Scottish Words

Discussion in 'Evolution of Language' started by Tom Locke, Aug 3, 2015.

  1. Joe Riley

    Joe Riley Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 3, 2015
    Messages:
    13,936
    Likes Received:
    22,555

    Auld Lang Syne

    Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
    And never brought to mind?
    Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
    And auld lang syne?

    CHORUS:
    For auld lang syne, my dear,
    For auld lang syne,
    We'll tak a cup of kindness yet,
    For auld lang syne!

    And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp,
    And surely I'll be mine,
    And we'll tak a cup o kindness yet,
    For auld lang syne!

    We twa hae run about the braes,
    And pou'd the gowans fine,
    But we've wander'd monie a weary fit,
    Sin auld lang syne.

    We twa hae paidl'd in the burn
    Frae morning sun till dine,
    But seas between us braid hae roar'd
    Sin auld lang syne.

    And there's a hand my trusty fiere,
    And gie's a hand o thine,
    And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught,
    For auld lang syne

    Meanings

    auld lang syne - times gone by
    be - pay for
    braes - hills
    braid - broad
    burn - stream
    dine - dinner time
    fiere - friend
    fit - foot
    gowans - daisies
    guid-willie waught - goodwill drink
    monie - many
    morning sun - noon
    paidl't - paddled
    pint-stowp - pint tankard
    pou'd - pulled
    twa - two
     
    #16
    Bess Barber likes this.
  2. Tom Locke

    Tom Locke Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 17, 2015
    Messages:
    1,222
    Likes Received:
    2,296
    They are largely interchangeable...a numpty is generally a slightly less dangerous idiot than a bampot.
     
    #17
    Terry Page and Joe Riley like this.
  3. Joe Riley

    Joe Riley Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 3, 2015
    Messages:
    13,936
    Likes Received:
    22,555
    HOW TO SPEAK SCOTTISH ACCENT!
     
    #18
    Bess Barber and Ruby Begonia like this.
  4. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2015
    Messages:
    51,949
    Likes Received:
    17,919
    You speaka my language?....LOL... @Joe Riley that's got to be the worst attempt at Scottish accents in that video I've ever heard :eek:o_O

    I'm Scottish born and raised... :D
     
    #19
  5. Tom Locke

    Tom Locke Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 17, 2015
    Messages:
    1,222
    Likes Received:
    2,296
    Of course, the flip side of this is the Sean Connery approach, whereby everyone from a New York cop to a Russian submarine commander growls away in an Edinburgh accent.
     
    #20
  6. Hal Pollner

    Hal Pollner Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2018
    Messages:
    6,161
    Likes Received:
    4,368
    "It's a brau, bricht, moonlicht nicht."

    Hal
     
    #21
    Bess Barber likes this.
  7. Joe Riley

    Joe Riley Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 3, 2015
    Messages:
    13,936
    Likes Received:
    22,555
  8. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2015
    Messages:
    51,949
    Likes Received:
    17,919
    Good try...it's actually.... “It’s a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht” :)
     
    #23
    Bess Barber and Bobby Cole like this.
  9. Bill Boggs

    Bill Boggs Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    May 13, 2015
    Messages:
    5,747
    Likes Received:
    7,721
    Although I am Scot-Irish, I say speak english, dang it.
     
    #24
    Bobby Cole likes this.
  10. Tom Galty

    Tom Galty Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2018
    Messages:
    1,059
    Likes Received:
    1,495
    How about a Black man saying that.



    2 minutes in.
     
    #25
  11. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2015
    Messages:
    51,949
    Likes Received:
    17,919
    there's plenty Black Scotsmen who could say it...
     
    #26
  12. Tom Galty

    Tom Galty Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2018
    Messages:
    1,059
    Likes Received:
    1,495
    Not in 1956
     
    #27
  13. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2015
    Messages:
    51,949
    Likes Received:
    17,919
    yes but then only lord Rockingham and co put Harry Lauders words to music..back then..I was just born, and I've said that phrase all my life at various times, and I'm sure everyone who is a Scot has said it more than once..probably many times, if only in jest..
     
    #28
    Tom Galty and Bess Barber like this.
  14. Tom Galty

    Tom Galty Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2018
    Messages:
    1,059
    Likes Received:
    1,495
    OK my point was in 1956 they used a black man to stop racism in music to intergrate the black people
     
    #29
    Holly Saunders likes this.
  15. Bess Barber

    Bess Barber Veteran Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2019
    Messages:
    3,760
    Likes Received:
    7,600
    I think slang phrases and words is what gives a language character. I don't know who made the rules centuries ago. Maybe the way considered 'proper' is wrong. :p
     
    #30
    Bill Boggs likes this.

Share This Page