Grim O'Grady Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 There seems to be a problem with words that end in "ow". I've found. If I'm down at the supermarket I would say "excuse me my good fellow but are those bananas yellow?". But Mr Ned sed, "oi use fellae are thae bananas yellae?". Oh & I wouldn't dare shop for fruit in Portobello. Grimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertlegend Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 The use of the word Oor when referring to any family member "Oor stevies back in the jail again!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 The use of Ben. Usually in connection with hoose. Use of hingme as an all purpose word. Often prefacing shoap. Ah wiz in that hingme shoap.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotownClic Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I haven't heard it for a while, but the local bams were referring to each other as neebor (neighbour). Maybe they still do, and I'm just drinking in better pubs now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I love the way neds pronounce some place names, particular favourites of mine include, rurglin - Rutherglen and murwil- Motherwell. The "Ned pronunciation" is usually simply the traditional Scots one. Rutherglen was officially called Ruglen until the name was Anglicised in the Victorian era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 If I'm down at the supermarket I would say "excuse me my good fellow but are those bananas yellow?". But Mr Ned sed, "oi use fellae are thae bananas yellae?". That's simply traditional east coast Scots pronunciation. Before the Union of the Crowns that was part and parcel of the prestige dialect of the elite in central Scotland and books and poetry were written in Scots that sounded like that. Nowadays though instead of embracing traditional Lowland culture so called Scottish patriots prance about in plaid skirts and pretend that historical figures like Bruce and Wallace were Gaels that also dressed like that. That's symptomatic of a weird identity crisis rather than a genuine nationalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweaty Morph Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I haven't heard it for a while, but the local bams were referring to each other as neebor (neighbour). Maybe they still do, and I'm just drinking in better pubs now I've heard 'Neebur' or even the shortened version, 'neeb' quite a lot recently, usually used by old men though. Not sure if it sounds neddy or just a bit shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 It's hard to spell but neds have a way of saying pushed - if I had to try and spell it I'd go with puhshed. For some reason pronouncing Possil 'Posso' makes me think someone is a ned but pronouncing Bridgeton 'Brigton' is perfectly acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I haven't heard it for a while, but the local bams were referring to each other as neebor (neighbour). Maybe they still do, and I'm just drinking in better pubs now this terms "neebur" seems to have migrated from Fife- if you hear Lanarkshire neds start saying "yahoorsir" then you know there's a been a mass movement of lino lickers from the Kingdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I hear "neebur" all the time but it's not a ned thing, it's usually just an informal greeting between strangers similar to "mate" or "pal" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 A lot of these aren't even ned words Just Scottish slang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kejan Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 How - I say it myself often when meaning when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddly optomistic Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I remember my mom always telling me to speak properly when I was a youngster. Looking back now all she was doing was promoting English and not broadscots.The word "mom" makes me think American. It used to annoy me when I used to read it in books when I was little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I remember my mom always telling me to speak properly when I was a youngster. Looking back now all she was doing was promoting English and not broadscots. What got really confusing was when your mother actually did speak broad Scots to you when naebodie was aboot tae hear it, but still did the speak properly thing a lot of the time as well. You wind up code switching depending on who you are speaking to, and when and where, with a deeply internalised feeling that your native linguistic culture and true mother tongue is second rate and inferior. End result of generations of that is a warped and mental culture and the dour Scot stereotype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Caithness, possibly the only place where the word "f**k" can have so many, many meanings "here, buys, he fuckin fucked eh fucker by f**k, f**k" No doubt the filter will ruin that ETA It did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Nosejob Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 The double negative question... "You're from somewhere else, aren't you not?". The superfluous 's' on 'mine'... "mines is even better". The use of 'bet' to indicate a victory... "We had a race and I bet him." Expressing any emotion with the phrase... "Haw man, that's pure hefty mental by the way." would be a clincher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboMikey Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Weegies ending sentences with the word 'but'. 'I was lit at but'. Terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbelle Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 You should have kicked their juice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoy who invented weetabix Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Anyone who insults someone, whether in jest or seriousness using the word 'Daftie' should be set on fire then buried alive in a slow painful horrific death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Coaches Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 A smacky looking ned approached me and my ex gf several years ago on Sauchiehall Street and asked "Kin ye shield uz a fag neebur?" That ned in the centre of Glasgow is the only time I have heard the word 'shield' used in this way. You had a girlfriend? Lies ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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