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Do you know what is meant by 'she does heehaw?'

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ILoveMyBobbleHat · 14/09/2018 18:35

Said this about a particularly lazy colleague today and had my immediate neighbour in tears laughing at it!

I'm Scottish and she's English, she claims never to have heard it before!

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inmyheadimthequeen · 16/09/2018 17:24

And as well as 'plootering' we say 'footering' (I would probably spell it 'futtering'). I'm a tidy person so it drives me crazy ('does my head in', is that a Scottish thing?) when things are in a guddle.

UnlikelyMary · 16/09/2018 17:27

Clarty wee bism.
Doing your party piece when out guising.
Having a piece. Which was a sandwich.
Having your playpiece at playtime at school.
Scoosh-squirt.

UnlikelyMary · 16/09/2018 17:29

Giving someone the glad eye. Is that Scottish?

Myusernameisunique · 16/09/2018 17:30

"she does f* all". I'm Scottish (Fife) and my DH is more Glasgow based. I knew the meaning of it but wouldn't have used it before I met DH. It's a phrase he uses a lot though. Definitely another amazing Scottish phrase (we have so many!) And I'd say it's more commonly used in the west? Could be wrong though about the last part!

inmyheadimthequeen · 16/09/2018 17:32

Oh yes UnlikelyMary, clarty/clatty, skanking, bogging, manky....

Rudgie47 · 16/09/2018 17:34

Some cunt- someone/somebody.

Weejee bastard- A person from Glasgow.

Rudgie47 · 16/09/2018 17:38

How- instead of why.

SausageOnAFork · 16/09/2018 17:43

And is “squint” really Scottish- as in “that picture’s hanging squint”? What on Earth else would you say?

Here in East Anglia it would be ‘on the huh’.

lexer · 16/09/2018 17:48

does anyone else hate when their house is in a "red-up"

YeTalkShiteHen · 16/09/2018 18:04

I’ve not heard red-up? Where is that from?

Has anyone said bowfin’ yet?

lexer · 16/09/2018 18:06

"As hard as Henderson's" You will need to have been born in a particular part of Scotland to know that one. One of my favourites.

SamWidges · 16/09/2018 18:08

If I was cheeky, my mum told me I was a "buzzim". If my room was a mess, it was a "mudden". If I was really naughty, my parents told me I'd "get the belt" or I'd be "flayed alive". Reading this back, that is shocking.

hmmwhatatodo · 16/09/2018 18:11

Do you not mean bizzum? As in a cheeky wee bizzum.

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 16/09/2018 18:12

Besom?

UnlikelyMary · 16/09/2018 18:15

bism for me but it could be from besom. Also think it's midden which was a rubbish heap.

opinionatedfreak · 16/09/2018 18:16

Besom

bangourvillagebesttimeever · 16/09/2018 18:20

Think the Hee haw is relaying to this

As for me as a Scot I got laughed at in London for saying I was going out for my messages. Also ginger was fizzy pop and juice was what the English call squash 😂

bangourvillagebesttimeever · 16/09/2018 18:20

Relating too even!

SenecaFalls · 16/09/2018 18:24

And is “squint” really Scottish- as in “that picture’s hanging squint”? What on Earth else would you say?

In the Southern US, we would say it's "cattywampus."

eltsihT · 16/09/2018 18:30

My granny (from the midlands) used to get annoyed with us when she would ask us if “we would like a slice of cake”. We would reply with “I could take a slice of cake”.

lexer · 16/09/2018 18:32

I didn't believe about squint either but I've just googled it. Can't add the link for some reason but when it's used as an adjective it's Scottish.

lexer · 16/09/2018 18:32

"scunnered"

carr1e1977 · 16/09/2018 18:39

Love so many of these phrases, a lot of which I use every day without thinking. Bunker is also commonly used in fife instead of saying worktop.

How about, 'ugh that gie me the dry boke' when eating something disgusting?

carr1e1977 · 16/09/2018 18:41

also rather than just saying squint, I say squinty pie!!

carr1e1977 · 16/09/2018 18:42

Have we had skew whiff??