Kintyre Vernacular

by **EMDEE** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:34 am

general jack o'niell wrote:turns the name of an old local shoe shop into a curious question that does!!!

Wid that be the wan between Hodge's and Mrs Paterson's?

by **general jack o'niell** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:35 am

it would indeed, wasn't hard was it?

by **EMDEE** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:06 pm

It was easy. Phit?

by **Annie** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:15 pm

Grett shoes in there! Ah mind coorying awa ah ma half crown ferr a new perr a platforms! LOL

Oh, I thought Hodges was on the corner of Longrow and Main Street, where the Courier office is noo?!?!?

by **EMDEE** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:26 pm

GJ has already mentioned the word "blootered" and given two definitions for it, i.e. striking or kicking a ball etc., or the other one, which is "drunk".

On another thread there was a discussion about how many licenced premises there were in Canpbeltown.

To follow on from this could we see how many local words, phrases etc. there are for being inebriated? I think it may be surprising how many there are. :shock:

Blootered
Gubbed
Steamin'

??????????????????

by **Sheik Yir Erse** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:32 pm

Already been done MD :lol:

http://www.kintyreforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4225

by **EMDEE** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:39 pm

Seen it now. And started by yourself! 38 replies too-loads of material.

No point in duplicating that.

by **general jack o'niell** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:25 am

astounding the speed at which he found that? i knew it had been done before but it would have taken me hours to find it.

has the word pugled been mentioned yet?

tired, worn out, confused, or using another word, jeest bate

by **EMDEE** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:48 am

Trachled is another word with a similar meaning.

by **general jack o'niell** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:56 am

scunnered

by **witchnettle** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:19 am

my mum used to always tell me to go ben the kitchen to the press and get a cup oot.
not sure if ben and press are particular to kintyre or not,
but thought they were worth a mention on here
x

by **jdcarra** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:18 am

witchnettle wrote:my mum used to always tell me to go ben the kitchen to the press and get a cup oot.
not sure if ben and press are particular to kintyre or not,
but thought they were worth a mention on here
x

Your right there about press "witchnettle" and another

Gie them troosers a wee press for me maw.

by **ionnsaigh** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:58 am

Is the press the auld kitchen cupboard .

by **4th gen Suthen'** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:01 pm

I think breeks and peens are unique to South Kintyre

As in bricks and pins

by **The Elusive Mr D.** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:10 pm

EMDEE wrote:I think there was a previous thread on Kintyre words way back somewhere. Maybe it would be an idea to compile a Kintyre word and phrasebook. To my knowledge this has never been done as such. I know that Angus Martin and Freddy Gillies both have sections in their books on the language of Kintyre, and I found their analysis very interesting.

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Way back when I was a boy there was a Campbeltown phrase book produced (possibly unofficially) by some members of the Campbeltown Courier, when it was still being printed in the press behind the Longrow shop, now Wally's megastore!

It was around the time the American presence at Machrihanish was increasing and one story doing the rounds was of the American C.O.'s wife , having got a copy to try to "unnerstan" the natives, learned of a word which translated as "extremely". At a rather grand "meet and greet" dinner party where all the "High heed yins o the toon" were attending , she announced to the grand assemblage that she thought it "a lovely area and wasn't it a hooruva nice day today?"

Probably apocryphal but a nice story anyway :lol:

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