Huffpo being negative about men's skirts

[straightfairy]

You sure it was a woman??? Lots of men named Scott in this world, and there are just tons of men in our modern world that can easily pass for women.....sort of like a TV personality named Paul...as in Ru Paul.

AND....you said

Ye can properly pronounce loch, McConnochie, Ecclefechan, Milngavie, Sauchiehall St, St Enoch, Auchtermuchty and Aufurfuksake.
2. Ye actually like deep fried battered pizza fae the chippie.
3. Yer used tae four seasons in wan day.
4. Ye canna pass a chip/kebab shop withoot sleverin when yer blootert.
5. Ye kin fall about pished withoot spilling yer drink.
6. Ye see people wearin shell suits with burberry accessories - pure class!
7. Ye measure distance in minutes.
8. Ye kin understaun Rab C Nesbitt and know characters just like him, in yer ain family.
9. Ye go tae Saltcoats cos ye think it is like gaun tae the ocean.
10. Ye kin make hael sentences jist wae sweer wurds.
11. Ye know whit haggis is made fae and stull like eating it.
12. Somedy ye know his used a fitba schedule tae plan thur wedding day date.
13. You've been at a wedding and fitba scores are announced in the Church/Chapel.
14. Ye urny surprised tae find curries, pizzas, kebabs, fish n chips, iron-bru, fags and nappies all in the wan shop.
15. Yer holiday home at the seaside has calor gas under it.
16. Ye know irn-bru is a hangover cure.
17. Ye learnt tae sweer afore ye learnt tae dae sums.
18. Ye actually understand this and yurr gonnae send it tae yer pals.

What language was all that? Looks to me.

Google 'Rab C Nesbitt' and then re-read the list in his accent, and then read the butcher joke too.

[Since1982]

But I read all that before posting....and there's ''no way jose'' that I can wrap my tongue around his accent. Still sounds to me.

[STEVIE]

Anybody care to try this one ; Up to yer queets in dubs.
The North East of Scotland has a specific patois, "Doric". This is a real mixture, with influences from Old Scots, Scandinavian, Gaelic, French with some English thrown in for good measure.
Steve.

[crfriend]

Anybody care to try this one ; Up to yer queets in dubs.

Alright, that one stumped me, and I've read a certain amount of stuff "written" in Scots dialect. (Guy Gilpatric, we miss ye!)

Go on, cough up the answer for us barbarians, please.

[Since1982]

Carl said:Alright, that one stumped me,

I told you it was an alien language.

[crfriend]

Carl said:Alright, that one stumped me,

I told you it was an alien language.

So I'm only part alien? What does that say about my parents?

[skirtingtoday]

Anybody care to try this one ; Up to yer queets in dubs.
The North East of Scotland has a specific patois, "Doric". This is a real mixture, with influences from Old Scots, Scandinavian, Gaelic, French with some English thrown in for good measure.
Steve.

Yes Doric is a language unto itself - I am Scottish but seriously struggle with it.

I think the translation "up to yer queets in dubs" means "up to your ankles in mud" but could be corrected. If so it is what other Scots call the glaur... usually relating to playing rugby matches on wet Saturdays.

[skirted_in_SF]

Skip, it was definitely a woman (though one of the medium-large persuasion). As a matter of fact, my younger brother's middle name is Scott.

Carl, took me a couple of readings to understand what you were trying to say. Believe it or not, not everyone here is gay/lesbian/trans etc.

[Since1982]

STEVIE wrote:Anybody care to try this one ; Up to yer queets in dubs.
The North East of Scotland has a specific patois, "Doric". This is a real mixture, with influences from Old Scots, Scandinavian, Gaelic, French with some English thrown in for good measure.
Steve.

No Viking?? I think the Vikings as a people melded into all the Scandanavian languages but I'm sure that they had their own patois when they ruled the North Sea and most of the known lands from Greenland to the steppes of whatever country became Russia etc. and spent most of their time fighting with the north side of the countries later known as the United Kingdom and later whatever France was then called around 900 AD. My own personal ancestry was a real mess. On Dad's side there was Norweigan/English/Scottish and on my Mom's side it was French/Germanic/Welsh/Cherokee. Or, what I like to refer to as "Heintz 7 Varieties." The French visitors to Greenland had their way with Indians all the way South to what is now North and South Carolina and is the "homeland" of most of the Cherokee Nations. Most of whom were killed being marched from North Carolina to Missouri, a trek known as the "Trail of Tears", where over 80% of the forced marchers died.

[Big and Bashful]

Brilliant! Mebbeez I'm no a Scot but I have been here long enough to underston the local patois!

[crfriend]

Carl, took me a couple of readings to understand what you were trying to say. Believe it or not, not everyone here is gay/lesbian/trans etc.

Sometimes stereotypes can come in handy for some light-hearted fun with words!

San Francisco is a wonderful town. I keep meaning to get back out there again at some point!

[skirtingtoday]

STEVIE wrote:Anybody care to try this one ; Up to yer queets in dubs.
The North East of Scotland has a specific patois, "Doric". This is a real mixture, with influences from Old Scots, Scandinavian, Gaelic, French with some English thrown in for good measure.
Steve.

No Viking??

I always thought Vikings were Scandinavian but who am I to say....

I have found a link between Glasgow Scottish and Swedish. Sure there are many more.
"We're going home now" (English) gives us "Wir gaun hame noo" in Glasgow and "Vi ska hem nu" in Swedish.

Back to the original article, I would treat the HuffPo similarly to the Daily Wail in the UK (yes I am correct in the spelling here ) in their knowledgeable understanding of just about anything.

[r.m.anderson]

I too thought that the Vikings were Scandanvians - more Danes (Denmark) than Swedish !

The viking warriors were the menace of the North Atlantic - very familiar with Greenland (Denmark)
and Iceland.

According to history of yo the vikings ventured as far into the interior of the North American continent
as Minnesota and a hundred of so miles further west of Minneapolis/St Paul leaving a tablet inscribed with notes of their travels.
That tablet is in dispute as to its being authentic. The tablet (stone) is called the "Kensington Ruin Stone".
The vikings made many voyages to the New World long before the travels of Columbus - but the documentation is lacking
since the vikings were not as literate as the folks from the south of europe who kept charts and references to their travels.
Anyway so much for this bit of history better savored over a good beverage of your choice and I am not in any mood to argue any
points - but will drink to that !

I am of Danish and Irish decent - Andersen/Jensen & McCarthy/O"Brien.

So why do I sign as R. M. Anders{o}n
Story - When my paternal grandfather came over on the ship he was a full blooded Dane.
After going thru Customs and Immigration the name was mis-changed to the spelling Anders[o]n the Swedish version.
Perhaps you have heard or read of the story of the chinaman immigrating to this country and he was named Sam Thing
after answering the same questions asked of the previous person.
Leave it to our splendid government to foul things up "Same Thing" one right after another !
In my grandfathers case "Way Too Much Damn Red Tape" to unravel and obviously he could not return to the old country
to try to straighten the name issue. The name error was not noticed til several years later when school and county census
records noted the irregularity.

The Danish and Swedish do not wear kilts but the Irish sure as hell do.
Well at least some like myself do.
I do sport the Irish National Tartan kilt (licensed pattern sold by Stillwater Kilts) from time to time - think St. Pats day.

So why the avatar of the Anderson Tartan pattern ?
That is as close in name to a tartan pattern that I could find.
While it is from the non-Irish side of the UK it works for me.

Probably should have posted this in another section of the forum but is seemed to fit in with the current viking discussion.
And yes I live in Minnesota Viking territory.

"He's-Kilted-By-Odin"
rma

[skirtingtoday]

Yes the Vikings are known to have travelled far and wide to America via Iceland and Greenland. I have also heard of the "Kensington Runestone" ( Wiki history here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Runestone ) which seemed to prove the extent of their travels.

Interesting RMA on your family tree and names changing. I have Irish ancestors on both sides of the family, and English on my fathers side. One Irishman from my mothers side was "Callaghan" which when they came here, and had to fill out a Birth Certificate for a new arrival, their name suddenly became "Kellochan" which is probably a reasonable phonetic pronunciation of their family name in the Irish brogue. Made that really tricky to dig out when I was researching my own family tree I can tell you.

[Kirbstone]

My own family name was 'translated' by the ruling occupying Sasannachs from the Gaelic original 'Ua Ciarmhaic' (pronounced Ooagh-Kiarvick) to Kirby, but we have no connection to the ex-Danish Kirbys of Yorks/Lancs in England.
I met a Scot in Hampshire by the name of Mc.Harg, which I thought was unusual. He explained that his forebears were all 'Graham', suffered religious persecution and changed their name to 'Maharg', by simply reversing the spelling. It took only a few generations for this to evolve into 'Mc.Harg'.

Tom K.