'Fashed' Do you know what it means?

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And if so, whereabouts in the country are you from?

DH (from SE)has never heard of it but my Mum (from the NE) used it all the time.

I’m from London and now live in Norfolk and never even knew the word existed!

Live in the south and I've never heard of it.

Am central Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 never heard of it?

Irish but knew what it meant, probably from novels. I like it.

Means “bothered” to me. East Scotland, very familiar with it but don’t use it. Would have guessed it as west of Scotland?

I know the word and I know it's a Scottish word. I'm from the South West and it's not used there but I must have read it or heard it somewhere.

SE. yes, I know it's a Scottish word meaning bothered or worried. Don't know where I learned it. Always supposed it was from the French fache which means something similar.

Derbyshire. Never heard of it.

I would have guessed it's a new teenager slang for wearing designer brands. So fashed innit.

But then I read the replies.

SE. Yes, I know it's a Scottish word meaning bothered or worried. Always assumed it was from the French fache, which means similar. Assume I learned it from reading books set in Scotland.

Anyone who watches Outlander will know what it means.

It does come from French. Quite a few Scots words do because of the historical connections.

My favourite is fouter which is a word your very proper great auntie would use without blinking "don't fouter with that", but comes from foutre which is a bit less naice.

From the SE but yes, I know what it means.

We aren't Scottish but DH regularly says to me Dinnae fash yersel. Not sure where it came from, I'm blaming Outlander 🤣

No clue, south east.

I'm a Geordie and I know it. It's in the lyrics for the Lambton Worm song so Mackems must say it too. Or used to in the past.

Yes, not Scottish but I've come across it often.

NW, assume our equivalent is 'fussed'.

@Tubbyinthehottub that’s how I know it! “Couldnae be fashed to carry it home so he hoyed it down the well”. Historically ‘Lothian’ covered more of Scotland and extended into Northumberland so I would associate ‘fashed’ with that region.

I'm in NI and remember my mum saying it. I've always assumed it was an Ulster/Scots word.

Yes I use it often. From NE Scotland. Live in West of Scotland, people here seem to use it less than those in my home do

S W Scotland here. I know what it means but it's rarely used around these parts. I always associated it with Aberdeen/North East?

It does come from French. Quite a few Scots words do because of the historical connections.

'Ashet' for plate is another one, isn't it?

I've never heard it and assumed it was something to do with fascism, couldn't begin to imagine how it was used in a sentence 😂I'm from South East England

Midlands. It's not something I would say but I've heard it and know what it means.

Dinnae fash: east coast Scotland. I rarely hear it now though.