Learning Scottish

[overherebc]

No shoor if thises the rite bit fur it but am willin tae dae a oanline job ae lernin foke tae tok basik scotish. Yuliv notisd thit spelins no that much tae bother wae.

If emday waants tae lern it jist post it in Inglish, bit mind, nae high falutin big wurds an awe that, jist yir yoosyal tokin like yeed dae in the pub.

Ahm nae kiddin. Ah think its rite thit sumday goin tae scotlind shoold no how tae tok rite soas emday else kin unnerston thim.

Any takers oot thair

If yeez cin anser this dont bothir. Whooz the Chooky ?

[onionluke]

a is for awright

b is for bawbag

c is for ....

m is for mad rocket

no wait a minute that is just Glaswegian

[robblok]

Just get drunk and try to speak it will sound like Scottish.

[smokie36]

Disgraceful behaviour.

We simply don't talk like that in Edinburgh....certainly not during the Festival.

[JanKlaasen]

Make sure nobody understands you, and most will think you're a Scot.

[overherebc]

Disgraceful behaviour.

We simply don't talk like that in Edinburgh....certainly not during the Festival.

Ones original inlaws were East Coasters.

However saying that I have to admit to havin a few bevvies in Rose street before it got all bent of shape.

Still not manswered but, who is the chooky ?

[smokie36]

I'm sitting in the Guildford Arms.

[overherebc]

I'm sitting in the Guildford Arms.

Well if you don't know who the Chooky is naebdy diz

[Bagwan]

The only Scotch that I can remember being taught by a lady friend I had acquired while standing by a ship undergoing total modernisation at Yarrow's Yard at Scotstoun on the Clyde is

"I ken wat yer mean Jock, but ma hools too wee, Gie us in ma hand and I'll gif yer a wonk."

Yarrows was originally based in London but moved to the Clyde in the mid 1900's. Not a lot of people know that.

[overherebc]

The only Scotch that I can remember being taught by a lady friend I had acquired while standing by a ship undergoing total modernisation at Yarrow's Yard at Scotstoun on the Clyde is

"I ken wat yer mean Jock, but ma hools too wee, Gie us in ma hand and I'll gif yer a wonk."

Yarrows was originally based in London but moved to the Clyde in the mid 1900's. Not a lot of people know that.

No that bad, but if I may correct a few words

Wat whit

Yer Yir

Hand Hawn

Gif Gee

Wonk ( I'm sure everyone can guess)

However a sterling effort

To repeat to all

Who is the chooky ?

[LennyW]

Doric.....

Foos yer doos/fit like the day = How are you

Gan awa doon the toon, see aboot some shoppin = Going into town to get the shopping

Aye aye min/hey min = greeting(geordies use "wye aye man")

On causing offence to a doric decendant aka a sheepshagger, he/she is liable "tae stick the heid on ye" (glasgow kiss)

Far aboots are ye fae = where do you come from (often mistaken for furryboots, hence Aberdeen being labelled "Furryboots City")

Quine = girl

Loon = boy

Mither = mother

Feather = father

breather = brother

haud yer tongue = be quiet

semmit and drawers = vest and pants

Lik a coo keekin ower a dyke = foolish looking person

[smokie36]

Wheesht!

[overherebc]

Faur diz yoo bide ?

Doric.....

Foos yer doos/fit like the day = How are you

Gan awa doon the toon, see aboot some shoppin = Going into town to get the shopping

Aye aye min/hey min = greeting(geordies use "wye aye man")

On causing offence to a doric decendant aka a sheepshagger, he/she is liable "tae stick the heid on ye" (glasgow kiss)

Far aboots are ye fae = where do you come from (often mistaken for furryboots, hence Aberdeen being labelled "Furryboots City")

Quine = girl

Loon = boy

Mither = mother

Feather = father

breather = brother

haud yer tongue = be quiet

semmit and drawers = vest and pants

Lik a coo keekin ower a dyke = foolish looking person

Stick in yir Moo maany

[overherebc]

Hope it's no Fettercairn !

[smokie36]

On Rose St now....

[overherebc]

On Rose St now....

Ok but don't blame me for that. Just tell me you're not in the "White Cockade"

Now you're in the right area,

Hoo is the Chooky ?

[onionluke]

Doric.....

Foos yer doos/fit like the day = How are you

Gan awa doon the toon, see aboot some shoppin = Going into town to get the shopping

Aye aye min/hey min = greeting(geordies use "wye aye man")

On causing offence to a doric decendant aka a sheepshagger, he/she is liable "tae stick the heid on ye" (glasgow kiss)

Far aboots are ye fae = where do you come from (often mistaken for furryboots, hence Aberdeen being labelled "Furryboots City")

Quine = girl

Loon = boy

Mither = mother

Feather = father

breather = brother

haud yer tongue = be quiet

semmit and drawers = vest and pants

Lik a coo keekin ower a dyke = foolish looking person

fuuryboots dye ken tae buy ah barry gadget ? , crivens ,thats no a barry gadget , this is , jings

[Johnniey]

I'm sitting in the Guildford Arms.

Doric.....

Foos yer doos/fit like the day = How are you

Gan awa doon the toon, see aboot some shoppin = Going into town to get the shopping

Aye aye min/hey min = greeting(geordies use "wye aye man")

On causing offence to a doric decendant aka a sheepshagger, he/she is liable "tae stick the heid on ye" (glasgow kiss)

Far aboots are ye fae = where do you come from (often mistaken for furryboots, hence Aberdeen being labelled "Furryboots City")

Quine = girl

Loon = boy

Mither = mother

Feather = father

breather = brother

haud yer tongue = be quiet

semmit and drawers = vest and pants

Lik a coo keekin ower a dyke = foolish looking person

I mind sittin in the Bells Hotel, Aberdeen - the conversation went -

fas owe fa fit?

da ken min, jus gettis a wee dockin doris.

[smokie36]

On Rose St now....

Ok but don't blame me for that. Just tell me you're not in the "White Cockade"

Now you're in the right area,

Hoo is the Chooky ?

Only SC can answer this truthfully.

Edit: Abbotsford Bar.

[Johnniey]

On Rose St now....

I've drunk in every bar on that road in one night - can't remember how many there were - 12 I think,

[overherebc]

I'm sitting in the Guildford Arms.

Doric.....

Foos yer doos/fit like the day = How are you

Gan awa doon the toon, see aboot some shoppin = Going into town to get the shopping

Aye aye min/hey min = greeting(geordies use "wye aye man")

On causing offence to a doric decendant aka a sheepshagger, he/she is liable "tae stick the heid on ye" (glasgow kiss)

Far aboots are ye fae = where do you come from (often mistaken for furryboots, hence Aberdeen being labelled "Furryboots City")

Quine = girl

Loon = boy

Mither = mother

Feather = father

breather = brother

haud yer tongue = be quiet

semmit and drawers = vest and pants

Lik a coo keekin ower a dyke = foolish looking person

I mind sittin in the Bells Hotel, Aberdeen - the conversation went -

fas owe fa fit?

da ken min, jus gettis a wee dockin doris.

Did ye staun yir haun ?

[smokie36]

On Rose St now....

I've drunk in every bar on that road in one night - can't remember how many there were - 12 I think,

Plenty more. A distant memory I hope.

[overherebc]

see, ah waant ye tae wurk oot hoo the chooky is but if ah gie yeez clooz itil stoap awe this threed.

Cimoan

Awe rite. Wan cloo.

Wiz born inna storrim but rose tae be a high heed yin.

[smokie36]

Its Sir Sean....

[overherebc]

Diz yees waant me tae tell ye or dae ye waant tae gie it a brek.

See smokie yoor in the rite Gaff, think aboot it.

[smokie36]

Brendan Gisby.

[overherebc]

Brendan Gisby.

Awe rite ah give in

The chooky Embra

[smokie36]

Showin at the Festival ah believe....

[theblether]

I remember during army training with the Royal Engineers being reprimanded by a training corporal who enjoined me by saying 'speak the Queens English Sapper theblether'......he wasn't too happy when I replied 'whit ye effin talkin aboot, the Queens Scoattish'.

He got me back by making me do 200 press ups. It was worth it.

[nontabury]

Who gives a S - - T

I thought that this was a Thai forum.

Reminds me when I was on Ko Phi Phi about 24 yrs ago,on the beach next to us was a group of early

20 yr old's, they were from many countries, USA,NZ,Australia,France,Germany etc, They were telling each other of the many interesting places they had visited on their travels. All of them talking of foreign countries, except for one person, a Scot who would only talk about his own country even interrupting

The others, trying to change the subject back to Scotland all the time, I could sense all the others were

Pissed of with him, and even I as a fellow Brit was embarrassed.