Scottish English differences

laissez-faire · 16 Jun 2007 at 21:04

Some observations recently of things my Scottish friends say that I probably wouldn't;

'I am away through to Glasgow' instead of 'I am going to Glasgow'

'The car needs cleaned' instead of 'The car needs cleaning / The car needs to be cleaned'

Can someone point out some others?

GlasgowTitan · 16 Jun 2007 at 21:13

am gonnae head tae glesga ya cummin pal?

oi ya bawheid go w-ahsh the motor its boggin

laissez-faire · 16 Jun 2007 at 21:15

GlasgowTitan said:
am gonnae head tae glesga ya cummin pal?

oi ya bawheid go w-ahsh the motor its boggin

Perhaps my post wasn't too clear, but 'I am away through to Glasgow' was my example of something very Scottish. Lets talk about Scottish things here, not neddy things ;-)

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 16 Jun 2007 at 21:18

I also find most Scottish people say they are going "up to Edinburgh/Glasgow" or "down to Aberdeen" even though we are already north of said place already.

Jonny ///M · 16 Jun 2007 at 21:20

Shut it ya wee *****?

I dont think "I'm away through to Glasgow" is Scottish in any way at all. :confused:

There is so many cultural differences throughout the Uk its hard to say X is what they say in Y.

I had a face like :confused:

when i was asked if i would like salt 'n' sauce at a chippy in Edinburgh,i'm too used to just salt 'n' vinegar.

laissez-faire · 16 Jun 2007 at 21:24

Jonny ///M said:
I dont think "I'm away through to Glasgow" is Scottish in any way at all.

It is. It is so common in Scotland and everyone says it, I started saying it because I lived in Edinburgh and it wasn't until my parents pointed out that it was a very Scottish thing to say (when I came home to Hampshire) that I realised it was only my Scottish friends who say it.

whitecrook · 16 Jun 2007 at 21:37

Nothing like a large wodge of of generalisation. I suppose everybody in England speaks with the same 'English' accent and the phrases the use are uniform across the country....

In my experience it's only people from the central East of Scotland that tend to say I'm going through to a place. Coming from the west that sounds odd to my ear. People from the east don't often finish their sentences with but, but.

Surfer · 16 Jun 2007 at 21:46

laissez-faire said:
Perhaps my post wasn't too clear, but 'I am away through to Glasgow' was my example of something very Scottish. Lets talk about Scottish things here, not neddy things

uhmm what he quoted was not really.... "neddish"

Tru · 16 Jun 2007 at 21:55

I hear a lot of people say "There's it", instead of "There it is", seems to be an North East thing though.

wizard91 · 16 Jun 2007 at 21:57

Tru said:
I hear a lot of people say "There's it", instead of "There it is", seems to be an North East thing though.

Yeah im north, I would say "There it's" instead of "There it is"

BlairH · 16 Jun 2007 at 22:10

Scotland?
For some reason we vote tend to vote for statists, leftists and socialists, when we should be voting for conservatives, capitalists and libertarians. We need to "grow up" and let the free market handle things for a change rather than some distant intellectual elite.

Tru · 16 Jun 2007 at 22:12

BlairH said:
Scotland?
For some reason we vote tend to vote for statists, leftists and socialists, when we should be voting for conservatives, capitalists and libertarians. We need to "grow up" and let the free market handle things for a change rather than some distant intellectual elite.

What the wide world of sports are you on about?

Azagoth · 16 Jun 2007 at 22:16

BlairH said:
Scotland?
For some reason we vote tend to vote for statists, leftists and socialists, when we should be voting for conservatives, capitalists and libertarians. We need to "grow up" and let the free market handle things for a change rather than some distant intellectual elite.

...and this is why Hadrian built his wall!