However, there are some things I will never say. This is because they simply do not make any sense. Here are a few examples.
1) When asking someone where they got something, you may get the reply "He/she gave it me". Now, there is a clear omission of the word 'to' there, for no other reason than laziness. The option to say "Gave me it" is also ignored, through sheer malice.
2) The misuse of the word 'were'. You will often hear a Mancunian say something like "It were his fault." or "It were good." There is a problem where they use 'were' instead of 'was'. This, however, is similar to the problem that Glaswegians have with 'how' and 'why'... But more annoying.
3) What to call a 'roll'. It appears they have a lot of words/phrases for the simple roll. Bap and oven bottom are just two. The worst, though, is definitely... BARM CAKE. (i) Barm isn't even a word, there's actually a spell checker line under it as I type. (ii) A 'cake', it is not. IT'S A FUCKING ROLL.
There are many more.
Are you Scottish and live in a different country? Have you noticed how wrong everyone is? Write in. Go on.
You don't have to travel outside Scotland to find local speech amusing/annoying, in Aberdeen it is quite common to hear "...is it?" used instead of "...isn't it?". For example:
ReplyDelete"That Passat's a good car, is it?"
"Jeremy Kyle's a cunt, is he?"
Well, are you making a statement or are you asking a question, you buttery-eating Doric-spikking fit-like fuckwits?