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23-02-2014, 04:54 PM
What kind of local slang is spoken in your area that other people wouldn't know?
I'm from Aberdeen, people speak Doric up here and in the surrounding area...
aye = yes
aye aye = hello
I da ken = I don't know
far = where; far ye gaan = where are you going
fan = when; fan ye aff = when are you going
fa = who; fa's at = who's that
fit = what; fit like = how are you
foo = how; foo's yer doos = how are you (literally means how are your doves.. LOL)
fit wye = why; fit wye's at noo? = why's that now?
loon = boy/son
quine = girl/daughter
toonser = someone who lives in town
teuchter = someone who lives in the countryside
crabbit = bad tempered
clype = someone who tells on someone else/to tell tales
grippy = miserly
swick = a cheat, to cheat
sook = suck up
bosie = hug
bonny = beautiful, good looking
fine = good, tasty
rare = great
scunnered = fed up
greetin = crying
wheesht = quiet; hud yer wheesht! = be quiet!
gype = idiot
glaikit = senseless, stupid
bide = stay, live; far div ye bide (or) far d'ye bide? = where do you stay/live?
bowfin = disgusting
foosty = something's gone off
dreich = dull and rainy; it's affa dreich iday = it's very dull and rainy today
skelp = smack, slap; at loon's got a puss like a skelpt airse = that boy's got a face like a smacked arse
oxters = armpits; mind an shave yer oxters = remember to shave your armpits
peelie-wally = off colour and ill looking
dirl = spin, to spin; he dirled her aboot idunce floor = he spun her about the dance floor
etc etc...
I'm from Aberdeen, people speak Doric up here and in the surrounding area...
aye = yes
aye aye = hello
I da ken = I don't know
far = where; far ye gaan = where are you going
fan = when; fan ye aff = when are you going
fa = who; fa's at = who's that
fit = what; fit like = how are you
foo = how; foo's yer doos = how are you (literally means how are your doves.. LOL)
fit wye = why; fit wye's at noo? = why's that now?
loon = boy/son
quine = girl/daughter
toonser = someone who lives in town
teuchter = someone who lives in the countryside
crabbit = bad tempered
clype = someone who tells on someone else/to tell tales
grippy = miserly
swick = a cheat, to cheat
sook = suck up
bosie = hug
bonny = beautiful, good looking
fine = good, tasty
rare = great
scunnered = fed up
greetin = crying
wheesht = quiet; hud yer wheesht! = be quiet!
gype = idiot
glaikit = senseless, stupid
bide = stay, live; far div ye bide (or) far d'ye bide? = where do you stay/live?
bowfin = disgusting
foosty = something's gone off
dreich = dull and rainy; it's affa dreich iday = it's very dull and rainy today
skelp = smack, slap; at loon's got a puss like a skelpt airse = that boy's got a face like a smacked arse
oxters = armpits; mind an shave yer oxters = remember to shave your armpits
peelie-wally = off colour and ill looking
dirl = spin, to spin; he dirled her aboot idunce floor = he spun her about the dance floor
etc etc...