Originally Posted by kelownagirl
It means to talk nonsense. It's what Scots do at great length when drunk.
It's also used to disparage the views of anyone you don't agree with. As in 'Awa 'n' stop haverin' (The final 'g' is normally silent in Scots). An alternative in this situation is 'awa 'n' bile yer heid'. (Trans -'go away and place your head in a pan of boiling water. That may bring you to your senses')
This is fun, isn't it
I really should be packing.
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10-10-2007, 07:07 AM #1
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10-10-2007, 07:13 AM #2
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wow! learned something new! yes, this IS fun Originally Posted by Bruno28
It means to talk nonsense. It's what Scots do at great length when drunk.
It's also used to disparage the views of anyone you don't agree with. As in 'Awa 'n' stop haverin' (The final 'g' is normally silent in Scots). An alternative in this situation is 'awa 'n' bile yer heid'. (Trans -'go away and place your head in a pan of boiling water. That may bring you to your senses')
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10-10-2007, 07:44 AM #3
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Originally Posted by mimitabby
Oh, there's so much more! We've hardly begun
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10-10-2007, 03:58 PM #4
huh?
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Hmmm, I know there must be some Scottish in my family tree somewhere... Originally Posted by Bruno28
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10-10-2007, 04:13 PM #5
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I've got MacGregors a few generations back (my British friend likes to tell me they were horse thieves.......) Originally Posted by Xrayted
Hmmm, I know there must be some Scottish in my family tree somewhere...
genuine mutt really though - Italian, English, Irish, Scottish, German, Slovak, who knows what else (granddad from Sicily so that opens up a whole world of mixing - now my dad thinks maybe greatgramma was Albanian )
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10-10-2007, 04:23 PM #6
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I have German, Irish, Italian and most likely Scottish. No wonder I can't understand any of them...
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