Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:58 pm
Yeah, she could. It was for an oration exercise. I almost cried!schuette wrote:just read it myself and I imagine she could understand it
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:07 pm
Heres some Aberdeenshire ones:
Loon - man
Quine - woman
Fit like - How are you?
Foos yer doos? - How are you getting on?
Muckle - many/much
Tholed - Doing, as in "I canna be tholed wi' that"
Chavin' awa' - I'm ok
dreicht - damp/wet
Loon - man
Quine - woman
Fit like - How are you?
Foos yer doos? - How are you getting on?
Muckle - many/much
Tholed - Doing, as in "I canna be tholed wi' that"
Chavin' awa' - I'm ok
dreicht - damp/wet
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:20 pm
Thank god, I though maybe I was the only one that'd heard that over there! Me Scotsman usually called it the bog, sometimes the loo, but mostly the bog.Slaine mac Roth wrote: Toilet = bog
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:18 pm
Loon is my favourite....but I also like when Aberdonians say fit likeFridge wrote:Heres some Aberdeenshire ones:
Loon - man
Quine - woman
Fit like - How are you?
Foos yer doos? - How are you getting on?
Muckle - many/much
Tholed - Doing, as in "I canna be tholed wi' that"
Chavin' awa' - I'm ok
dreicht - damp/wet
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:36 am
Seeing as we have at least three Scots on board here, you may be able to help with something that's been bothering me lately.
Just recently, I was listening to "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers which features the immortal lines:
Just recently, I was listening to "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers which features the immortal lines:
Just what the hell is havering?And if I haver yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:26 am
it's just like to gibber
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:31 am
*chuckles 'cuz I love the terminology*
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:40 am
That song caused me to look up haver in the dictionary years ago. It said it meant to equivocate.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:03 am
what dictionary was that...?
when someone is talking nonsense we'll say....quit your havering
when someone is talking nonsense we'll say....quit your havering
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:28 am
www.m-w.comschuette wrote:what dictionary was that...?
when someone is talking nonsense we'll say....quit your havering
Not a slang dictionary by any means.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:49 am
when someone talks nonsense here, we say: SHUT YOUR PIEHOLE.ElfDude wrote:www.m-w.comschuette wrote:what dictionary was that...?
when someone is talking nonsense we'll say....quit your havering
Not a slang dictionary by any means.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:52 am
Talkin smack
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:55 am
or shut the hell up Soup.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:55 am
yeah...that too!Walkinghairball wrote:Talkin smack
hey Hairy 
hey Soup Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:09 am
Whatup bubba?