How Not?

[Sexnotgender]

AIBU to think how not is a perfectly acceptable question?

My non Scottish husband thinks how not is not a question.

Frankly I think someone from a country that uses the phrase now now doesn’t get to judge my grammar!

"And it's not diluting juice, what even is that? It's diluty juice."

As long as we can all agree it's naw fuckin squash.

whatshebininagain

Nut. West Lothian mainly, but also Fife, Glasgow and the posh ones are from Morningside.

Anyone else call the light the big light hahaha? Also my boyfriend goes off his head when I say ‘close the door over’ he’s like ‘OVER TO WHERE?’ but then he’ll say ‘it is and it isny’ that doesn’t even make any sense??? Love the Scottish language hahaha

In Scotland, DH and I are English, kids were born herr. DD1 is very fond of "How" and "How not", and we have lots of, er, "discussions" about it.

It's "how come". Or "whit"?!

I have spoken.

I live in England now and have been with my (english) partner for 7 years but he will still tell me something I've said isn't English and I get incredulous until we realise its a Scottishism. Recent ones include 'squint'. Mentioned I had parked the car a bit squint and he didn't have a clue what I meant other than maybe my eye had gone funny.
And as pp says skooshy cream is definitely scottish. Much better than 'squirty cream.

My mind’s a little bit blown there. I didn’t realise squint was a Scottish thing. Or skoosh for squirt (do you want a skoosh of my perfume).

So if you were to hang a picture and say “it’s a bit squint” what would the equivalent be?

Just “it’s not straight?” or something else?

Also, one of my favourites that I forgot to mention;

“Ah hen, you’ll be glad to get back to yer ain but an ben”

Which as a child I misheard as buttonben as opposed to but and ben.

Usually proceeded by “that you up the road aye? It’s a lang drive tae...” accompanied buy a sympathetic tutting sound.

Anyone else wear a jerkin?

I don't think squint is just Scottish.

If its squint then its no strite.

Squint is def not used in England as we use it. Squint in England means someone wi an eye condition or to squeeze your tight together to see something.

In Scotland it means not straight. As in that picture is squint.

@HaudMaDug

If its squint then its no strite.

😂

Surely squint isn’t a Scottish word?

I use squint to mean not straight. Or skew-wiff.

I think used in the context of not straight then squint is Scots but I'm with you on using skew-wiff as down here squint is often pronounced squwunt which just sounds rough.

Love this thread.
I was born in Dundee but moved away when I was in my early 20's
I regularly have to translate what my Dad says to the children.
I'd recently had the living room painted and wasn't sure about the colour, I said to my English BF and the children....''I'm taking bad with it'' They were very confused.

Given the way "how" is interchangeable with "why" for so many Scots, the Scottish exam board now don't use "how" in any questions. They use "in what way" to differentiate the question from "why".

OK maybe someone on this thread can help me solve a mystery! I used to have a pal at uni who was from Argyll. She'd use a phrase which sounded like "I take tirivees for it" meaning she went through phases of liking a particular thing. Has anyone heard that?! It's entirely possible she was saying something completely different and I just picked it up wrong!

@ClosedDoors

I've never heard it before! SE England.

SE UK - never heard of it. Maybe it’s too far from them? But I live next to Windsor 😂😂

A “Tirrivee” is when there’s a commotion or when you “throw a wobbler”. Not a fancy for something. That would be more like “I’ve taken a notion for” or “I’ve taken a craving for”.

SummerBaby2020
Haha slice is pretty much an Inverclyde thing I think.

Ah thanks NameChange84, I'd never even heard the word before. Maybe I am misremembering how she used it, it was a long time ago!

"Haha slice is pretty much an Inverclyde thing I think.

It's slice and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.Everyone else is just wrong.

Londoner raised by Glaswegians here I must show them this thread! It has made me laugh a lot. YYY to mockit and skew-wiff and skooshie cream. I am slowly indoctrinating my husband and DSs. They know where their oxters are, and take out the middens for the midgie motor. It will take them a while to get their heads round 'Lang may your lum reek' 😊😊

@TheThingWithFeathers that could still work I guess? Like being mad for something or crazy about it!

How's it no?