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'Fashed' Do you know what it means?

104 replies

BlueBloodedBlue · 29/07/2022 11:12

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.

OP posts:
BlueberryBasket · 29/07/2022 13:22

NW England 'Dinnae fash thi sen' = 'Dont fret/bother' as a phrase from my grandmother, but I'd only use it in that specific phrase

CormoranStrike · 29/07/2022 13:29

Scottish and yes, cannae be cashed means can’t be bothered

StrawberryPot · 29/07/2022 13:36

Yes. Have lived all over the uk but only heard it used by Scottish friends.

MsFrenchie · 29/07/2022 13:40

It’s in the traditional lyrics of the Lambtom Worm;

”He wadden't fashed to carry'd hyem So he hoyed it doon a well.”

alongtimeagoandfaraway · 29/07/2022 13:41

Married to a Scot so common parlance in our house.

ChaToilLeam · 29/07/2022 13:41

Highlands, but granny from west coast. Dinnae fash yourself/I cannae be fashed. We also used to say: I cannae be deeved

Ormally · 29/07/2022 13:44

Yorkshire but parents lived in Scotland for a while. Yes, knew it as in 'Dinna fash yoursel'

tigger1001 · 29/07/2022 13:52

TrashyPanda · 29/07/2022 13:03

Scots has some amazing words like glaikit And sleekit

Use both of these regularly. Also crabbit and dreich . Great words!

OldTinHat · 29/07/2022 13:56

SE - never heard that before!

ChubbyBubbles · 29/07/2022 14:05

Bothered - west of Scotland

Blossomtoes · 29/07/2022 14:07

Fussed or bothered. I live in E Anglia but my dad was from the North East and I learnt it from him.

VariationsonaTheme · 29/07/2022 14:10

NE, with Scottish grandparents, and never heard of it before!

JulesJules · 29/07/2022 14:23

Newcastle here, I've heard it but don't think it's very commonly used

WouldBeGood · 29/07/2022 14:26

BeyondPurpleTulips · 29/07/2022 11:16

Arsed. "Cannae be fashed wi' that"

What @bored said 😃 I’m Scottish

WouldBeGood · 29/07/2022 14:26

Not bored @BeyondPurpleTulips

EscapeRoomToTheSun · 29/07/2022 14:28

Cannae be fashed! Can't be arsed. I'm from the NE.

mam0918 · 29/07/2022 14:33

Im north east lived from Newcastle to york and nearly everywhere inbetween and never heard that.

loislovesstewie · 29/07/2022 14:34

I’m from South West England; never heard that and wouldn't understand what it meant.

crosstalk · 29/07/2022 14:36

Have known this forever and I'm from the dreaded South with no Scots blood. Mostly use it as "I couldn't be fashed".

mam0918 · 29/07/2022 14:36

MsFrenchie · 29/07/2022 13:40

It’s in the traditional lyrics of the Lambtom Worm;

”He wadden't fashed to carry'd hyem So he hoyed it doon a well.”

I grew up with that, we had it painted on the end wall of the house and its 'Fetched' (a yakka word) not 'Fashed'... I have never heard Fashed before

dodobookends · 29/07/2022 14:39

Bedfordshire, never heard of it.

Crocodiletears6 · 29/07/2022 14:53

ditalini · 29/07/2022 11:13

Bothered. As in I cannae be fashed with your nonsense.

West of Scotland.

I am from west of Scotland and have NEVER heard this word in my life.

SleepingAgent · 29/07/2022 14:59

Yep north Scot here and it's in daily use.

Sartre · 29/07/2022 16:13

West Yorkshire, never heard of it.

fussychica · 29/07/2022 16:16

Londoner now in Wiltshire but also lived in Derbyshire in the past. No idea, never heard it in conversation.