Denny’s Yard Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 26 minutes ago, daviebee said: Not sure it would be. Us Fifers would've probably said, "Whore d'ye stye the noo?" At least they would in my part of Fife which is the east. There's a difference between East Fifers and West Fifers. Starting every sentence with Hessir (Hey Sir) isn't as common in the east. Good thread. Words and accents are fascinating. Interesting. I am from the west coast and always used stay to mean live. i wonder what part of Scotland uses bide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Last time I heard this word widely used was in relation to a young James McFadden 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny’s Yard Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 13 minutes ago, slasher said: Last time I heard this word widely used was in relation to a young James McFadden 😀 Funnily enough, that was who I was thinking about when I started the thread. I remember watching him play for Motherwell against one of the old firm when he was very young and he was doing things that he had no right to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farcity Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 22 minutes ago, Denny’s Yard said: Interesting. I am from the west coast and always used stay to mean live. i wonder what part of Scotland uses bide? Bide is pretty common in the Perthshire are. Would you say Perth has an accent then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny’s Yard Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Farcity said: Bide is pretty common in the Perthshire are. Would you say Perth has an accent then? I think we all have accents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 I am awfy heartened to hear braw is still used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 10 minutes ago, Duncan Blackheart said: I am awfy heartened to hear braw is still used. Also widely used in Scandinavia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 8 hours ago, Orraloon said: Also widely used in Scandinavia. Most notably Sweden ('Bra'). Donkey's years ago, Jonny (great poster) and I had a discussion on here about the origin of 'braw'. Turns out its Latinate in origin, developing from 'brave' (in the Latinate sense, most commonly seen now in the borrowed Italian 'bravo'). Its use as a general epithet of admiration came into English around the mid-1500s (Shakespeare uses it a lot: "O brave new world that has such people in't"). That sense of the word has just about died out in modern English but is retained in Scots 'braw'. It made its way to Sweden during the 17th century because of Gustavus Adolphus's military forays into Europe during the Thirty Years War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 7 hours ago, DonnyTJS said: Most notably Sweden ('Bra'). Donkey's years ago, Jonny (great poster) and I had a discussion on here about the origin of 'braw'. Turns out its Latinate in origin, developing from 'brave' (in the Latinate sense, most commonly seen now in the borrowed Italian 'bravo'). Its use as a general epithet of admiration came into English around the mid-1500s (Shakespeare uses it a lot: "O brave new world that has such people in't"). That sense of the word has just about died out in modern English but is retained in Scots 'braw'. It made its way to Sweden during the 17th century because of Gustavus Adolphus's military forays into Europe during the Thirty Years War. Also used in Bavarian German and parts of Austria. “brav-“. Der brave Soldat (brave has two syllables there). The good soldier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 22 hours ago, Denny’s Yard said: I remember, when I was a kid, being at a caravan site in Portsoy or somewhere near. I was playing with another little boy and he asked me, ‘Where de ye bide, the noo like?’, meaning which caravan is yours. At the time I had no idea what he meant but it has stuck in my mind. I guess that would be a Fife accent? Bide is well used in Abdn/shire far ( faur ) di ye bide ? not sure the term “bidey in” is that used much though these days a live in partner always seemed kind of dated even back in 70s Aberdeen.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviebee Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Not so common now but in the east of Fife folk would refer to their mother as "ma mer" Not a lot different from the French "ma mère". Brother was "ma brer" with the French being "mon frère". These were about the only things we were all able to learn no problem when we did French at the high school. Maybe just a coincidence as I don't know of any French influence around these parts. Not a lot of wee Cantonas running aboot anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow jock Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 "Gallus" is a cracking word and I always have associated it with Glasgow / WOS, I always used it to describe someone, confident, care free & game as fuck. Other rarely heard words I remember fro 70's/80's (bampot, stoater, "ben next door", pieces (as in sandwiches), bawheid, etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Beem Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Most of the people Glaswegians refer to as “Gallus” always seem to be irritating wanks. 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 I'm pretty sure there is a pub in Finnieston called Gallus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisegerwind Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) Just realised, if I was to disagree with a statement, I'd say , 'nut'. Edited May 24, 2020 by Eisegerwind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisegerwind Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) In case anyone ever wondered what a 'half loaf' was. Edited May 24, 2020 by Eisegerwind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandydunn Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 On 4/7/2020 at 7:38 PM, glasgow jock said: "Gallus" is a cracking word and I always have associated it with Glasgow / WOS, I always used it to describe someone, confident, care free & game as fuck. Other rarely heard words I remember fro 70's/80's (bampot, stoater, "ben next door", pieces (as in sandwiches), bawheid, etc etc I called my wife a bampot the other night and she burst out laughing as she hadn’t heard it in years. On 4/5/2020 at 10:24 PM, Denny’s Yard said: Interesting. I am from the west coast and always used stay to mean live. i wonder what part of Scotland uses bide? Bide is widely used in Aberdeen, an example of being, if you were telling your pal about someone that you were trying to find out about, you would ask “fars he bide, or fars he fae” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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