BOF Posted December 7, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, bickster said: Which in turn makes a jigger rabbit a cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: What she's basically saying is: "Why couldn't you have been any other lad, instead of a member of our family's arch enemies?" Fair enough. I’d assumed all that was covered by the “rose by any other name” stuff. Looking back, it wasn’t the best Shakespearean line for me to choose when discussing circa Elizabethan era speech patterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 18 hours ago, mjmooney said: Local dialects are always an issue in those circumstances - look at the Glaswegian in Irving Welsh's books. Pedant alert but his books are set in Edinburgh, I've always thought they had a softer accent than Glasgow but it took me ages to work out 'ken' meant 'know' and I don't think I've ever heard it being said anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 8, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 8, 2020 27 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Pedant alert but his books are set in Edinburgh, I've always thought they had a softer accent than Glasgow but it took me ages to work out 'ken' meant 'know' and I don't think I've ever heard it being said anywhere. Edinburgh is softer than Glaswegian. Glaswegian is almost impenetrable. Ken for know is very common though I'd say I spend two weeks training staff at a Glasgow taxi company about ten years ago, I just couldn't understand some people and I'm good at understanding strong accents 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 1 minute ago, bickster said: Edinburgh is softer than Glaswegian. Glaswegian is almost impenetrable. Ken for know is very common though I'd say I spend two weeks training staff at a Glasgow taxi company about ten years ago, I just couldn't understand some people and I'm good at understanding strong accents As half my family are Scottish and I was raised on Oor Wullie and the Broons I've always had a greater understanding of the vocab. The Och Kill Dagless Mon joke in Darkplace always gets me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 1 minute ago, theunderstudy said: As half my family are Scottish and I was raised on Oor Wullie and the Broons I've always had a greater understanding of the vocab. The Och Kill Dagless Mon joke in Darkplace always gets me Parents are from the north east and we would make pilgrimages back there in the 70s. Oor Wullie used to be in a newspaper up in Newcastle so it was only as an adult I realised it was in a Scotch accent and not Geordie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 8, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Newcastle Just a small town in Scotland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 8, 2020 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2020 1 hour ago, sharkyvilla said: Pedant alert but his books are set in Edinburgh, I've always thought they had a softer accent than Glasgow but it took me ages to work out 'ken' meant 'know' and I don't think I've ever heard it being said anywhere. Sorry, yeah, Edinburgh. As for 'ken'... d'ye ken John Peel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted December 8, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2020 when you eat a sausage a sausage comes out the other end after a day or so, how come this is not true of say a chicken and mushroom pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted December 8, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2020 19 hours ago, sidcow said: I was in my 40's before I found out that "round The Wrekin" wasn't an expression everyone in the country uses. I was about six weeks younger than I currently am now. It was discussed somewhere on here (can’t remember which thread) and I was similarly surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 8, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Follyfoot said: when you eat a sausage a sausage comes out the other end I'd get that checked. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 6 hours ago, mjmooney said: Sorry, yeah, Edinburgh. As for 'ken'... d'ye ken John Peel? Aye, ah ken yon gadgie I've read most of Welsh's books so the lingo I picked up fairly quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 One for those of a certain age. I have just been offered a flu vaccination by my GP surgery. I f I have it will I feel rough after it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 10, 2020 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Seat68 said: One for those of a certain age. I have just been offered a flu vaccination by my GP surgery. I f I have it will I feel rough after it or not. Unpredictable. Last year I had no side effects whatsoever. This year, I felt slightly shit the next day (slight headache, muscle aches). Nothing to write home about, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 10, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2020 13 minutes ago, Seat68 said: One for those of a certain age. I have just been offered a flu vaccination by my GP surgery. I f I have it will I feel rough after it or not. I've never felt anything after a flu jab. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted December 10, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2020 43 minutes ago, Seat68 said: One for those of a certain age. I have just been offered a flu vaccination by my GP surgery. I f I have it will I feel rough after it or not. Can not make up my mind myself, not exactly sure what I am scared about but I am reluctant which is really odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 49 minutes ago, Seat68 said: One for those of a certain age. I have just been offered a flu vaccination by my GP surgery. I f I have it will I feel rough after it or not. I had one three years ago, at the same time as my holiday jabs. I had flu-like symptoms that night, shivering and sweating. It was only one night and felt fine the next day. I had one last month though and didn’t feel a thing. I’m assuming the first reaction was down to the holiday vaccines and flu at the same time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 10, 2020 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: I had one three years ago, at the same time as my holiday jabs. I had flu-like symptoms that night, shivering and sweating. It was only one night and felt fine the next day. I had one last month though and didn’t feel a thing. I’m assuming the first reaction was down to the holiday vaccines and flu at the same time. I was slightly surprised that I didn't get any reaction last year, as I had a pneumonia jab at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Sometimes I look at the world through squinted eyes and wonder to myself what if we were born like this, we wouldn't know any different and just presume that this is how things look. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 20, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2020 What are all those fake news stories for and why do they have such similar themes. Woman was thrown out of X because of her bikini or top. X regret throwing girl out when they see who her father is. Man discovers mystery door in house. I understand it's just click bait but why the exact same generic stories for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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