Is ‘that’s you’ unique to Scotland?

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English colleague (who is otherwise lovely) said that this baffles her in shops and restaurants.

Is this true?! It was only after she said it I realise how often I say it!

I say it all the time at work when handing out orders. "That's you there".

I'm guessing a couple of others on here will like my username

In my experience, most Scots switch between actual English, Scots English and whatever dialect they speak depending on who they're talking to.

And in Spain they ask in English and an English person translates it into English for the waiter.

I'd say, "that's you sorted" or "that's you done" but then I also say 'stocious' for drunk - I had a Scottish great grandfather but II never met him but maybe some words have been passed on.

I say 'ther yar' all the time too

To any English PPs who find such a straightforward piece of Scots puzzling, imagine my reaction as a young English medical student up here 40 years ago, confronted by patients suffering from “dry boak” and “a sair thrapple”!

This thread is gorgeous and is making me feel a bit teary thinking of extended family!

Or the group saying, "that's us"

Oh it just dawned on me that my mum uses it like a question.

So if we are getting ready to leave her house she'll say to DS or I "Is that you?" Meaning have you got everything/ are you ready?

mymum uses it like a question
Me too.
Just asked my kids and they say I ask them "Is that you?" every time they go out the door for school, I didn't realise. They have never asked why I say it but now they are thinking about it they are a bit baffled.
I mean it as in "is that you all ready, do you have everything you need?"
I don't know if I say it as a statement, who knows? I'm going to be listening out for it all the time now.

Language is weird when you think about it. Weird but lovely.

In a similar way is the phrase "are we right?" meaning are we all set, ready to go?

Scottish here too, did ye, aye is used loads where I am and also my favourite of aye, right.
Which actually means not a fckn chance!
As in, did you vote Tory 🤣🤣

"Did ye, aye" is said with the same expression as "aye, nae bother" when there isn't a chance in Hell that you'll be doing what's been asked

Haha I’m another one who says ‘ther yar’

Pretty commonly used in Glasgow. Over the years I've have had a few people who've moved here ask me to explain why we say 'how' or 'how come?' Instead of saying why? 😂

I'm English and lived in Scotland for a short while - yes I definitely noticed this! Also noticed some other sayings and phrases which confused me at first but came to understand quite quickly!

Northern Irish, and I knew exactly what you meant.

I’m English, always lived in England with English parents but my mums best friend (and I was best friends with her son) was from Inverness so I picked up some turns of phrase. The only thing I still use is wee.

I’m Glaswegian and I say it.. if I’m serving someone and I’ve put everything together ready for them to leave i’ll say ‘that’s you’

I was going to say I'd never heard of it it then when I thought about it I realised I do.

I say it to DD when I've finished fishing her hair, when her shoes are tied, etc

We definitely don't say Did he, aye though. Although aye right, accompanied by a slight sneery look is a fave of mine

Scotland's not a village though. When people say "oh we do this or that in Scotland" that pisses me off a bit. There's as much regional variations as there are in England

I'm from Glasgow and use it all the time.

Northern Ireland here and like others I immediately knew what you meant. Sometimes we'll even go so far as 'that's us now, so it is'. Or, as others have said it's probably more like 'ats us nai, soitis'

I love threads like this. I love the diversity.

Yorkshire here.
I reckon 'that's you' is another cultural appropriation the Scots have stolen. Along with Aye.

I’m Scottish and haven’t really considered it’s strange before... I also say ‘that me?’ if I’m checking someone is finished with me, eg in a shop, dentist or doctor.

My English dp was very confused with the ‘how’ usage when we got together and would frequently give me a puzzled look and say ‘do you mean why?’ 😂

I’ll also ask ‘is that me?’ when paying for something in a shop and I’ll wait to be dismissed with an, ‘aye, that’s you’

A familiar encounter for anyone who has ever visited a shop in Belfast!

One of my favourite things my Scottish FIL used to say (when he lived in England) was 'we're just going up the road on friday'. He meant all the way up to Scotland. Also 'we stay in...' meaning 'we live in...'