich day '..meaning it's grey cold and drizzling
 
hollydolly said:
LOL OA... Lang may yer lum reek..is still amazingly in fairly common usage in Scotland and means as you probably know..Long may you always have coal to warm your house (this when coal was very expensive) ..alternatively meaning may you always have good fortune

Another Scottish saying (among many ) which is still very much in common usage is 'it's a Dreich day '..meaning it's grey cold and drizzling
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Aye, hear dreich a LOT.

Another one I love is in reply to being asked how you're doing 'no bad'. Which is very good!
 
Funnily enough Annie..I still say 'no bad'...I do it to irritate my husband..because he hates it when I lapse into a Scottish accent..so I deliberately put on a strong Glaswegian accent to watch him cover his ears with horror..
 
hollydolly said:
Funnily enough Annie..I still say 'no bad'...I do it to irritate my husband..because he hates it when I lapse into a Scottish accent..so I deliberately put on a strong Glaswegian accent to watch him cover his ears with horror..
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LOL. Now how can he not like the charming Scottish accent and words?! I'm gobsmacked!
 
He likes my accent which is a very soft Scottish lilt ...but he hates the harsh sound of the Glaswegian , Dundonian or Aberdonian accents.., so when I put it on he recoils in horror.

There was a classic example just a few minutes ago..I was interested in the price of something and asked him how much he thought it would cost, he shrugged his shoulders and said '' probably just a couple of pounds''

..and playing up to the very unfair stereotype of the Scots being tight-fisted I replied in a Broad Glaswegian accent''..''Whit?.. yer hivin' me oan..2 quid..??> that's no fer me then son''......he was out of the room before I'd finished the sentence :lol1:
 
hollydolly said:
He likes my accent which is a very soft Scottish lilt ...but he hates the harsh sound of the Glaswegian , Dundonian or Aberdonian accents.., so when I put it on he recoils in horror.

There was a classic example just a few minutes ago..I was interested in the price of something and asked him how much he thought it would cost, he shrugged his shoulders and said '' probably just a couple of pounds''

..and playing up to the very unfair stereotype of the Scots being tight-fisted I replied in a Broad Glaswegian accent''..''Whit?.. yer hivin' me oan..2 quid..??> that's no fer me then son''......he was out of the room before I'd finished the sentence :lol1:
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My husband likes to say 'every penny's a prisoner'. But he dismisses the stereotype although he says Scots are frugal they are also very generous.

You know my DH worked in London for 18 years. He softened his accent and had to stop using a lot of words while he lived there in order to be understood. When he retired he quickly reverted back to using those words - like jaiket, geerden, etc. But I've never thought he had a strong Glaswegian accent. His is much softer. He hasn't lived in Glasgow since he was about 20. He doesn't sound at all like his brother who has lived in Glasgow all his life.
 
Speaking of language, I believe the ugliest language to be German. Behind that is Japanese. The sweetest language is french in my book. These are merely my comments and do not necessarily reflect those of this site, it's sponsors, owners or employees.
 
AZ Jim said:
Speaking of language, I believe the ugliest language to be German. Behind that is Japanese. The sweetest language is french in my book. These are merely my comments and do not necessarily reflect those of this site, it's sponsors, owners or employees.
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My candidate, with my apologizes to my friends in OZ, is Australian English. As well as some American dialects.
 
in light of your comments I think it's time for some humor :D If anyone watched Laugh-in in the 60s, here's a clip
[video]https://youtu.be/5Qf6Sv3A9zs[/video]
 
I find German very hard on the ears. Love the sound of French. My favourite accents in English are Scottish, Irish (not Northern), and Aussie is pretty cool as well.
 
Josiah said:
It's nice to see you folks across the pond having fun in your quaint ways.
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yes, I shall be dancing around the maypole anytime dressed in quaint peasant gear, whilst the Morris dancers ( don't ask)hop up and down hitting each other with sticks and jingling their bells on the village green.
 
However, that's England Josiah, up in Scotland they will be tossing the caber,skirling the pipes,and hawking photo's of the Loch Ness Monster to innocent tourists.
 
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