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Ever met a Scotsman and thought you might need subtitles?
Nevermind Edinburgh, try Dundee, Aberdeen and the wonderful speak of Glasgow
Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody as it would be sung by a Native Glaswegian:
GLASWEGIAN RHAPSODY
IS this the real life? Is it the methadone?
Stuck in the Gorbals, wae nae credit in ma fone
Open yer wine an talk wae a whine like me
Um jist a Weejie, gie us yer Sunny D
Coz al chib yer pal, rip yer Da,
slash yer dug,ride yer Ma
Anyway the Clyde flows disnae really matter tae me, tae me
Haw Maw, jist chibbed a bam
Buckie boatle tae the heid, noo the fuckin bastards deid
Haw Maw, ahm jist oan parole, an noo ahm headin back tae Barlinnieeeeee
Haw Maw, oooooh oooh
Didnae mean tae steal yer purse
But if ahm no full a smack this time the morra, carry oot carry oot
An we'll go oot on the batter
Too late, the pigs ur here
Sends shivers doon ma spine, gubbed 10 jellies jist in time
Goodbye aw ma muckers ah goat tae go
Got tae go an chib some wanker up the scheme
Haw Maw, oooooooh oooh
Ahm a jakey bam, u sometimes hink ahv never been washed at aw
ah see a little silhouetto o a bam
Adidas, adidas, can ye get us a kargo?
Thunderbird, whitelightening, very very frightening to me
Twenty Mayfair, twenty Mayfair, twenty Mayfair and some skins
Magnifico oh oh oh
Ahm jist a fat boy naebody luvs me, he's jist a fat boy fae a fat family
Spare us a pound fur a wee cup a tea
Get tae fuck skanky slob will u get a job?
Fuck sake ah willnae get a job
Get a job
Willnae get a job
Get a job
Willnae get a job
no no no no no no
Oh gonnorrhoea, gonnorrhoea, gonnorrhoea and the clap
Then doon the pub has the barman put aside for me, for me, for meeeeeeee?
So ye hink ye can slash me and pish in ma eye?
So ye hink ye can chib me an leave me tae die
Haw Bawbag, can't dae this tae me Bawbag
Jist wait til ahm oot, wait til ahm rite oot ma nut
Fuck aw really matters any prick can see, fuck aw really matters, fuck aw really matters tae me
Any way the Clyde flows.......
This is for every Scot I have loved
~waves to Glasgow and her beautiful but crazy people~
bluebutterfly
08-08-2006, 03:15 PM
Should I say I laughed at this, I'm not sure, lol. I actually did understand some of it. Thanks as always, you are the best :)
Dundee
08-08-2006, 03:41 PM
I ken doll, yer lookin fur a skelpit erse :)
Yer tha nippy sweetie in a peerie heels wouldnae argue wit a Neds heid. lol.
Gonnae nae da that :)
No mair fit like yer hen, no mair fit like, ya wee doll
D
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Brilliant ode to Rab Burns there, now the weedgies are gonna be efer yer!
chattel69
08-08-2006, 03:57 PM
I actually find the Scottish accent erotic... maybe it is because I am of Scottish decent...
Silke
08-08-2006, 04:02 PM
*melts* one of the guys I shared a house with in Ireland was from Glasgow. I loved his accent, never understood half of what he said but always asked him to keep talking....veeeeeeery hot! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. :)
Ozme52
08-08-2006, 09:32 PM
Asia, you make me feel thick in me spooran...
Timberwolf
08-08-2006, 09:40 PM
Okay, I once saw the movie "Trainspotting", and there's this scene where one of the guys (everyone in the movie was Scottish I think) is just ranting and raving in a bar... and I swear, I did not understand a single thing he said in the whole scene.
lily27
08-08-2006, 11:17 PM
I actually find the Scottish accent erotic... maybe it is because I am of Scottish decent...
Am I the only one who found the Scottish kid in the Harry Potter movies extremely hot?
Anyone? Anyone???
Talia
08-09-2006, 03:23 AM
Am I the only one who found the Scottish kid in the Harry Potter movies extremely hot?
Anyone? Anyone???
Big Harry Potter fan here.....yep...he was hot!
Okay, I once saw the movie "Trainspotting", and there's this scene where one of the guys (everyone in the movie was Scottish I think) is just ranting and raving in a bar... and I swear, I did not understand a single thing he said in the whole scene.
Aye, that character was Begbie (actor Robert Carlise), and he was (surprise, surprise) portraying a Glaswegian.
I moved to Scotland 11 years ago and I still get that yummy feeling when I hear most of the accents. And let us not forget Sean Connery - an Edinburgh man and of course, Billy Connolly.
I find abbrasive and harsh accents (including German, Russian, Bulgarian, etc.)to be simply divine and erotic
*goes dreamy and wonders what Oz has underneath his sporan*
~smile~
Asia
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shins
08-10-2006, 03:25 PM
Okay, I once saw the movie "Trainspotting", and there's this scene where one of the guys (everyone in the movie was Scottish I think) is just ranting and raving in a bar... and I swear, I did not understand a single thing he said in the whole scene.
LOL. I experienced the same thing, but i found that i had to concentrate throughout the movie or i'd lose the ability to understand the dialogue. (says the guy with the southeast US accent) "yall youngins take the polk over yonder and dont fall in the crick. Aint no reason for yuns to be fallin in no crick!"
Timberwolf
08-10-2006, 03:29 PM
That's all well and good, but being a Canadian, I get to theoretically use the word "boondogle" in a sentence, so we do all right too.
Ozme52
08-11-2006, 12:05 AM
*goes dreamy and wonders what Oz has underneath his sporan*
~smile~
Lipstick--two shades on a good day!
Lipstick--two shades on a good day!
*laughs*
You Slut!
~lipstick kiss number one~
~lipstick kiss number two~
Asia
xxx
Ozme52
08-12-2006, 11:25 PM
*laughs*
You Slut!
~lipstick kiss number one~
~lipstick kiss number two~
Asia
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heh heh...
Just call me "Caber" :rolleyes:
heh heh...
Just call me "Caber" :rolleyes:
*laughs*
I guess I'm expected to toss your caber then, eh?
*shakes her head at the obvious pun*
Asia
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Nice thread! Tattie scones all round.
And I have to say that the new Asia avatar looks more delicious than a deep-fried Mars Bar. Yumm. Gi'em laldy.
Q xx
My dear Q,
The auld age question lies in the pronouncation of that delicious cake, is it:
Scone (rhymes with 'bone'), or
Scone (rhymes with 'non')
If I ask for a Scone (bone), no one serves me unless I say it the Scottish way - I love it!
*smiles*
~Irn Bru all around~
Asia
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PS: I've uploaded a less offensive AV for a change *wink*
slave327-834-200
08-13-2006, 06:27 AM
Asia my lovely lady,
Were you from Morningside (posh bit of the fair city of Edinburgh) you may well say scone as in bone, but my granny was a domestic science teacher and a fine maker of the scone and she lived in Newton Mearns (posh bit of the perhaps not so fair city of Glasgow) and she and the other guild ladies said scone as in non.
Accent is a funny thing here in Scotland, i agree that a good Scottish burr really makes me purr but having moved further north of late the way that some people this way talk affects me like sandpaper to my face! I have found myself having to walk away from conversations because the grating sound is too much!
Give me a west coast lilt anyday!
slave327-834-200
Asia my lovely lady,
Were you from Morningside (posh bit of the fair city of Edinburgh) you may well say scone as in bone, but my granny was a domestic science teacher and a fine maker of the scone and she lived in Newton Mearns (posh bit of the perhaps not so fair city of Glasgow) and she and the other guild ladies said scone as in non.
Accent is a funny thing here in Scotland, i agree that a good Scottish burr really makes me purr but having moved further north of late the way that some people this way talk affects me like sandpaper to my face! I have found myself having to walk away from conversations because the grating sound is too much!
Give me a west coast lilt anyday!
slave327-834-200
Hurrah - clarification at last!
Reside in Auld Reekie (worked at the REH in Morningside many years ago) but mostly work in Glasgow now (the reason this post was started!) My man is from D&G (shivers at thoughts of West Coast accents)- harsh enough to get me excited at 'tha nicht hen' *smiles*
The Highlanders - they sound Welsh to me, but what do I know?!
Great to see yet another Scot in here honey
~kiss~
Asia
xxx
slave327-834-200
08-13-2006, 08:15 AM
Hurrah - clarification at last!
Reside in Auld Reekie (worked at the REH in Morningside many years ago) but mostly work in Glasgow now (the reason this post was started!) My man is from D&G (shivers at thoughts of West Coast accents)- harsh enough to get me excited at 'tha nicht hen' *smiles*
The Highlanders - they sound Welsh to me, but what do I know?!
Great to see yet another Scot in here honey
~kiss~
Asia
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Ah the Burgh, was my home for the last 10 years, before moving 6 months ago, how i miss the Sunshine on Leith, as do all those still living there! lol
I am missing the festival though, glad i wellied the arse out of it last year!
Give my regards to all the bars, for i cannie get good cocktail here for love nor money, nor sexual favours! Raspberry Ripple at Dragonfly - heaven.
Going to fix myself a wee afternoon White Russian on that note!
Hugs
slave327-834-200
Ah the Burgh, was my home for the last 10 years, before moving 6 months ago, how i miss the Sunshine on Leith, as do all those still living there! lol
I am missing the festival though, glad i wellied the arse out of it last year!
Give my regards to all the bars, for i cannie get good cocktail here for love nor money, nor sexual favours! Raspberry Ripple at Dragonfly - heaven.
Going to fix myself a wee afternoon White Russian on that note!
Hugs
slave327-834-200
Same here honey! From Cannongate to Leith Docks - I love those seagulls - so peaceful *laughs* The Proclaimers were taking the pish for sure *smiles*
Festival is in full flow as wondeful as ever, even the wee gadgies! Don't mention Russians in any way, shape or form to me - I just get very excited *wink*
~kiss~
Asia
xxx
slave327-834-200
08-13-2006, 11:48 AM
Same here honey! From Cannongate to Leith Docks - I love those seagulls - so peaceful *laughs* The Proclaimers were taking the pish for sure *smiles*
Festival is in full flow as wondeful as ever, even the wee gadgies! Don't mention Russians in any way, shape or form to me - I just get very excited *wink*
~kiss~
Asia
xxx
Asia
I am starting to wonder if there is any flavour of nationality that doesnt get you excited young lady! :idea: Peruvian?
slave327-834-200
Any accents that involves rolling 'rrrr's and kuckkk's and the like do it for me honey
*wink*
Asia
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His Slut
08-13-2006, 04:08 PM
Any accents that involves rolling 'rrrr's and kuckkk's and the like do it for me honey
*wink*
Asia
xxx
I'm with YOU, love!
Ozme52
08-13-2006, 11:04 PM
:rolleyes:
*laughs*
I guess I'm expected to toss your caber then, eh?
*shakes her head at the obvious pun*
Asia
xxx
Yeah, you might say I left it out there for you. :rolleyes:
Ozme52
08-13-2006, 11:07 PM
Any accents that involves rolling 'rrrr's and kuckkk's and the like do it for me honey
*wink*
Asia
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I'm sure I could watch you "roll your R's" all day long. :)
Dundee
08-14-2006, 01:37 AM
Asia my lovely lady,
Give me a west coast lilt anyday!
slave327-834-200
Aye reet, and what aboot us East Coast folk, eh doll? I'm gonnae be greetin' like a wee lassie in tae ma wee Tayside pilla tha night noo. Gonnae nae do that to me doll, tha both of yers :)
DM
:span:
p.s Edinburgh? Capital Punishment :)
slave327-834-200
08-14-2006, 02:47 AM
Dundee (fundee) hope yer weil - I'm just chavin' awa'!
I hae nowt against east coasters but ye hey tae agree that west is best! Now stop acting like a big jessie and get a grip o it big man! lol
As fir greein into yer wee pilla, go a-heid ye wee bairn - yer only mackin a cunt o yersel (dont really mean that last bit - just for comedy effect!)
Nice to see more of ma quines and loons (as they say up here) on this site!
First person to tell me there you might hear this and what it means get a very large gold star - "fit fit, fits, fit fit"!
slave327-834-200
Dundee
08-14-2006, 05:40 AM
Ach weel,
Gonnae no expect two wee lassies whor' skelpting ma puss far nae kening tha us cunts in tha EAST coast rule yers all - yer anly waantin' the West coast Wee Wullies and Bams :) And a wee scelpt erse fur yursel tae hen, an that wee doll, Asia, I'll telt yers bath sumthin, in ma case, BIG MAN is the reet wurd :)
Fit like yer doll, fit like yer :)
DM
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Tunnocks Tea Cake anybody?!
Dundee
08-14-2006, 05:46 AM
Any accents that involves rolling 'rrrr's and kuckkk's and the like do it for me honey
*wink*
Asia
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There's mair rrrrrrrr's and kuukkk's in Tayside an tha Granite Shitty than in Auld Reekie, Soap Dodger City and tha Borders hen, and yer ken it doll :11:
DM
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I'm sure I could watch you "roll your R's" all day long. :)
Please can I wearrrrr my rrrrrrrrrrrrrruby slipperrrrrrrrrrs *smiles*
Asia
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Dundee honey - slave327-834-200...
No wonder I'm always confused! I still only understand half of what my man says *laughs*
But aye, a Tunnocks Tea Cake for me please *smiles*
Asia
xxx
slave327-834-200
08-14-2006, 10:26 AM
Is it me or is this site hoaching wi tuft? lol
*a wee wink to Asia*
slave327-834-200
08-14-2006, 01:43 PM
Here is a slightly sensible question!
Is it just a Scottish phenonemon that when using the past tense of jump we say jamp instead if jumped?
I tried for years to justify this to my parents by using the example of come/came but it doesn't really work properly - but i loved saying it to them! "today i might come, yesterday i came" *sniggers like a wain*
Is this national or even international?
Ozme52
08-15-2006, 01:01 AM
Please can I wearrrrr my rrrrrrrrrrrrrruby slipperrrrrrrrrrs *smiles*
Asia
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Heh heh, damn typos... not the R's, it was your arse I had in mind..... :rolleyes:
Silke
08-15-2006, 03:26 AM
Heh heh, damn typos... not the R's, it was your arse I had in mind.....
Hahahahahahahahaha...looks like I'm not the only one with a one tracked mind here...:D
Heh heh, damn typos... not the R's, it was your arse I had in mind..... :rolleyes:
Is that a request for an AV change again Sir Oz
*smiles as she's often willing to please*
Hmmm - I bet maddie has ruby slippers *laughs*
Asia
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Hahahahahahahahaha...looks like I'm not the only one with a one tracked mind here...:D
Silke,
You're a terrible (i.e. good) influence on me, I love it *laughs*
Asia
~kiss~
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Is it just a Scottish phenonemon that when using the past tense of jump we say jamp instead if jumped?
Just you, slave-number!
I've never heard that in any Northern English accents, which tend to be pretty wacky. But the good thing about your tenunous use of grammar is that if the thought of licking jam off someone makes you damp, and encourages you to jump someone, then that's jamp all over.
Q x
slave327-834-200
08-15-2006, 10:59 AM
Just you, slave-number!
I've never heard that in any Northern English accents, which tend to be pretty wacky. But the good thing about your tenunous use of grammar is that if the thought of licking jam off someone makes you damp, and encourages you to jump someone, then that's jamp all over.
Q x
*Giggling a lot at your tenuous use of comedy!!!!!!!!*
Thanks for the comments tho, it seems to be a Scotland wide thing. Was chatting to my housemate about it lastnight trying to thing of working examples but "did that dog just hump your leg" to "no it hamp it" doesn't really work!
Silke
08-15-2006, 04:18 PM
You're a terrible (i.e. good) influence on me, I love it *laughs*
Who...me? *innocent look* ;)
Ozme52
08-15-2006, 11:06 PM
Is that a request for an AV change again Sir Oz
*smiles as she's often willing to please*
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I've enjoyed them all Asia. Who's doing your photography for you?
I've enjoyed them all Asia. Who's doing your photography for you?
Usually my man, woman, older sister a trusted friend or the trusted tripod
Asia
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Who...me? *innocent look* ;)
Even that innocent look looks naughty *winks*
Asia
xxx
Silke
08-16-2006, 06:45 AM
Lol, Asia....waaaay too much credit you give me. You're playing in a different league. ;) *blushes*
Not enough credit Silke *curtsies*
~kiss~
Silke
08-16-2006, 12:51 PM
'k, I give up, lol. *trying to change subject* Sizzling hot new avatar, Asia!! :D
Dundee
08-17-2006, 02:16 AM
Asia, stop flirting with Silke :)
I see MO made it onto your new AV, well her foot anyway. lol, VERY sexy.
Anyway, back to Scottish Speak (Renton in Trainspotting)
I hate being Scottish. ... Some people hate the English, but I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are colonized by wankers. We can't even pick a decent culture to be colonized by."
Excellent line and no offense to the English at all, it's just typically Scottish. lol. :)
Silke
08-17-2006, 08:40 AM
Asia, stop flirting with Silke
Oi...*gives Dundee the eye*...you're welcome to join the flirting if you want. *takes another look at Dundees profile...then at Asia's...drools and smiles* Anytime! ;)
Silke, as super moderator, have you got the power to insist he smiles for his photo if he's going to use it as an AV? The man is always moody in photos...try this Dundee >>> *Grins*
*wink*
Asia
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Silke
08-17-2006, 09:43 AM
Hmm, not sure it came with the tool kit but I'll try. Then again...I like the moody touch as well...*ponders*
Just one look at your AV Silke and a wee growl- that should do the trick, and he's not adverse to German accents himself
(mind Clara Dundee?)
*Smiles*
Anyway, back to Scottish Speak (Renton in Trainspotting)
I hate being Scottish. ... Some people hate the English, but I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are colonized by wankers. We can't even pick a decent culture to be colonized by."
Excellent line and no offense to the English at all, it's just typically Scottish. lol. :)
I did love that scene in the film Dundee, it's a long time since I heard a packed picture house laughing and cheering after one line *smiles*
Still, you know the English have stopped stealing your sheep now *wink*
Dundee
08-18-2006, 03:42 AM
Didnt work for the SNP though did it. lol.
Same year as Braveheart and Alec Salmond was in full flow. lol.
And I can't believe your man had to work with Sheridan the Shagging Socialist on his birthday yesterday. LOL. Couldn't make that up if you tried. :)
siralex
08-18-2006, 08:19 AM
My humble contribution to the question of Scots Speak -
actually, Robin Williams's contribution.
One of the funniest sketches ever! *smiles, remembering that he's seen it about 39 times*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYg5kmH50o8
My humble contribution to the question of Scots Speak -
actually, Robin Williams's contribution.
One of the funniest sketches ever! *smiles, remembering that he's seen it about 39 times*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYg5kmH50o8
That was hilarious - I've sent it to everyone I know *laughs*
Here's another: The lovely but 'evil' Scotsman - Billy connolly *love that man*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYPsPI8Kppg
bluebutterfly
08-18-2006, 04:52 PM
That was hilarious - I've sent it to everyone I know *laughs*
Here's another: The lovely but 'evil' Scotsman - Billy connolly *love that man*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYPsPI8Kppg
Excellent links! I went back to see more of Billy
Dundee
08-19-2006, 04:18 AM
Sir Alex, my friend, an excellent link, that's why he spends most of his spare time in Scotland:)
LOL @ Billy Connolly, he's always gonnae be a gadgie.
DM
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Confessor_Ed
08-20-2006, 11:24 AM
Originally from Newcastle and found those links to be excellent. I've never used you tube before but will now. lol. no one knows what we're saying either pet. lol.
Confessor Ed
Gr1m'sGirl
09-04-2006, 07:57 PM
Scottish accents - so hot..
scabrat
09-05-2006, 07:16 AM
Priceless!!!! :4:
Dundee
09-06-2006, 03:43 PM
Scottish accents - so hot..
Yer wannae cum roond here than doll, I telt yer aboot tha English and their sheep thiven, I'll nae even cuss coz I dinnae wannae put tha fear intae tha wee sasanack bairns, tha wee Tim bass, ken?! Dead pure brilliant maaan, I'll nae be chibbing nae bass the nicht the noo :)
DM
Silke
09-06-2006, 05:04 PM
*purrrrrs* love your new av, Dundee :)
Gr1m'sGirl
09-06-2006, 06:08 PM
Yer wannae cum roond here than doll, I telt yer aboot tha English and their sheep thiven, I'll nae even cuss coz I dinnae wannae put tha fear intae tha wee sasanack bairns, tha wee Tim bass, ken?! Dead pure brilliant maaan, I'll nae be chibbing nae bass the nicht the noo :)
DM
Anything you say .. <333 Lol
<3 Fae
Dundee
09-11-2006, 11:16 AM
*purrrrrs* love your new av, Dundee :)
Thanks Silke Doll,
I'm still loving yours :)
Asia took it, I think she's better in front of the camera because she left my ex-wife's face, who looks like a 10 year old or a midget in that photo, in the background and she thinks my, and I quote, 'rough skin looks good' :32:
Hope you're doing good anyway doll!
DM
x
Dundee
09-11-2006, 11:18 AM
Anything you say .. <333 Lol
<3 Fae
Good girl,
That's what I like to hear Doll :cool:
DM
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Thanks Silke Doll,
I'm still loving yours :)
Asia took it, I think she's better in front of the camera because she left my ex-wife's face, who looks like a 10 year old or a midget in that photo, in the background and she thinks my, and I quote, 'rough skin looks good' :32:
Hope you're doing good anyway doll!
DM
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But honey - its does - trust me *kiss*
I adore your grumpy face
Asia
xxx
Ozme52
09-12-2006, 11:32 PM
Thanks Silke Doll,
I'm still loving yours :)
Asia took it, I think she's better in front of the camera because she left my ex-wife's face, who looks like a 10 year old or a midget in that photo, in the background and she thinks my, and I quote, 'rough skin looks good' :32:
Hope you're doing good anyway doll!
DM
x
Well, I'd have to say she's pretty good on either side of the camera.