Lesson in Dundonian, #1

nwallace

Eh in Dundonian has multiple meanings

Examples of such meanings are:
Isn't it (eh no)
You What (eh?)
and Ok (eh)

For example the Dundonian Sentence, "eh it's keich eh!" whichmeans "That is a load of rubbish, isn't it"

An appropriate answer would be "Eh", which means "Yes it is."

There is a wild falsity that a good example of Dundonian is "Eh'll hae an ingin ane an aw!" which supposedly means "I will have on of the Onion ones as well" this is incorrect as no Dundonian can afford to buy a Forfar Bridie.

More accurate would be, "Eh, Eh'll Hae Eh Peh Eh" which means "Yes, I will have a Pie Please"

There endeth our lesson in Dundonian for today.

nwallace

Conversational Dundonian:

This is an example based on a real conversation.

Customer: Eh, I brought my computer in Eh!
Me: What's your name?
Customer: Eh, Wright
Me: Ok Mrs Wright, I'll go and have a look
Customer: Eh.
Me: Ok Mrs Wright, the technician's had a look at your machine and it had viruses on it
Customer: Eh?
Me: So We've installed a virus checker, and cleaned it out.
Customer: Eh!
Me: THe virus checking software is £25 for the year
Customer: EH!
ME: And the labour cost is £35
Customer: Eh-whimper
Me: So that comes to £60 please
Customer: Eh...
Me: Thank you Mrs Wright
Customer Eh

Every single Eh there had a different meaning!

daviesee

That will be oh so confusing for the vast majority but oh so true!

Eh.....

nwallace

daviesee wrote:

That will be oh so confusing for the vast majority but oh so true!

Eh.....

Eh, Eh Ken Eh is, eh!

bompington

Ken, eh!
Then there was the Dundonian mother who asked what happened to the chocolate bar her son had.
"Eh ate ut" (I ate it)
"wha', a' ae ut?" (what, all of it?)
"eh, a' ae ut" (yes, all of it)
(remember as you read that - consonants are just there as a guide, none of them are actually pronounced)

Teckle, is ut?

More Dundonian for beginners:
I had just started working in the area and one monday I asked some of the kids what they had done at the weekend, to be told "sailing"
"dinghy?"
"no really, we were"

Looks like at least one other forumite will get that...


Of course, I'm an immigrant, but my great grandmother was a native - at least, my Dad remembers her saying she came from "a little place called Broughty Ferry, near Perth" - another one that only locals would understand.

deptfordmarmoset

I think you should be deducted 25 points just for talking like that

The only thing I remember about Dundonians is saying twa for two. Which is probably more points than they'll end up with.

unixnerd

A friend of mine who, for his sins, supports Aberdeen told me that when he was a lad and they played Dundee all the fans used to wave 20 pounds notes at the Dundonians. I believe the theory was that nobody from Dundee had seen a 20 pound note before.

In the Aberdeen branded version of Monopoly you don't "go to jail" you apparently "go to Dundee"!

hopper1

It's all Doric to me!...

Weejie54

It's all Doric to me!...

Fit??? Fit wye?

IronHorse100

A scottish dining room, yesterday:

Weejie54

A scottish dining room, yesterday:

You would be posh if you had a dining room.

IronHorse100

Weejie54 wrote:

A scottish dining room, yesterday:

You would be posh if you had a dining room.

sorry, I meant coal shed.

Roscobob

Lessons in Dundonian with a twist:

http://dundeebarryleighgriffiths.blogspot.com/2010/02/dundeebarrys-leigh-griffiths-blog.html

nwallace

bompington wrote:

More Dundonian for beginners:
I had just started working in the area and one monday I asked some of the kids what they had done at the weekend, to be told "sailing"
"dinghy?"
"no really, we were"

TBH, words like Dingy are understood as far into Fife as Cupar.
But of course it's another one with multiple meanings

To dingy someone is to ditch or ignore them
"Dingy" in the above is "pull the other one"
"Aye Dingy" also means as above but can also mean get lost.

Tekkel at least only has one meaning, what a Daschund has to do with something being good I will never know.

bompington wrote:

Of course, I'm an immigrant, but my great grandmother was a native - at least, my Dad remembers her saying she came from "a little place called Broughty Ferry, near Perth" - another one that only locals would understand.

hopper1 wrote:

It's all Doric to me!...

Fit you on aboot Loon/Min*? *Adjust as appropriate

nwallace

IronHorse100 wrote:

Weejie54 wrote:

A scottish dining room, yesterday:

You would be posh if you had a dining room.

sorry, I meant coal shed.

Coal Shed? Naw, it's a Coal Bunker, they live at the windae of the kitchen in a tennement or in the garden if your a bit posher than that, if you're really posh you even have a door on it that lets the coal man load it from the street.

Weejie54

Fit you on aboot Loon/Min*? *Adjust as appropriate

Reminded me that someone has rewritten the script - the well known time lord. Doctor Fa......with his faithful quine.

bompington

Overheard (genuinely) by a friend on a bus from Dundee to Aberdeen, a mum scolding her son's manners / grammar with "Dinna say 'eh', say 'fit'"

Weejie54

Overheard (genuinely) by a friend on a bus from Dundee to Aberdeen, a mum scolding her son's manners / grammar with "Dinna say 'eh', say 'fit'"

Quite right too.