Favourite Scots sayings?

[ChiaraRimini]

Following on from the pronunciation thread (it's Jay btw)
Expat Scot here. Get funny looks from the Sassenachs if I say any of these. Any others?

It's a sair fecht for hauf a loaf

Dinnae fash yerself

Here's tae us wha's like us. Gey few and they're a' deid.

When I lived in Glasgow, I didn't know anyone posh enough for a sitooterie. We all lived in closes or high flats.

Willow, I know, I just find it amusing that they have similar expressions. I wonder if it travelled south or north?

Nosey got hung!

There’s ey a drop o’ water whaur the stirk drooned

Eeewwwww.
I'll pass on that water if the stirks still in it😁😁😁

Maybe we should ask Neil Oliver Philo?😉

@StylishDuck

..surely yer man "cannae go it"

gies peace (I say this 6 times a day to my weans)

Don't know if this one's been mentioned

"Could jist go a"

When you're hungry and fancy something to eat

"Ah could jist go a (insert food of choice)"

Scran - Food

"Fits fur the scran the night?"

What's for tea/dinner/to eat tonight?

Maybe we should Willow! 😂

Has anyone mentioned "thole" as in "I cannae thole it" (I can't bear it)?

I don’t know, sweetest, but I use that word a lot! I use it to talk not only about what I can’t thole, but also about what I can thole.

Another word I use that my mother used is ‘druthers’ as in ‘Which one would you choose if you had your druthers?’ I can’t seem to get any clarity about whether it’s a Scottish thing or if she’s got it from somewhere else. I’ve noticed some people claiming they don’t know it.

Another one I’ve just remembered from a sexual health lecture in medical school:
“He aye gets aff at Haymarket”

Meaning: the patient’s partner suffers from premature ejaculation - Haymarket being the station before Waverley in Edinburgh!

😂

I have loads of favourite Scots words that we use regularly in our house. Some really have no equivalent in English! 😁

Glaikit - a bit daft or stupid looking
Peely Wally - pale skinned
At the coo's tail - running late
Drookit - soaked through, wet

Got a blank look yesterday when I used the phrase "dunt intae it". Or, 'bump into it'. My grandfather was a firm believer that televisions worked better if you "Gie it a dunt!"

‘A dunt tae the heid!’

Yes
What context was it in?
'Drooth' 'droothy' means thirst or thirsty.

‘Dunt’ seems a good example of a word that it’s hard to believe people wouldn’t understand. It’s completely obvious from the sound of the word what it means!

He aye gets aff at Haymarket - howling with laughter!!

Another one I’ve just remembered from a sexual health lecture in medical school:
“He aye gets aff at Haymarket”

Meaning: the patient’s partner suffers from premature ejaculation - Haymarket being the station before Waverley in Edinburgh!

That sounds similar to "getting off the boat before Gourock.". Which I had always been led to believe referred to the withdrawal method.

You live and learn.

Babdoc

The Aberdeen equivalent is

"He aye gets aff at Blackfriars St"

Not sure why it's Blackfriars, it's just a road running alongside the theatre



Gets aff afore the terminus

My favourite Scottish word is definitely ‘bosie’ for Cuddle.

‘Come gee Mammy a bosie’ ‘come intae ma Bose ’

Furry boots ya bide- where do you live

Awa and boil yer !

Get it right roon ye!

Wit a bonny loon! Good looking boy

Wit a Bonny Quine! Good looking girl

‘Fit ye dein!’ What are you doing

Foos yer doos

Dinny day at! Don’t do that

Man am scunnered! I am so sick of something/ fed up

Gonny no day that!

‘Yer in fine fettle t’night’

Scottish songs
Ye Canny shove yer Granny aff the bus
‘ye canny shove yer Granny aff the bus, (Aye ye can) oh ye canny shove yer Granny aff the bus (aye ye can!), oh ye canny shove yer Granny, coz she’s yer Mammies Mammy, oh ye canny shove yer Granny aff the bus. But ye can shove yer other Granny aff the bus, ye can shove yer other Granny aff the bus, ye can shove yer other Granny, coz she’s yer Daddies Mammy, ye can shove yer other Granny aff the bus’

Typo, should say ‘Awa n boil yer heid!’