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Date: 13 Feb 2007 12:10:56
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Subject: The home of golf. They speak a strange language in the Kingdom (of Fife)
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I was playing golf with a colleague from Dundee last year and quite
often during our game he would say, something that sounded like,
"Brabba".
This continued and I stopped him and asked if he was speaking
Scandanavian or something.
"Naw, Sco'ish", he answered, "It means guid shoat, ken."
Oh right its means good shot but it doesn't sound like any of the
scottish words I know.
He then explained that bra' was how they said Braw in Dundee and ba'
is how they said baw or ball.
I now use this myself and am proud that I can converse with
Dundonians, on the golf course at least.
So the next time any of you play, I hope you all hit plenty of bra'
ba's.
P.S. Does anyone else have a similar experience?
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Date: 14 Feb 2007 08:04:20
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Subject: Re: The home of golf. They speak a strange language in the Kingdom (of Fife)
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On Feb 14, 10:42 am, "johnty" <john...@hotmail.com > wrote:
> On 13 Feb, 21:07, "Alan Murphy" <afm...@btinternet.com> wrote:
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> > <pmch...@online.de> wrote in message
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> >news:1171397456.441359.203490@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> > >I was playing golf with a colleague from Dundee last year and quite
> > > often during our game he would say, something that sounded like,
> > > "Brabba".
>
> > > This continued and I stopped him and asked if he was speaking
> > > Scandanavian or something.
>
> > > "Naw, Sco'ish", he answered, "It means guid shoat, ken."
>
> > > Oh right its means good shot but it doesn't sound like any of the
> > > scottish words I know.
>
> > > He then explained that bra' was how they said Braw in Dundee and ba'
> > > is how they said baw or ball.
>
> > > I now use this myself and am proud that I can converse with
> > > Dundonians, on the golf course at least.
>
> > > So the next time any of you play, I hope you all hit plenty of bra'
> > > ba's.
>
> > > P.S. Does anyone else have a similar experience?
>
> > Good story except Dundee is not in Fife but Angus,
> > just across the Tay Bridge. Strictly speaking, by Royal
> > Charter, it is itself a county and could be called Dundee,
> > Dundee as in New York, New York. So good they
> > named it twice.
>
> > "Naw, Sco'ish", he answered, "It means guid shoat, ken."
>
> > He may have said "shoat" but he probably said "stoat"
>
> The pronunciation is somewhere between 'shoat' and 'short' to me. A
> good shot would be a 'stoater', though.- Hide quoted text -
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Yes but we left out the 't' stoa'er
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Date: 14 Feb 2007 01:42:16
From: johnty
Subject: Re: The home of golf. They speak a strange language in the Kingdom (of Fife)
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On 13 Feb, 21:07, "Alan Murphy" <afm...@btinternet.com > wrote:
> <pmch...@online.de> wrote in message
>
> news:1171397456.441359.203490@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> >I was playing golf with a colleague from Dundee last year and quite
> > often during our game he would say, something that sounded like,
> > "Brabba".
>
> > This continued and I stopped him and asked if he was speaking
> > Scandanavian or something.
>
> > "Naw, Sco'ish", he answered, "It means guid shoat, ken."
>
> > Oh right its means good shot but it doesn't sound like any of the
> > scottish words I know.
>
> > He then explained that bra' was how they said Braw in Dundee and ba'
> > is how they said baw or ball.
>
> > I now use this myself and am proud that I can converse with
> > Dundonians, on the golf course at least.
>
> > So the next time any of you play, I hope you all hit plenty of bra'
> > ba's.
>
> > P.S. Does anyone else have a similar experience?
>
> Good story except Dundee is not in Fife but Angus,
> just across the Tay Bridge. Strictly speaking, by Royal
> Charter, it is itself a county and could be called Dundee,
> Dundee as in New York, New York. So good they
> named it twice.
>
> "Naw, Sco'ish", he answered, "It means guid shoat, ken."
>
> He may have said "shoat" but he probably said "stoat"
The pronunciation is somewhere between 'shoat' and 'short' to me. A
good shot would be a 'stoater', though.
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Date: 13 Feb 2007 15:50:53
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Subject: Re: The home of golf. They speak a strange language in the Kingdom (of Fife)
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On Feb 14, 12:19 am, John van der Pflum <nowhammymyspa...@bite.org >
wrote:
> On 13 Feb 2007 14:39:24 -0800, pmch...@online.de wrote:
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> >On Feb 13, 11:29 pm, david s-a <dsant...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >> Alan Murphy wrote:
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> >> > He may have said "shoat" but he probably said "stoat"
> >> > which is Scottish for a hit or blow. And why did he call
> >> > you ken when your initial is P ;-)
>
> >> D'ya ken John Peel........etc.
>
> >> OIC...that's what you meant!
>
> >> cheers
> >> david
>
> >Awa'anbileyerheedyamugye!
>
> >Alan kent tha' aw the time.
>
> Is there an online translator I can use to figure out what this
> means??? ;-)
> --
>
> jvdp
> Start clearing your calendarshttp://www.rsgcincinnati.com- Hide quoted text -
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<<< "Awa'anbileyerheedyamugye!" >>> away-and-boil-your-head-you-mug-
you
Is a Scottsh saying, roughly translated means,
'Go away and stick your head in a bucket of boiling water "
Not very nice but it is more friendly than it souds. We use it when
meaning
'you are talking nonsense' or simply that you disagree with someone.
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Date: 15 Feb 2007 09:04:36
From: david s-a
Subject: .....and while you're translating..
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pmchugh@online.de wrote:
> <<< "Awa'anbileyerheedyamugye!" >>> away-and-boil-your-head-you-mug-
> you
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> Is a Scottsh saying, roughly translated means,
>
> 'Go away and stick your head in a bucket of boiling water "
>
> Not very nice but it is more friendly than it souds. We use it when
> meaning
>
> 'you are talking nonsense' or simply that you disagree with someone.
>
Can you tell me why a 'mashie' is called a 'mashie'; and why a 'niblick'
is called a 'niblick'? What was a 'niblick' before it was a golf club?
cheers
david
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Date: 13 Feb 2007 14:39:24
From:
Subject: Re: The home of golf. They speak a strange language in the Kingdom (of Fife)
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On Feb 13, 11:29 pm, david s-a <dsant...@bigpond.net.au > wrote:
> Alan Murphy wrote:
>
> > He may have said "shoat" but he probably said "stoat"
> > which is Scottish for a hit or blow. And why did he call
> > you ken when your initial is P ;-)
>
> D'ya ken John Peel........etc.
>
> OIC...that's what you meant!
>
> cheers
> david
Awa'anbileyerheedyamugye!
Alan kent tha' aw the time.
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Date: 13 Feb 2007 18:19:13
From: John van der Pflum
Subject: Re: The home of golf. They speak a strange language in the Kingdom (of Fife)
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On 13 Feb 2007 14:39:24 -0800, pmchugh@online.de wrote:
>On Feb 13, 11:29 pm, david s-a <dsant...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>> Alan Murphy wrote:
>>
>> > He may have said "shoat" but he probably said "stoat"
>> > which is Scottish for a hit or blow. And why did he call
>> > you ken when your initial is P ;-)
>>
>> D'ya ken John Peel........etc.
>>
>> OIC...that's what you meant!
>>
>> cheers
>> david
>
>Awa'anbileyerheedyamugye!
>
>Alan kent tha' aw the time.
Is there an online translator I can use to figure out what this
means??? ;-)
--
jvdp
Start clearing your calendars
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
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Date: 13 Feb 2007 14:15:41
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Subject: Re: The home of golf. They speak a strange language in the Kingdom (of Fife)
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On Feb 13, 10:07 pm, "Alan Murphy" <afm...@btinternet.com > wrote:
> <pmch...@online.de> wrote in message
>
> news:1171397456.441359.203490@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> >I was playing golf with a colleague from Dundee last year and quite
> > often during our game he would say, something that sounded like,
> > "Brabba".
>
> > This continued and I stopped him and asked if he was speaking
> > Scandanavian or something.
>
> > "Naw, Sco'ish", he answered, "It means guid shoat, ken."
>
> > Oh right its means good shot but it doesn't sound like any of the
> > scottish words I know.
>
> > He then explained that bra' was how they said Braw in Dundee and ba'
> > is how they said baw or ball.
>
> > I now use this myself and am proud that I can converse with
> > Dundonians, on the golf course at least.
>
> > So the next time any of you play, I hope you all hit plenty of bra'
> > ba's.
>
> > P.S. Does anyone else have a similar experience?
>
> Good story except Dundee is not in Fife but Angus,
> just across the Tay Bridge. Strictly speaking, by Royal
> Charter, it is itself a county and could be called Dundee,
> Dundee as in New York, New York. So good they
> named it twice.
>
> "Naw, Sco'ish", he answered, "It means guid shoat, ken."
>
> He may have said "shoat" but he probably said "stoat"
> which is Scottish for a hit or blow. And why did he call
> you ken when your initial is P ;-)
>
> Alan- Hide quoted text -
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Now Mr. Murphy you stick with your Irish geography and I'll watch my
P's and Q's in future.
You know (ken), I think you're right, he did actually say stoat but I
was so bemused by bra' ba' that I missed that.
I've been to Dens and Tanaside often, following the pope's eleven. I
know yir nae longer in ra Kingdom.
lol
Ken
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Date: 13 Feb 2007 21:07:01
From: Alan Murphy
Subject: Re: The home of golf. They speak a strange language in the Kingdom (of Fife)
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<pmchugh@online.de > wrote in message
news:1171397456.441359.203490@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I was playing golf with a colleague from Dundee last year and quite
> often during our game he would say, something that sounded like,
> "Brabba".
>
> This continued and I stopped him and asked if he was speaking
> Scandanavian or something.
>
> "Naw, Sco'ish", he answered, "It means guid shoat, ken."
>
> Oh right its means good shot but it doesn't sound like any of the
> scottish words I know.
>
> He then explained that bra' was how they said Braw in Dundee and ba'
> is how they said baw or ball.
>
> I now use this myself and am proud that I can converse with
> Dundonians, on the golf course at least.
>
> So the next time any of you play, I hope you all hit plenty of bra'
> ba's.
>
> P.S. Does anyone else have a similar experience?
>
Good story except Dundee is not in Fife but Angus,
just across the Tay Bridge. Strictly speaking, by Royal
Charter, it is itself a county and could be called Dundee,
Dundee as in New York, New York. So good they
named it twice.
"Naw, Sco'ish", he answered, "It means guid shoat, ken."
He may have said "shoat" but he probably said "stoat"
which is Scottish for a hit or blow. And why did he call
you ken when your initial is P ;-)
Alan
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Date: 14 Feb 2007 09:29:53
From: david s-a
Subject: Re: The home of golf. They speak a strange language in the Kingdom
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Alan Murphy wrote:
>
> He may have said "shoat" but he probably said "stoat"
> which is Scottish for a hit or blow. And why did he call
> you ken when your initial is P ;-)
>
D'ya ken John Peel........etc.
OIC...that's what you meant!
cheers
david
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