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On 22/01/2021 at 10:44, RiffRaff said:

That Microsoft do not recognise "outwith" as a word.

This is a trigger for me.  Outwith is a word, I’ve been using it all my life.  As I type this on my iPad it is highlighting it.  Fùck right off.

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13 hours ago, virginton said:

'Outwith' and 'yese/yous(e)' are two of the best reasons to abandon English usage for Scots after independence. That gubbins language can't even distinguish the second person plural nor such a basic concept.

I know 'yous' and 'yese' are very Scottish words I use very regularly when talking, just seeing them written down (a fair bit on here), makes the writer come across as a bit thick.

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20 minutes ago, johnnydun said:

I know 'yous' and 'yese' are very Scottish words I use very regularly when talking, just seeing them written down (a fair bit on here), makes the writer come across as a bit thick.

Please unlearn your cultural imperialism. One day we can be free, brother.

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Jobby is another word I grew up with and just thought everyone used. Apparently is predominantly a west of Scotland word. It caused much consternation at my nephew’s school (in Melbourne) when he was asking the teacher if he could go to the loo cos he needed a jobby. Eventually just bolts to the loo. My brother is then in talking to the teacher after school having to explain the term jobby to a teacher. His mother was mortified, my brother couldn’t stop laughing.

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7 hours ago, Mr Tourette said:

As far as I’m aware “pish” is uniquely Scottish as well. Also a brilliant word

It's a Yiddish word too. Was delighted when the wife's family referred to "taking the dog out for a pish", and they likewise when I explained that we also use it to say something's rubbish, or that somebody under the influence is "pished".

Then I went too far by explaining some of our other words, but least said, soonest mended.

5 hours ago, bernardblack said:

The woman in the Voxi advert for
unlimited social media 

^^^ thiiiiiiiiiis.

I take it they're just trying to build awareness of their name and don't care if it's only because folk detest them for those adverts.

I see they've recently re-edited the "I am endless" advert to make her seem less of an utterly self-absorbed & terrifying thundercunt, but they still haven't been entirely successful.

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