Very Scottish things

[Jbrown76]

Inspired by the very Irish things thread on Craignet.

@FionnulaTheCooler no idea what rubbers are until you explained there...I would have been looking at the stationary aisle 🤣

Saying how when we mean why 😂
Dreich
Peely wally
Wan (as in feeling wan)
Jag
Calling for huey
Splooter
Having a carry on
Getting the messages
Going to the pictures
Any chance?

Pure dead brilliant
Potato fritters
Tatties and mince / mince and tatties
Scunnered

Dundonian grades of severity of illness:

1. He’s no awfy weel (a mild cold)
2. He’s no weel (chest infection)
3. He’s awfy no weel (in intensive care with pneumonia) As an English doctor, it took me a while to appreciate the importance of the word order in differentiating between 1) and 3)!

"Did ye no <think of going on holidays this year>?"
Instead of
"have you thought of <going on holidays this year>?"
It's such a negative construction, it drives me mad.

Where do you stay, what age are you, can I get a shot, kiddin' on, wee bisum, outwith (I love this and use it at work all the time)

Peely wally!

I’m from Edinburgh and have baffies!

Is that you?. Meaning, are you ready?. My friends English boyfriend used to think this was hilarious when we said that before going out.

I still have to stand for ages with my mouth hanging open searching for an alternative description when someone doesn’t know what I mean. And don’t say “on the side”, we had a sideboard growing and that was in the living room and children were forbidden from touching it.

"what school did you go to?" - probably more Glasgow
"juice" covering all kinds of liquid
Chewing the Fat / Still Game quotes for all occassions
"there's been a murDeRRR"
Mince & totties
"piece" for yer lunch
"how?" for why?
"back of [time]" - me English fiance never got to grips with this, at all.
Sour pronounced "soor"

Omg JUICE! How could I forget 😂 I think that’s my fave! When I lived in England that really stumped them.

We also say diluting juice for squash!

DH must be awfy posh then to not have heard of baffies growing up 🤣🤣

🙌

DH is English and baffled with the "where do you stay" question and has been known to mutter that the cups stay in the cupboard, but he LIVES IN A HOUSE.

Macaroni pies
the noo
Jam / cheese piece

And a classic from my mum : "well, that's ma dinner I've had it."

Saying 'how' or 'how come' instead of 'why'

Cue Chewin' the Fat sketch - "Gonnae no dae that!" "How?" "Just...gonnae no!"

😂

That’s not Edinburgh specific. We used to say that in school in Glasgow

Yy to diluting juice, but juice covers all types of sweet drinks. Irn Bru, cola, fresh orange, etc.

Loving all the crossovers on this thread, thinking a term is region specific and then some poster pops up to say otherwise 🤣

On my first day in a new department, I was a bit thrown when my boss asked if I wanted to join him for a "fancy piece".

I used to work in Aberdeen and hearing a large percentage of our client group referred to as "loons" took a bit of getting used to.

Haar is possibly my favourite though. We live on the NE coast and whenever there is a haar I imagine some giant woman striding ashore wrapping the world in her long wet white hair.

Would that be well fired Rolls fae Rough’n’Fraser?

Ah yes, juice. See also: fizzy pop and skoosh.

Baffies to me on the West Coast were my Auntie Netties fluffy slippers!

Oh I'm stirling and it's definitely a what school did you go to place

"what school did you go to?" - probably more Glasgow

which was a supposedly polite way of finding out if the person was a Catholic or a Proddie. The latter being used in the language of the time.

I'm following from just over the border and about 1/4 of these would be fine in Northumberland. 😀