kingjoey Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Ken is a great word, but folk who end sentences with "ken?" are fae Fife. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Every now and then P&B’s jealousy of the north east of Scotland rears its ugly head. I should be flattered and pleased, but honestly it just makes me sad. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: Every now and then P&B’s jealousy of the north east of Scotland rears its ugly head. I should be flattered and pleased, but honestly it just makes me sad. Those of us unfortunate enough to reside in the land of Celtic, Rangers, Radio Clyde Super scoreboard, secterian marches and newsreaders who pronounce December like it has a 'Z' in it, have a lot to be jealous about. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 This fucking thread. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 The NE has a fascination with male names, often heard rurally for something or someone being elsewhere in the house is 'it's ben the hoose' The NE is full of Bens and Kens and their use is infectious. I'm west coast but been in Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire many years and it creeps into your brain and your language. Accept the doric as the future ma quines and loons. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 People who can't tolerate diversity in language have a massive inferiority complex rooted in deep seated self loathing issues, ken. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I don’t give a f**k about people using the word “ken”, but the fourth option in the poll enraged me. “Cranulent” is not a cromulent word 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I don't say "ken", it's not really something Invernessians would say. My mum is from Shetland and she goes back to speaking Shetland dialect when she's talking to her family and they all say "ken". I think that the Shetland dialect is a form of Scots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I moved to Cumbernauld from Houston in Renfrewshire eighteen years ago, due to getting a job in Falkirk. It actually allowed me to accurately find and mark Scotland’s ‘ken line’. It is the Castlecary Arches across the motorway just north of Cumbernauld. Falkirk is only eight miles from me, but as soon as you pass underneath those arches, the accents change, weans become bairns, and everyone kens some bloke called ken. I’m convinced that the last CITRAC signs on the motorway before Castlecary Arches shouldn’t say ‘belt up in the back’, or ‘is your car ready for winter’ etc. They should say ‘warning, heavy ken ye’ ken for ten miles’. ’Ken’ is one thing mind you, Fcuk me if I didn’t think ‘Camelon’ was pronounced ‘Cam-eh-lon’… until I was put in my place. ‘Kame-lon’, or something. Apparently. I think I insulted a whole nation… ye’ ken? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jives Miguel Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Only used in the west coast when mocking tuechtars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoingThe42 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, velo army said: In the non weegie parts of Lanarkshire (Strathaven, Kurkmuirhill, Lesmahagow, Larkhall etc) they say both ken and bairn. Doric is magnificent by the way. I'm from Strathaven and can confirm this is incorrect. Grew up here, went to school here, live here, and I don't know anyone from here that uses the word ken. Maybe people who have moved here from Ayrshire? Edited December 13, 2023 by DoingThe42 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Naw 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 9 hours ago, velo army said: In the non weegie parts of Lanarkshire (Strathaven, Kurkmuirhill, Lesmahagow, Larkhall etc) they say both ken and bairn. Doric is magnificent by the way. They most certainly don't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, kingjoey said: Ken is a great word, but folk who end sentences with "ken?" are fae Fife. I'm from Fife (originally) but I'm not Fay Fife. This is Fay Fife. Also, the word ken is used in the North of England, ken. D'ye ken John Peel (song) - Wikipedia My Mum and Dad used to love The Spinners. Obviously nothing to do with 'that' John Peel. And I have to include the obligatory HMHB reference, ken. Edited December 13, 2023 by Suspect Device 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Ken has it's roots in ancient Norse language I believe, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 1 hour ago, DoingThe42 said: I'm from Strathaven and can confirm this is incorrect. Grew up here, went to school here, live here, and I don't know anyone from here that uses the word ken. Maybe people who have moved here from Ayrshire? I played for the rugby club which was choc full of local farmers. I daresay the town of Strathaven has become weegified as it embraces it's future as a suburb of East Kilbride, but the bucolic surroundings are the ken-belt, for sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) Scotland’s ken line (heading North from Glasgow) is definitely the Castlecary Arches Feck’ knows where the salt & vinegar to salt & sauce line is though. Pretty sure it’s guarded by North Korean troops, and anyone trying to escape is shot - or pelted with pickled onions from a big jar if you’re a first offender. I’ve said this before, but I’d like to take a road trip across the approximate route of the Glasgow to Edinburgh M8, stop for chips in every town. See when I first get sauce. My money is on Livingston, or Bathgate. Once I find out, I fully expect the chippy / chipper (fcuk me, Scotland, eh?) to erect a sign saying ‘last petrol vinegar for one hundred miles’. Going to be my New Year resolution. Edited December 13, 2023 by pozbaird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I say ken but my da was from Denny, so that's my excuse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 47 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Ken has it's roots in ancient Norse language I believe, When I lived in Sweden I noticed a lot of Scots stuff there. Bra (pronounced braw) meant good. Och meant and. Hus (pronounced hoose) meant house. There were others but I've forgotten them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, scottsdad said: When I lived in Sweden I noticed a lot of Scots stuff there. Bra (pronounced braw) meant good. Och meant and. Hus (pronounced hoose) meant house. There were others but I've forgotten them. I've picked all that up from the Nordic dramas we watch. My favourite is definitely braw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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