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Re: Couldna resist it
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2021, 07:58:55 PM »
Scotland the What on the north eastern Doric



Go further up, and Orkney have a load of different words for things, like 'peedie' instead of 'wee', but use many Scot words too. I've got a pretty good ear for that dialect now.
Peerie in Shetland.

It's good that the old words aren't being allowed to die out. Many are more expressive than the equivalent English words.
Supporters of Doric and Lowland Scots are envious of the amount of money and effort being afforded to Gaelic.

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« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2021, 08:18:49 PM »
That's interesting. I actualy thought a local person would find it easier!
It's not so much the slang but his writing style using slang. And his characters are Edinburgh, my dialect is Fife, and there are at least three of them within five miles of me!

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Re: Couldna resist it
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2021, 08:42:44 PM »
Peerie in Shetland.

It's good that the old words aren't being allowed to die out. Many are more expressive than the equivalent English words.
Supporters of Doric and Lowland Scots are envious of the amount of money and effort being afforded to Gaelic.

Quite a few similar words in Shetland, but the people sound quite different.

Most of the natives you speak to up the smaller Orkney islands has the dialect, especially the older ones, less so on the largest island, Mainland - you hear a distinct Scottish influence there. Even the younger ones have the twang, it's not dying out like it dialects are down here.

If I speak broad Yorkshire, some of the younger ones down here look at you as if you've got two heads.

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Re: Couldna resist it
« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2021, 08:45:46 PM »
It's not so much the slang but his writing style using slang. And his characters are Edinburgh, my dialect is Fife, and there are at least three of them within five miles of me!
It's an interesting thing how local an accent can be, even the other side of a forth. It must be impossible if English is your second language with all the variation in the UK.

I really get Irvine's writing style. Once mastered it works in all his books. Accents in books can be tricky things though, Brontes Wuthering Heights for example, not even close to Yorkshire!   :D

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« Reply #19 on: January 26, 2021, 10:17:44 PM »
"Filthy" was a peculiar book with the Tapeworm through it.

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« Reply #20 on: January 27, 2021, 08:32:05 AM »
"Filthy" was a peculiar book with the Tapeworm through it.
Filth was made into a movie with James McAvoy. Not as good as the book mind.

Being a bookworm, I do keep a list of all the books I've ever read. Welsh books: Skagboys,
Trainspotting, The Sex Live of Siamese Twins, A Decent Ride, Filth, Porno, Acid House, Ecstasy, Dead Mens Trousers and Blade Artist.

I have yet to actualy read "Marabou Stork Nightmares". Need to do so, but as with favourite authors, I try to keep some in reserve to look forward to!  :D

Jocko, have you ever read any James Kelman? How Late It Was. How late.  Brilliant Scottish novelist.

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« Reply #21 on: January 27, 2021, 10:41:05 AM »
Filth was made into a movie
Jocko, have you ever read any James Kelman? How Late It Was. How late.  Brilliant Scottish novelist.
I typed Filth but the computer changed it to Filthy.
I'll give him a try. I read a lot of Scottish authors.

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« Reply #22 on: January 27, 2021, 03:12:35 PM »
Scotland the What on the north eastern Doric

It surprised me how many words they have up there that are still used by us oldies from Yorkshire. Haven't heard 'plouk' for a while  ;D

Go further up, and Orkney have a load of different words for things, like 'peedie' instead of 'wee', but use many Scot words too. I've got a pretty good ear for that dialect now.

I got 13 out of 20 on that quiz and I agree that being from Yorkshire helped. By the way 'peedle' sounds a lot like piddle so I reckon I would have figured that one out too. Fizog is another one we use in Yorkshire.

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Re: Couldna resist it
« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2021, 03:17:49 PM »
« Last Edit: January 27, 2021, 03:29:52 PM by richardfrost »

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Re: Couldna resist it
« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2021, 04:17:22 PM »
By the way 'peedle' sounds a lot like piddle so I reckon I would have figured that one out too.

'Peedie' means the same as 'wee', as in 'small' in Scots dialects, not wee-wee  ;D

Fizog is another one we use in Yorkshire.

I think fizog comes from the word 'physiognomy'.

Don't you also use 'plouk', or 'pluke' as I would spell it?
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« Reply #25 on: January 27, 2021, 05:11:05 PM »
'Peedie' means the same as 'wee', as in 'small' in Scots dialects, not wee-wee  ;D
Ha ha. Whoops!


Don't you also use 'plouk', or 'pluke' as I would spell it?
No come across this one. What does it mean?

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Re: Couldna resist it
« Reply #26 on: January 27, 2021, 06:48:09 PM »
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Don't you also use 'plouk', or 'pluke' as I would spell it?
No come across this one. What does it mean?

From the quiz, "a plouk on yer fizog"...

pluke - a spot or boil. Don't hear it much recently, but it was in common use when I was little.

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Re: Couldna resist it
« Reply #27 on: January 27, 2021, 07:45:28 PM »
I got "nane ava" wrong. Probably would have got it in context.

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Re: Couldna resist it
« Reply #28 on: January 27, 2021, 08:12:08 PM »
I got "nane ava" wrong. Probably would have got it in context.
I thought you meant you got them all correct :D at first.
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Re: Couldna resist it
« Reply #29 on: January 27, 2021, 08:58:58 PM »
He'll jist cry in by an' coorie doon in a wee hidey-hole wi'  D Ross anyhow. ::)
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnsons-scottish-visit-danger-23387192

"A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister said: "It remains the fact that it is a fundamental role of the Prime Minister to be the physical representative of the UK Government, and it's right he's visible and accessible to businesses and communities across all parts of the UK - especially during the pandemic."

Noo they're really takin the pish.

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