Kintyre Vernacular

by **general jack o'niell** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:13 pm

my next door neighbour says it all the time ken? but she's fae fife eh?

by **ionnsaigh** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:27 pm

Two English gentlemen visiting a bar in Fife
excuse me barmaid " Do you have any Malt Whiskey "
Back came the Doric reply " ahivnae "
Two large ahivnaes please. :lol:

by **general jack o'niell** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:48 pm

that brand must make a few different spirits theres quite a few like vodka and gin etc that ahivnae tasted

by **ionnsaigh** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:04 pm

No ahivnae either.

by **EMDEE** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:20 pm

Droll/Wice

“Ur ye droll?” Droll- intellectually challenged
“Ur ye wice?” Wice- wise, intelligent

Two questions that appear to be asking the opposite from each other, but when used in conversation they can be substituted for each other and mean the same thing.

Example

Conversation in pub

Version 1

Mr A says: “Ah’m buyin’ a car fae Mr C”
Mr B says: “Ur ye droll?”

Version 2
Mr A says: “Ah’m buyin’ a car fae Mr C”
Mr B says: “Ur ye wice?”

It is not necessary for Mr A to reply in either situation. The implication is obvious to him.

Mr B’s question is actually made by way of comment on both Mr A’s judgement and Mr C’s integrity.

What Mr B’s question is really saying is “I would suggest that such a transaction would be extremely ill-advised”

by **4th gen Suthen'** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:27 pm

Gret stuff EMDEE, more please!! :lol:

by **Campbeltown Lass** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:27 pm

Another great example is 4th gen's wee running man up there... He's "pechin'"!

by **Sheik Yir Erse** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:28 pm

Here's one for you to translate Bobbie, seeing as how you're getting the hang of it :wink:

Howji git oan at the pairty Son?

A won a gun

Thats gret, hootji hae tae dae tae win a gun?

Naw, a didnae win a gun, a jeest styed ootside - a wunagun!

Aw - right! Noo a get yi!

by **general jack o'niell** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:35 pm

the version i heard was the opposite, with the father chastising the child for not going in to the party as in why he "wunagun"? with the child in exasperation proclaiming "naw, a bang bang gun" " i wunagun"

by **ionnsaigh** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:41 pm

Gerapunabutterfurramura - Glaswegian lingo. get a pound of butter for your Mother.

by **Bobbie En Tejas** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:53 pm

what does pechin mean?

Keep the thread goin

)

by **EMDEE** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:57 pm

Bobbie En Tejas wrote:what does pechin mean?

Keep the thread goin )

It's when your breath comes in short pants.
:lol:

Panting.

by **EMDEE** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:23 am

Apparently in Aberdeenshire, classes are being provided for the huge influx of Eastern Europeans not only in English but in the North-East Doric because it is felt that they need to be able to understand this to be able to live and work up there.

I just wonder what Doric would sound like in a Polish accent. :lol:

Phit next? :roll:

by **general jack o'niell** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:14 am

just in case you get confused, you can pech at any age, not just when your in short pants.

so far everyone has ignored the most used of local words, maybe nobody sees it as a word, but it is and so to its often used variant, a staple of any "entertainer" doing a heelin impression

the kintyre word uch................................usually used in exasperation or as a precursor to some complaint or other

the more national variant being och..................... och aye the nooo, being the first sentence we all learn from birth, the second being............. "its a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht"

by **4th gen Suthen'** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:20 am

uchanooooooo !! :roll:

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