RawB93 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) It's often been said that this is an East Coast thing (East Coast being between Aberdeen and Edinburgh). Then I watched The Scheme and discovered the good people of Ayrshire are also kenners. Then I found this linguistics survey and their data suggests its usage extends right down to the border and all over the South West of the country, the latter of which especially surprises me. As a matter of fact, Glasgow would appear to be swarmed with kenners. Do any Glaswegians want to own up to saying ken? I was initially going to have a go at the non kenners but then I thought nah, Ken is the bond that ties the rest of us together - we should embrace that positivity. But then I saw this What the f**k is a "crannie" and what the f**k is wrong with people from Aberdeen? It's always them. So now I pose two questions to P&B - 1. Do you say ken? 2. Should Aberdeen(shire?) be hoisted like a jackup rig and floated out into the North Sea? Edited December 12, 2023 by RawB93 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Abdy fa kens says ken, ken ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Eh ken Ken, ken? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Miguel Sanchez Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 What I'm getting from this survey is that Aberdonians are a different fucking species never mind dialect. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Having recently admitted to come out with the sentence "I dinnae ken if you ken Ken, ken?" I'm firmly in the yes camp. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 People who say ken are gimps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Don Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 I ken, aw my neebors ken, even Patsy Kensit. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 c***s who dinae ken, dinae ken they’ve lived. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Proud to say I've made the phrase "This c**t kens" become standard usage among a group of my mates in the East Midlands. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Ken, eh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 A Ken is a half pint - "I'll just have a Ken, I'm driving" (after a certain boring Soap opera character) There's also the P&B Ken which I'm disappointed not to have seen exposed on here ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Brazil Forever Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 1 hour ago, RawB93 said: It's often been said that this is an East Coast thing (East Coast being between Aberdeen and Edinburgh). Then I watched The Scheme and discovered the good people of Ayrshire are also kenners. Then I found this linguistics survey and their data suggests its usage extends right down to the border and all over the South West of the country, the latter of which especially surprises me. As a matter of fact, Glasgow would appear to be swarmed with kenners. Do any Glaswegians want to own up to saying ken? I was initially going to have a go at the non kenners but then I thought nah, Ken is the bond that ties the rest of us together - we should embrace that positivity. But then I saw this What the f**k is a "crannie" and what the f**k is wrong with people from Aberdeen? It's always them. So now I pose two questions to P&B - 1. Do you say ken? 2. Should Aberdeen(shire?) be hoisted like a jackup rig and floated out into the North Sea? What would the sheep do ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) I hardly ever hear Ken being used. From my perspective it's not common in the part of Glasgow I tend to spend any time in. Edited December 13, 2023 by 2426255 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 In the non weegie parts of Lanarkshire (Strathaven, Kurkmuirhill, Lesmahagow, Larkhall etc) they say both ken and bairn. Doric is magnificent by the way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuboMoravcik Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Some of them should have an 'all of the above' option. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 It's the use of "fit",for "what" that is nails scraping down a blackboard for me, particularly when aggressively used by 'shire junior footballers when trying to intimidate referees,as they do,ken? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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