wingnut Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Think Dundee accent is nuts,eh kin kick a baw ske heh n so kin eh...............tak,mhak and wa amongst other words. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Glasgow Uni accent. Scotland's version of the LA accent which every sentence ends with an inflection. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 People using "actual" instead of "actually" is also infuriating, although this doesn't seem to be limited to one part of Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 20 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Theres nothing wrong with people saying ken. Erm yes there is. It makes you sound like an absolute cretin, and the word itself is redundant in about 95% of times it is used. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 4 minutes ago, vikingTON said: Erm yes there is. It makes you sound like an absolute cretin, and the word itself is redundant in about 95% of times it is used. Stop talking pish. It's an abbreviation . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 I put "but" at the end of sentences. Didn't realise I was the worst kind of scum until now tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DI Bruce Robertson Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Can someone explain what a Dundee accent sounds like? I used to knock about there 10 years ago and always just assumed it was thick east coast, much like leith and much of Fife, since living on the east coast I wouldn't be able to tell if someone was from Dundee if I met them. Ehm sure you couldn't! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 5 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Not in my experience. It is used in place of the word know. I cant see how that could be redundant unless used pointlessly at the end of sentences, which can be said of people who put "know" or "know what I mean" or "but" at the end of sentences. Which accounts for 95% of its use. And its a cretinous replacement for the word 'know' anyway. 3 minutes ago, tree house tam said: Stop talking pish. It's an abbreviation . For what, exactly? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 1 minute ago, vikingTON said: Which accounts for 95% of its use. And its a cretinous replacement for the word 'know' anyway. For what, exactly? At the end of sentences it's usually "you know?", which is just clarifying what's been said. During sentences it's "know" or someone's name. "But" after a sentence is for weirdos . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) 11 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said: I put "but" at the end of sentences. Didn't realise I was the worst kind of scum until now tbh. You are, but. This thread's moving from accents to patterns of speech and the two that annoy me are the frequent but redundant use of 'like' and 'kind of'. Oh and anyone who uses the phrase, "and (s)he turned round and said" should be kind of sent to like the electric chair. Edited November 16, 2016 by The_Kincardine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 1 minute ago, tree house tam said: At the end of sentences it's usually "you know?", which is just clarifying what's been said. During sentences it's "know" or someone's name. "But" after a sentence is for weirdos . 'Ken' cannot possibly be an abbreviation for 'know' or 'you know'. I don't think that you know what 'abbreviation' means tbh. It's distinct and utterly cretinous word, peddled by bumpkins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 10 minutes ago, vikingTON said: Which accounts for 95% of its use. And its a cretinous replacement for the word 'know' anyway. For what, exactly? Kenneth? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 46 minutes ago, Cerberus said: Anyone that says 'ye ken' should be shot. I think it's (ken) Medieval English. Only just reached Fife. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DI Bruce Robertson Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 'Ken' cannot possibly be an abbreviation for 'know' or 'you know'. I don't think that you know what 'abbreviation' means tbh. It's distinct and utterly cretinous word, peddled by bumpkins. Bumpkins with a full set of teeth in their head, and a jacket that covers their wrists. You cheeky, cheeky perfect man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkthebigclub Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Surprised no one has mentioned that citadel of culture, Borrowstounness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 These debates raged in the clubs and libraries of Edinburgh back in the days of the Enlightenment. "Scotticisms" and their use were agonised over by some of the finest and most influential minds ever to grace Northern Europe. The spirit of Hume, Boswell and Burns is alive and well on P&B. 300 years from now, history students will pore over the work of 8Mile.. VT, Keith/Pete/Billy et al. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 1 minute ago, Günther said: Got to agree with the Glasgow Uni / West end accent. Horrendous accent and put on as well. My wee sister who ironically went to Paisley Uni talks with this accent and it drives me mental. She lives up in Aberdeen now and I'd be surprised if many of them knew she's from Glasgow let alone Govan. The music is so loud in that strip club nobody picks up on her accent anyway. Don't let it bother you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: These debates raged in the clubs and libraries of Edinburgh back in the days of the Enlightenment. "Scotticisms" and their use were agonised over by some of the finest and most influential minds ever to grace Northern Europe. The spirit of Hume, Boswell and Burns is alive and well on P&B. Well they weren't really. Dr Johnston had a particular disdain for Scotchness which I think was tempered somewhat during his relationship with Boswell. You've half a point with Burns. His best poems were written in the argot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellichtie Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 You must work with some complete mouth breathers. I have never added 'but' to the end of a sentence or shouted 'ken like eh' at someone. You're clearly not a weegie then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 There is a special breed of weegie that has evolved to add a double but at the end of a sentence, I presume if there are enough of them in one room it would sound like a two stroke engine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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