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http://www.scotland.org/celebrate-scotland/scots-language-quiz/
I imagine there will be a few top scores on this forum!
You scored
4 oot o’ 10How you rate:
1–3 In the name of the wee man! Ye dunderheid!
4–7 Aye, nae bad!
8–10 That wis braw! Ye ken yer neaps frae yer tatties!hi KT, hope you are keeping well and nice to see you back on song again
I got 6 out of 10, but at least I know where ‘mingin’ comes from, now that was one I had heard of…funny, I would never have credited the Scottish with it though, more like Geordie
I copped a full-hoose, but ye can pure tell that the Q’s have been slung thegither by a Weedgie, so ye can, big man, nae danger, ataw, but, so it is………
hi KT, hope you are keeping well and nice to see you back on song again
I got 6 out of 10, but at least I know where ‘mingin’ comes from, now that was one I had heard of…funny, I would never have credited the Scottish with it though, more like Geordie
Hi UM!
Still on the rollercoaster of life! How’s things in your neck of the woods?Grasshopper – I have no idea what you just said
I can never understand Grasshopper at the best of times KT, although he does tell a good joke…I think it’s all that living in Scotland that’s got to him….it must do your head in
Getting along alright KT, thanks, I see you’re into mountaineering or somesuch – I don’t know how you do it – 6 foot up a ladder and I’m giddy….presumably you had to do some extensive training for all this?…
you’re so brave
and where are you now exactly, if you don’t mind me being nosey?..oh I’ve just noticed, somewhere in Switzerland….quaint?
Got 10 out of 10, so I did. (Though had to guess at one or two).
Contrary to Grass, I found the words taking me back to my days in Fife, with "neebor" conspicuous in it’s absence. A test of Glaswegian grammar would more likely unearth these phrases to my mind:
"Haw haw, Kens’ a Barbie ya gonk"
"Pump ye? Naw, yer mauchet!" (actually, you wouldn’t hear that)
and "Whit? Im-per-i-al Lea-ther?"
The phrases i dont understand are "deep fried mars bar with chips and curry sauce" and "tonic wine"
Apparently, ah ken ma neaps frae ma tatties.
But I belong to the same county as Billy Kay ( the guy who set the questions ). He is an authority on the Scots language.
Grasshopper is wrong. These words are as far removed from Glaswegian as can possibly be. Like most east of Scotland (Edinburghers in particluar), he has bee in his bunnet about all things Glasgow.
Did you know that natives of Edinburgh add an "EH ! " to every goddam sentence – as in, "know whit ah mean, eh ! " Such an annoying and unnecessary habit – and one which a "weegie" or any other lowland western Scot would never, ever do.
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Did you know that natives of Edinburgh add an "EH ! " to every goddam sentence.
Bit like them Aussies adding ‘ay’ to the end of every sentence. Ay?
Well also use “like”, and occasionally “ken” at the end of our sentences. However we don’t have a chip on our shoulder about not being the capital city, and we do wash.
7/10 for me.
For those wishing to improve their urban Scots, can I recommend "Filth" by Irvine Welsh, which is the best book written in Scotland since "Ivanhoe". Probably.
Well also use “like”, and occasionally “ken” at the end of our sentences. However we don’t have a chip on our shoulder about not being the capital city, and we do wash.
Such an appealing town, that you moved to Halifax, I see.
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Did you know that natives of Edinburgh add an "EH ! " to every goddam sentence – as in, "know whit ah mean, eh ! " Such an annoying and unnecessary habit – and one which a "weegie" or any other lowland western Scot would never, ever do.
Baws.
East-coasters add "likes" to every sentence, not "eh" – ken what ah mean, likes?
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