Och - I think I'm turning Scottish

meanredspider

Well I finally did it this evening and had a deep-fried Mars Bar. Well, that's not technically true as I only manged half of it...

Holey Moley - a greasy calorie-fest or what!? My stomach is complaining and I think I'm going to be repeating the experience for the next few hours.

Extra effort needed for my ride in tomorrow

suzyb

Pfft you're not properly Scottish unless deep fried mars bars are your main dessert choice to follow your daily chippy.

veronese68

Do you like your fizzy pop made from girders?Please pronounce "girders" in a Scots accent.

meanredspider

Veronese68 wrote:

Do you like your fizzy pop made from girders?Please pronounce "girders" in a Scots accent.

Nope - not yet - though I do have porridge for breakfast everyday (though not with salt). I haven't started saying "outwith" yet. It's a long process to turn an Englishman from Kent (originally) into a Scot

rick_chasey

Thought you were only scottish if you woke up to a pint of buck fast and a 'brew'

Escadrille Ecosse

meanredspider wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Do you like your fizzy pop made from girders?Please pronounce "girders" in a Scots accent.

Nope - not yet - though I do have porridge for breakfast everyday (though not with salt). I haven't started saying "outwith" yet. It's a long process to turn an Englishman from Kent (originally) into a Scot

Only found out the other day that "outwith" is a Scots expression. Anyway, always thought that the folks from that part of the country spoke the best English in Britain.

SimonAH

I believe that a 'Glasgow salad with a Highland dressing' is the technical term for eating a bag of.chips in the rain up there?

veronese68

Never heard of "outwith" what context would it be used in?

meanredspider

Veronese68 wrote:

Never heard of "outwith" what context would it be used in?

Easiest to say that it's used where others might say "outside of"

bompington

I think in many respects I've turned Scottish a long time ago, I've now lived in Scotland for far longer than I did in England and, for example, would always support Scottish teams playing against England. But although I know what outwith means*, and would use it without thinking, a lot of Scottish expressions sound really quite weird coming from someone whose public school accent stubbornly refuses to shift.


*just noticed the Chrome spelling checker doesn't

First.Aspect

What'll see ya'll not go by ya. (no one knows what this actually means, including people from Fife).

I also stay in Scotland. At the moment I'm up the stair in ma beed.

Although I still refuse to eat sangwiches.

daviesee

First Aspect wrote:

What'll see ya'll not go by ya. (no one knows what this actually means, including people from Fife).

I also stay in Scotland. At the moment I'm up the stair in ma beed.

Although I still refuse to eat sangwiches.

I think you'll find that it is "Whits fir ye'll no go by ye".

And we do know what it means. What is destined to be yours will not bypass you. Simple really.

Blue Meanie

Hud yer weisht.

What's brown and looks round the corner?

- A keek!

SimonAH

Bing sings and Walt disnae

suzyb

Outwith is just a Scottish expression :shock:

veronese68

suzyb wrote:

Outwith is just a Scottish expression :shock:

I believe so, I've never heard it before.

meanredspider

suzyb wrote:

Outwith is just a Scottish expression :shock:

Deaf-fine-knightly

Twostage

A few years ago we did the coast and castles bike ride southbound starting at Edinburgh. Having arrived at Waverley station I decided I needed to 'pay a call' before setting off. My route to the gents was blocked by a gate that wouldn't open when I pushed it. A station worker on the other side of the barrier shouted 'out the way' so I stepped back. He shouted again 'No, out the way' so I stepped even further back out of the way. At this point he walked across to the gate and opened it towards me and said 'See, it opens out the way'.

Stevo_666

Surely you're not properly Scottish until you get a chip on your shoulder about the English whilst at the same time moving to England to get a good job?

daviesee

Stevo 666 wrote:

Surely you're not properly Scottish until you get a chip on your shoulder about the English whilst at the same time moving to England to get a good job?

Nah. We just send down the rejects to wind you up!

meanredspider

daviesee wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Surely you're not properly Scottish until you get a chip on your shoulder about the English whilst at the same time moving to England to get a good job?

Nah. We just send down the rejects to wind you up!

I think Gordon Brown was a step too far....

-spider-

meanredspider wrote:

Well I finally did it this evening and had a deep-fried Mars Bar. Well, that's not technically true as I only manged half of it...

Holey Moley - a greasy calorie-fest or what!? My stomach is complaining and I think I'm going to be repeating the experience for the next few hours.

Extra effort needed for my ride in tomorrow

Never found anywhere that sells the things - not sure I'd try one even if I did find them for sale.

I'll stick to a Big Mac with extra fries washewd down with a large coke three times a day.

meanredspider

-spider- wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

Well I finally did it this evening and had a deep-fried Mars Bar. Well, that's not technically true as I only manged half of it...

Holey Moley - a greasy calorie-fest or what!? My stomach is complaining and I think I'm going to be repeating the experience for the next few hours.

Extra effort needed for my ride in tomorrow

Never found anywhere that sells the things - not sure I'd try one even if I did find them for sale.

I'll stick to a Big Mac with extra fries washewd down with a large coke three times a day.

The chippy at the end of Dingwall High St

I wished I hadn't bothered - but there's some things you just have to try. When I worked in China (Guangzhou) for 6 months, I vowed I'd eat everything they put in front of me - which included most bits of most creatures in god's creation and, I'm sure, a few bits even he isn't yet aware of. Giant chickens' feet and congealed pig's blood for breakfast was perhaps the hardest (my constitution isn't quite as robust at that time of day), but sand worms, dried jellyfish, several types of birdsnest soup (including blood bird), fish eyes etc etc Really means I had to try the deep-fried Mars Bar once I saw it was for sale - infamous as it is.

First.Aspect

daviesee wrote:

First Aspect wrote:

What'll see ya'll not go by ya. (no one knows what this actually means, including people from Fife).

I also stay in Scotland. At the moment I'm up the stair in ma beed.

Although I still refuse to eat sangwiches.

I think you'll find that it is "Whits fir ye'll no go by ye".

And we do know what it means. What is destined to be yours will not bypass you. Simple really.

Why not just say that?
Methinks the lady is not amused.

Applespider

The other phrase that I never realised was a Scottish thing is do with time. If I tell a Scottish friend that I'll meet them at the back of 3, they know that I mean just after 3pm. If I say it to an English pal, they look accusingly at me for being late when I roll up at 5 past.

First.Aspect

meanredspider wrote:

daviesee wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Surely you're not properly Scottish until you get a chip on your shoulder about the English whilst at the same time moving to England to get a good job?

Nah. We just send down the rejects to wind you up!

I think Gordon Brown was a step too far....

Last seen looking positively radiant on a beach. Oh, wait, it was the beach that was radiant.

Stevo_666

meanredspider wrote:

daviesee wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Surely you're not properly Scottish until you get a chip on your shoulder about the English whilst at the same time moving to England to get a good job?

Nah. We just send down the rejects to wind you up!

I think Gordon Brown was a step too far....

Some witty git once told me that the Scots are like having piles: if they come down then go back up again they're fine, but if they come and they stay down they're a pain in ar$e

-spider-

meanredspider wrote:

-spider- wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

Well I finally did it this evening and had a deep-fried Mars Bar. Well, that's not technically true as I only manged half of it...

Holey Moley - a greasy calorie-fest or what!? My stomach is complaining and I think I'm going to be repeating the experience for the next few hours.

Extra effort needed for my ride in tomorrow

Never found anywhere that sells the things - not sure I'd try one even if I did find them for sale.

I'll stick to a Big Mac with extra fries washewd down with a large coke three times a day.

The chippy at the end of Dingwall High St

I wished I hadn't bothered - but there's some things you just have to try. When I worked in China (Guangzhou) for 6 months, I vowed I'd eat everything they put in front of me - which included most bits of most creatures in god's creation and, I'm sure, a few bits even he isn't yet aware of. Giant chickens' feet and congealed pig's blood for breakfast was perhaps the hardest (my constitution isn't quite as robust at that time of day), but sand worms, dried jellyfish, several types of birdsnest soup (including blood bird), fish eyes etc etc Really means I had to try the deep-fried Mars Bar once I saw it was for sale - infamous as it is.

Sounds delightful! I think I'll try the Mars Bar afterall.

meanredspider

Something "needs done" is another Scottish expression - instead of "needs doing" in English-speak.

"The bottom bracket needs done" for instance.

daviesee

First Aspect wrote:

Methinks the lady is not amused.

Methinks the lady was quite happy to bide in Scotland, in preference to England.
The "medication" may have had something to do with that though

Drysuitdiver

SimonAH wrote:

I believe that a 'Glasgow salad with a Highland dressing' is the technical term for eating a bag of.chips in the rain up there?

scottish salad = chips and baked beans