A'right?
Done a wee thread fur all the scots.
Although anyone can post really, bacause as we all know, Scotland is THE BEST, the belhaven best.

woot Scotland... unfortunately im not there...

Newcastle is a little south of there, but not too far i supose... and have family there... so woot for ya!

Yay! A thread for the best country in the world! ;)

This must be the greatest, most interesting topic I have witnessed on the internet thus far.

I think though, since this is 'Buffy and Angel International', and the other topics in this forum are mostly in different languages, that we should all speak in Gaelic...

Just kidding, I possibly might not know a single gaelic word. We could however, speak in slang. Like I've seen my nephew dong when speaking to his friends on the internet. It annoyed the crap out of me then, but here it might be.. quirky.

I would begin but I left my quirk in a pub somewhere.

Oh Scottish slang how I love thee.

However, when it get put into typing (which I've seen my boyfriends cousins do all the time) it makes me sad 'cause it takes me AGES to figure out what they've just said ...
wait ...
That really wasn't any different to when I was hearing them speak ... :D

<3 it though

I love a bit of slang, it confuses a lot of Aussies.:biggrin:

It confuses a lot of everybody. It confuses a lot of me, and I understand it!

Awwright, that's enough, am sick tae the back teeth ae aww ae this, a'right? ye's underston', 'course ye's dae.

Lol, I'm from Belfast, and I didn't even understand that!

I'd love to see how you guys would react to hearing the way I talk normally. It's not so much the accent, but the speech patterns. It's like Yoda high on coffee! lol

Scotland is great, if you can see past the murders and violence and drinking, then it's the place to be, especially Glasgow, so much going on there, an average night out I end up vomiting at a bus station after being at a casino until 6 in the morning and losing my money and sometimes even sanity. I LOVE GLASGOW. Walking up the town centre on a friday night you can spark up a conversation with anyone and usually have some good banter, the junkies are usually the best for the banter, they've just got so much to say.

the junkies are usually the best for the banter, they've just got so much to say.

Aye, like ''here mate, geez yur 'kin money''

Aye, like ''here mate, geez yur 'kin money''

Yes, some may very well say that, but I understand their prediciment, they're in a tough situation, they love their heroin so they've got to get money somewhere, best to just help them out..Most of the junkies/alkays just need a friendly ear, I like to be that ear and guide them to the path of sobriety. Oh yeah. I'm like a spiritual leader of the junkies, they kiss my feet.

Scottish Buffy board members, united through their experiences with junkies.

The funny thing is, I bet you've all been there. Lets see if any of you can identify with this.

You're walking down some street, one of the streets running parallel with Central station.(they always seem to gather there)

Then some skiiny little bag of bones approaches, smell first, and begins to tell you a sob story about losing their bus money. looooooool

I love that one.

Usually I tell them to walk, the exercise will do them good.

I saw a Billy connelly interview once, from years ago, where he was saying that if you refuse to give a 'Glasgow alky' any money they get all offended and start swearing at you, like they deserve your money. In fact you owe it to them, and you're the one being the prick and holding back. I've exerienced that, I couldn't stop laughing.

hahaha yeah, i guess it's happened to everyone.
I remember i got chased down a lane in the city centre by mad junkies with knives, just 'cause we looked at them the wrong way..funny thing is i'll probably end up the mental junkie chasing people, i give it 2 years max.

This blatent smackheed tried to get doe from me one day, tellin me he's got to get to hospital to see his sick daughter. What a fiend he was.

Edit:

Some stuff to show Scotlands amazing inventiveness.: king :
For such a small country the list is as big as it is important to modern life.
The following is just some of the best/most famous 'Scottish' inventions ever:

Whiskey
US navy
Harry Potter
Penicillin
Television
Telephones
Steam engine
Refrigerators
Halloween
Radar
Pnematic tyres
Microwave ovens
Golf
Bank of England
First cloned mammel
Economics
Adhesive postage stamps

......to name a few. :dog:

Some stuff to show Scotlands amazing inventiveness.: king :
For such a small country the list is as big as it is important to modern life.
The following is just some of the best/most famous 'Scottish' inventions ever:

Whiskey
US navy
Harry Potter
Penicillin
Television
Telephones
Steam engine
Refrigerators
Halloween
Radar
Pnematic tyres
Microwave ovens
Golf
Bank of England
First cloned mammel
Economics
Adhesive postage stamps

......to name a few. :dog:

OK...I'll give you most of them as I can see some Scots involvement, even Harry Potter (written by an Englishwoman in Scotland) but how on Earth was the US Navy a Scottish invention? :)

Sorry for this out burst but hA ha hahahahahahahaha


This Thread makes me laugh and has givin me a better day , college is going in so slow my life might end tomorrow oh dear!!!


speaking of scots , I was working yesterday and this woman who was at my checkout said I shouldn't talk about her sister being in a seedy local mag , I had only asked her if she wanted help with her packing I think she was either

A) a mayjor bam up

b) on the drink

c) on the broon ( thats herion kids )

She also spat at me them walked away without her bread so i laughed like voldemort and continued my robotic work of dread x

so i laughed like voldemort and continued my robotic work of dread x

XD! How I wish I could have seen that!

But I think you're all giving people the wrong impression here. All of Scotland isn't like Glasgow. Here in Edinburgh we do things differently - we don't have junkies and alkies roaming the streets. Everything's lovely and clean and nobody gets knifed for wearing green or blue.


We are a little delusional though...

You guys all looks so craaaazy.

Are all the scosts crazy? xD

I now I love here you talking, ok sometimes I don´t understand much, but is pretty *_*

You guys all looks so craaaazy.

Are all the scosts crazy? xD

I now I love here you talking, ok sometimes I don´t understand much, but is pretty *_*

Pretty? You've obviously never heard a drunk Glaswedgian. It's just all vowel sounds and swear words rolled together!

Pretty? You've obviously never heard a drunk Glaswedgian. It's just all vowel sounds and swear words rolled together!


Yeah, I was right... Aussie too.

Are there only drunk people on Scotland?????

LOL

Yeah, I was right... Aussie too.

Are there only drunk people on Scotland?????

LOL

I think they spike the water with Vodka in Glasgow or something. That would explain the madness!

Ok, hold on a second everyone. You're making Scotland look like the most disgusting place ever! :( And Five by Five isn't helping with his hatred of Glasgow. ;) I think he must have been only hanging around the bad areas. And don't say it's all a bad area! It's not, it has nice sparkly bits too. (He's just jealous). And Edinburgh is pretty boring, by the way. You know, the old Glaswegian saying? 'There’s more fun to be had at a Glasgow stabbing than at an Edinburgh wedding!'



And we have the cutest cows, the highland coo!

http://www.scotland.org.uk/images/Highland%20Cow.jpg

Err, you won't find many of them in Glasgow city centre.... You would find tons in Edinburgh. Plastic, mind. I never did figure out why there were suddenly hundreds of plastic cows all over the city one morning. That was a very strange time.

I heart Scotland...you know, since I moved here and all :)

I heart Scotland...you know, since I moved here and all :)

Yay, go you! You tell Five by Five how great Glasgow is, he's all delusional and wrong! :tongue:

Aussie agrees: Says the guy with a Vodka button......

Er...hush you!


(Told you we were delusional! :silly:)

This thread doesn't sound very Scottish anymore, it's became a fight of where's better, Glasgow or Edinburgh? Well maybe it does sound Scottish. But if you're going to talk about vodka, give us names, you know:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/376278528_520855409e.jpg?v=0

Grants? Grant's?!? Yer doolally. Smirnoff, aye?

Another favourite of mine:

http://www.superawesome.com/archives/Sith%20Lord/maddog.jpg

although this picture doesn't show the bright blue tropical flavour which is the best by far. Snoogans.

Another favourite of mine:

http://www.superawesome.com/archives/Sith%20Lord/maddog.jpg

20/20? I shoulda guessed, ya wee jake you.


Is it no a bit weird that whenever someone's typing Scottish, there's always an insult? XD

Is it no a bit weird that whenever someone's typing Scottish, there's always an insult? XD

OCH, it's just how we dae it here. It's always in the nicest possible way, you know, we're a rowdy but helpful bunch. **leaves thread to go oot the toon chibbin'**

"chibbin'" XD Ah dinnae ken whit half this stuff even means!

"chibbin'" XD Ah dinnae ken whit half this stuff even means!

You ken fine well what a chibbin' is. Being a teuchter in Glasgow you'd have tae avoid them a lot. Hehe. :tongue:

You ken fine well what a chibbin' is. Being a teuchter in Glasgow you'd have tae avoid them a lot. Hehe. :tongue:

I'll have you know I've never been a teuchter.........in Glasgow....

Its very difficult to explain to someone who isn't Scottish, that when you call them a bawbag or a useless wankstain that it is said with a modicum of affection. Especially when you grow in a little run down housing estate and everybody speaks that way. Its very difficult not to develop that mode of referring to someone when you are constantly subjected to it day after day.

Anyway, social problems aside, Scotland is magnificent. We have probably influenced world society more than any other nation. With three simple words, telephone, television, and penicillin.

And then from those 3 things you have to consider everything that has come into fruition because of them. The internet for example. How many medical advances came about because we could stop people dying from simple infections.

Mind you, these things have their downsides too.. and on behalf of my people, I would like to apologise to the world for Reality Tv, mobile ringtones, and pharmaceutical companies foisting god knows what crap on an unwitting public that believes everything ever told to them, and that don't realise a good clip round the ear now and again will do a hell of a lot more than being diagnosed with some new fangled acronym masquerading as an illness and handed a packet of pills everyday.

Phew! That sentence got a bit lengthy, I stop breathing when I'm typing(I'm a man, a real man, two things at once? no chance matey) and I wasn't sure if I was going to make it to the end.

I'll bet you it was a Scot who introduced the word 'going' into particular speech patterns. I wish I could eradicate the word altogether from my vocabularly, especially recently it has been really bugging me, but I just know it's not going to happen...

And finally... actually before the finally, I didn't know that JK rowling was English. Is that a definite? Or is this one of those Tony blair con stories to make the English feel better about themselves because they never produce anyone or anything of any note... (Just kidding, put your cricket bats down, chaps...)

So finally, I can't offer any weight to the story that A scot had something to do with the beginning or the construction, or whatever the haggis, of the Us Navy, but I'll betya its probably true. Some great Scot, way back when, probably donated some semen to the cause.

Boom boom. (I know, I know, it was gawd awful, I apologise.)

And finally... actually before the finally, I didn't know that JK rowling was English. Is that a definite?
Yup! From her biog on her publisher's site -
J. K.(Jo) Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury in the UK in 1965. Such a funny-sounding name for a birthplace may have contributed to her talent for collecting odd names.
Harry Potter at Bloomsbury Publishing
(http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/)

Nice pun btw Schill...it brightened up a dull old work morning considerably...cheers :)

Yup! From her biog on her publisher's site -

Harry Potter at Bloomsbury Publishing
(http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/)

Nice pun btw Schill...it brightened up a dull old work morning considerably...cheers :)

She wrote most of Philosophers Stone, and chose to finish Deathly Hallows in Edinburgh, however. That will be why that was on the list.

She wrote most of Philosophers Stone, and chose to finish Deathly Hallows in Edinburgh, however. That will be why that was on the list.

I refer the honourable gentleman to my post above - Buffy-Boards - View Single Post - Scottish/Scots (http://www.buffy-boards.com/showpost.php?p=561098&postcount=16) ;) :p
even Harry Potter (written by an Englishwoman in Scotland)

Crazy mumbo jumbo language... Speak english ;)

Crazy mumbo jumbo language... Speak english ;)

Hahahaha, but we cannae speak English. We're no fae England. We're Scots, takin' er BB. Belter!

Hahahaha, but we cannae speak English. We're no fae England. We're Scots, takin' er BB. Belter!

Bara bara himble gemination...

Same language.... ;)

You weird scottish people: king :

here byraway this music video pure sums up Glasgow I think, pure laugh, it's filmed in Glasgow (Sauchiehall Street)

Welcome to Glasgow: Belle and Sebastian - White Collar Boy (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=U_wJTeKeY_I)

Bara bara himble gemination...

Same language.... ;)

You weird scottish people: king :

So you wouldn´t mind if I told you to speak swedish? It´s basically the same language. Don´t think the danes would like that, do you?

Yes, the scots are weird and crazy but it has nothing to do with their language. ;)

So you wouldn´t mind if I told you to speak swedish? It´s basically the same language. Don´t think the danes would like that, do you?

Yes, the scots are weird and crazy but it has nothing to do with their language. ;)

I don't know all swedish words, so I would probaly just write danish, and read swedish. It's pratically the same. I wouldn't mind.

Det er bra for mig ;)

So you wouldn´t mind if I told you to speak swedish? It´s basically the same language. Don´t think the danes would like that, do you?

Yes, the scots are weird and crazy but it has nothing to do with their language. ;)

Exactly! You're a very smart guy.:biggrin: And anyways, why can't we talk like the way we normally do when it's our thread? The title is 'Scottish/Scots'. I think there's a clue there.:tongue:

Exactly! You're a very smart guy.:biggrin: And anyways, why can't we talk like the way we normally do when it's our thread? The title is 'Scottish/Scots'. I think there's a clue there.:tongue:

Hopefully you all know it was meant as a joke.. If not...I have failed miserably, and have to go kick myself:drunk:

Not to derail this thread, but I was wondering about the presence of Celtic language/culture in the series. The reference to Gaelic in "Fear Itself" comes readily to mind, with the caption under the picture of the Little Bad: fer meit, IIRC. Are there other references in the Buffy/Angel-verse to such?

Big castle in Scotland? I'm not feeling all that subtle and in depth tonight, sorry!

Big castle in Scotland? I'm not feeling all that subtle and in depth tonight, sorry!

There's castles in Scotland??

I wouldn't expect you to know really, since a statue with a traffic cone on his head counts as "cul-chure" where you live, but there's rather a large one in Edinburgh. You know, the capital? No? Well, there's one in Buffy Season 8 too...

aww whit? are you talking about THIS GUY?? (http://photos.igougo.com/images/p213896-Glasgow-Dressing_the_Statue.jpg) No way, he is a legend, I think more people come to Glasgow to see that guy, than go to Edinboro to see that wank castle. Teeheehee.

My nephew showed me this funny youtube video of a "blatent smackhead"(lol) getting attacked by a group of neds. I can't find it but it was pretty funny.

Whilst I do not condone the persecution of any scummy group, sometimes, I think, some people just deserve it. It always amuses me when I see something like that, because I just know that in a year or two, half of those neds will be "blatent smackheads" themselves. The universe is just awesome like that.

awrite i'd jst lyk to say lat I dinnae lyk to slag aff junkheids as hawf oh my pals huv stummult doon lat bawrippin paff. An it kulz me tae see em lyk lat.

There was also another funny video on youtube with a *blatent smackheed* with her arm trapped in a post box, like that ''awwwwwww ma erm, aaaaaah help us please aaaaaaahg'' and everyones standing there just laughing at her. even the little children.

Rough idea of Glasgow..
Check out this picture: Glasgow Neds (http://glasgowsurvival.co.uk/pictures/nedGal50.jpg)
Description of photo:
This large squad of neds is again displaying the common "it wiz pure this big" pose. One day we may find out what it was. The mixture of neds and sengas is interesting since there appears to be as many sengas as there are neds which is unusual since usually there is one senga for every 7 neds. It may be that the sengas hold the upper hand in this squad and are actually hard sengas who threaten to "smash" any young neds who secretly fancy the senga but still try to set her hair on fire. The ultimate leader in this group though has got to be big mad boaby on the top left since he has made himself taller than everyone else and is displaying his buckfast badge with pride. A common trait in monkey photos.

P.S. Don't let these cool kids fool you...Glasgow is the best

Dont know. id say the ned in the middle wi his arms stretched out would be the leader

Dont know. id say the ned in the middle wi his arms stretched out would be the leader

Aye, I'd have to agree with you like. Although, they are all pure heros and stunners to me.

huvnae annitin to add like, a jist dinnae waant this wee cracka to die oan us. When a git to thae boatum, aye goes back tae tha tap o tha slide, ware a stoap an tirn, an a go fur a ride like, tull a get tae tha boatum aen a see ye ageen. Helta skelta, pure beatles belta lol.

Aye, mon! Nae danger! ...an aw that pish...

Here mate, a pure watched ey Sellik hump some we crappy team ey day

A remember when a wis wee, a lived nixt tae partick fistle stadium an' wan day when ae wur playin' rangers, 'er was some mad drunk guy dain a jobby oan the pavement.

A long time ago, probably about 20 years, my eldest brother got fined £50 squid for taking a leak outside. Best thing about it was that it made the local papers.

Anybody watch the Paisley Saints stuff glesga Rangers the day? I know it was oan Setanta like. I really should be oot celebrating, but my maw's taken ill whilst oan holiday tae the US. And I'm wanting to stay by my phone in case I'm needed. In fact, speaking of me maw, the best thing about the pee incident is that my mother kept the newspaper clipping. Maybe she assumed my brother would never amount to anything, and a newspaper article exposing him to be a prat was the best she was gonna get. Mothers can be so insightful sometimes.

Id just like to laugh at rangers. I seen ey Saints destroyin them, funny stuff. thats rangers lost the league now. Also, crackin goal.

Ah divvent na wa all th fuss is aboot - iverrybodde here speeks canny english man, i've nivver had any complaints like.

Them up ta road from us will prolly understand whit I've sayd, but if not, then I'm willing te translate fer yas.

Anybody watch the misery of Scotland v Norway?

The horrible thing is, I won at the bookies with a nil-nil draw.

I hate myself.

Anybody watch the misery of Scotland v Norway?

The horrible thing is, I won at the bookies with a nil-nil draw.

I hate myself.

I didn't watch it..

But, that is such a Scottish thing to do, betting on nil-nil (and hating yourself), so, bravo.

Man, you get some heavy good banter in Scotland, like the day..I wis oan the subway hame, and some mad junkie wis talkin' tae me, I didnae even know whit he wis sayin' exactly, but if I could underston' it, I bet it wid be hilarious.

Talkin' aboot nutters oan the train, there wis a guy oan the bus the other day. Talkin' pure loud aboot how he hid a threesome. Dead explicit anaw. Whit a brass neck. I couldnae stop laughing. :lol2:

Never noticed this thread before, shame on me. Fellow Scot checking in! I'm from the south-west, Ayrshire to be exact. All the benefits of Glasgow nearby without actually having to live there, it's great. ;) Nae offence tae the weegies ye ken. :lol:

...slang just doesn't have the same effect written down as it does when it's spoken. :lol:

Never noticed this thread before, shame on me. Fellow Scot checking in! I'm from the south-west, Ayrshire to be exact. All the benefits of Glasgow nearby without actually having to live there, it's great. ;) Nae offence tae the weegies ye ken. :lol:

...slang just doesn't have the same effect written down as it does when it's spoken. :lol:

If it did, this topic would be so much more fun!

Seeing it written down just makes me LOL and think "Nae wunner the English cannae understand us when we're oan hoaliday." :lol:

*looks at what she just wrote and laughs again*

Nice to meet you btw. :) I'm Elizabeth, but will answer to Liz, Lizzy, Beth or any other shortened version of it. ;)

Oh you guys, you're starting to affect me! Seriously! Now I've taken the occasional aye and wee...and nae bother...

But it sounds stupid coming from me, like it doesn't match, and then I feel all weird....

;)

Five by Five agrees: Hi! And OHMYGODIJUSTNOTICEDYOUHAVEARCADEFIREINYOURSIG!!!!! !
SpoonsAreCool agrees: haha, LOVE IT.

Cheers honeys. :D The header I snagged for my LJ had lines from Old Flame by TAF on it. so I decided to change the jornal title and subtitle to match. :)

well today wis a hell of a day , i goat soak threw my converse and a bammy bus driver was really rude to me an ma friend , it was a murderous moment .

Okay...I so need a new coat. One with a hood, that is at least covers my butt and will keep my reasonably warm and dry.

So Glaswegian guys, where's a good place to get one? I'm going to splurge if I need to, still have a bit of extra cash on my credit card from the time my parents were incredibly and spontaneously generous to me.

Help! This little Australian is freezing and wet and has to walk to work!

KASS! COAT!

I got a really groovey winter coat out of H&M last year, I love it. I'd go with H&M, it's reasonalbly priced (£80), and worth the cash.

I'd go to Buchannan Galleries and work your way through the shops, that's what I do, but I love shopping, it's quite sick really. I'm all excited now, I want coats!

Okay...I so need a new coat. One with a hood, that is at least covers my butt and will keep my reasonably warm and dry.

So Glaswegian guys, where's a good place to get one? I'm going to splurge if I need to, still have a bit of extra cash on my credit card from the time my parents were incredibly and spontaneously generous to me.

Help! This little Australian is freezing and wet and has to walk to work!

I feel your pain, today was soooo cold. It's making me lazy - getting the bus home. :D

Eugh. The rain today was AWFUL. The ONE day that I didn't take an umbrella would be the ONE day that it HEAVES and I have to sit in a room full of 100 wet people for 2 and a half hours. I had to dive into Starbucks this morning cause it got so wet (not that I'm complaining about that). This guy kept coming over and trying to get me to take a sample of a Gingerbread Latté, and I kept saying no, and he kept asking me again, and I was like "Why did you make up 20 tiny little cups when there are THREE PEOPLE HERE?!?"

Rain makes me snippy.

Eugh. The rain today was AWFUL. The ONE day that I didn't take an umbrella would be the ONE day that it HEAVES and I have to sit in a room full of 100 wet people for 2 and a half hours. I had to dive into Starbucks this morning cause it got so wet (not that I'm complaining about that). This guy kept coming over and trying to get me to take a sample of a Gingerbread Latté, and I kept saying no, and he kept asking me again, and I was like "Why did you make up 20 tiny little cups when there are THREE PEOPLE HERE?!?"

Rain makes me snippy.

My train was delayed so I had to stand in said rain. When it arrived it was so old you and to pull the door open (those ones that you push the window down!) There was hardly any room and people were cramped.

I left my big brolly at work so my wee one blew inside out as I hit Jenners, my the time I got to work my trousers were soaked up to my knees.

Saving grace was I had a hat on so my hair was dry.

Later on in the afternoon the sun comes out.....WHAT!!!

I had to go out at lunch again and just random people staring at the chrismas market...its a big wheel...have you never seen a big wheel before?

I am honestly (sometimes) a nice person but the commute has turned me so mean that when a charity person (don't even get me started on them...when did the start hanging out on Rose Street!) tried to stop me tonight I barked no and walked on.

I was MISERABLE this morning! Work is only a 15 minute walk away so I walk (I'm not like the crazy other temp I work with who walks to Anderston FROM Denniston.

Shopping at this time of year...ugh! I love shopping, I just really shouldn't do it right now! lol. But possibly go tomorrow and stuff since Christmas hours and whatnot. Plus I'm trying to convince peeps they should join me for Chinese Buffet tomorrow...I don't why, but I want Chinese Buffet!

My train was delayed so I had to stand in said rain. When it arrived it was so old you and to pull the door open (those ones that you push the window down!) There was hardly any room and people were cramped.

I left my big brolly at work so my wee one blew inside out as I hit Jenners, my the time I got to work my trousers were soaked up to my knees.

Saving grace was I had a hat on so my hair was dry.

Later on in the afternoon the sun comes out.....WHAT!!!

I bought a new umbrella at the St James' centre. It didn't last halfway across North Bridge. That's, like, a few hundred metres! ¬_¬

Ok, it was from the pound shop, but still!

Scottish weather sucks. In 24 hours we had thunderstorms leading to power cuts, strong winds leading to things being in a completely different place in the morning, torrential rain, and sunshine.

One constant. It was always cold.

WAIT, walks from Anderston to Dennistoun?? What the hell!!?? They must LOVE walking in horrific weather.
I would so go for Chinese Buffet with you!! But I'm totally skint (poor)!! Which is crap, I don't like having no money.

I've given up on umbrellas, the wind has killed 2 of mine in a week...I'm not made of money for umbrella buying! :p

Plus I'm trying to convince peeps they should join me for Chinese Buffet tomorrow...I don't why, but I want Chinese Buffet!

Oooh, I'm going for Chinese on Saturday night for my Christmas work night out. But I seemed to have missed out on all the buying Christmas presents I should have done so I'm going to have to do it this weekend. God, the city centre is bad at this time of year...

I bought a new umbrella at the St James' centre. It didn't last halfway across North Bridge. That's, like, a few hundred metres! ¬_¬

Ok, it was from the pound shop, but still!

Scottish weather sucks. In 24 hours we had thunderstorms leading to power cuts, strong winds leading to things being in a completely different place in the morning, torrential rain, and sunshine.

One constant. It was always cold.

See you want one of those big brollies that go further down. Like the solicitor or bank brollies. I have this funky red Abbey one that is smaller than big brollies but bigger than a normal brollie and it fairs better in the wind. Except the wind tunnel that is the entrance to the station and Hanover Street.

Another thing is people smacking me with their brollies...how they manage it I don't know as i'm small.

And why are you not taking free Gingerbread Lattes??? They are my fave!

See you want one of those big brollies that go further down. Like the solicitor or bank brollies. I have this funky red Abbey one that is smaller than big brollies but bigger than a normal brollie and it fairs better in the wind. Except the wind tunnel that is the entrance to the station and Hanover Street.

Another thing is people smacking me with their brollies...how they manage it I don't know as i'm small.

And why are you not taking free Gingerbread Lattes??? They are my fave!

The worst thing is, I do have a big umbrella! It even goes up by itself! Today is the ONE day that I forgot it!

Gingerbread lattés though? I tried one, and was all "OH MY GOD this is amazing". Then I took a couple more sips and it made me feel sick. WAY too sweet for me. :(

Same here I left it in the office - they are no use in the office. Sadly I had to leg it tonight as Scotrail changed my train times and I know have 15 mins to get from half way a long Princes Street to the train station at that time of night so I left it at work again.

Are you putting sugar in it as then it is definately too sweet.

I didn't, but the guy who made it might have. It was a sample one that I tried before. Actually, I think I might like it more if it was, y'know, in proportion.

My friend visited Scotland on a vacation a few years back and described the populace as being largely round, red and full of cholesterol. Anyone care to confirm or deny this hateful rumor? :D

Scotland would do well with some extra sunshine and heat, i think anyho. Ites all good but so cooold sometimes.

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A bit o Rab for everyone x

My friend visited Scotland on a vacation a few years back and described the populace as being largely round, red and full of cholesterol. Anyone care to confirm or deny this hateful rumor? :D

Your friend must have been in Aberdeen.. That's where it all starts to go wrong..

Everyone in Glasgow is sexy.

And Scottish accents are cute!

I got my coat! And a cute dress shirt (shirt dress? I don't know which way it goes)!

I love Vero Moda! :D

Ok. People. Yesterday's weather was bad, granted. But today? Wow. Princes Street was like the worlds biggest wind tunnel. And still one of my friends wanted to go on the big spinney seat ride. I need more sane friends.

You're in Scotland, no sane friends anywhere.

I just want to say *clears throat* I really *starts to cry* ..I really love you guys.

The wind was madness! I think it's been the first I'm I've actually been scared that I might get blown away walking up Argyle St.

It's too cold...I want snow!

The wind was madness! I think it's been the first I'm I've actually been scared that I might get blown away walking up Argyle St.

It's too cold...I want snow!

It's really that bad? :( I haven't been outside yet, but I've got to go into town to a Christmas night out on Hope Street.

Welcome to the windy windy city.Here christine bettter HOPE you dont get blown away!!! get it get it? haw haw

I'm embarrased to say that i struggled to follow some of it and i'm Scottish but i live in Aberdeen. So our accents aren't as strong as those from Glasgow.

Scotland is totally the best place to be!!!

I'm embarrased to say that i struggled to follow some of it and i'm Scottish but i live in Aberdeen. So our accents aren't as strong as those from Glasgow.

Scotland is totally the best place to be!!!

I don't understand Aberdonian accents at all. :tongue:

Ahh, how's all my fellow Scots today? Got your kilts on? Out hunting haggis?

You'd think I would have noticed this thread before now. I've always got my kilt on, never leave home without it. Cept that one time. Man, that was embarrasing.

Come on the scots, i live in aberdeen (which is in scotland). we scots are known for many things Haggis (yum) our awsome accent (cool) and now it our love for Buffy (yay) come on the scots

Kilt in a box. It's gonnae be rad.

Come on the scots, i live in aberdeen (which is in scotland).
Shhhh, the rest of us like to pretend it isn't. (nah only joking, that's Edinburgh)

Kilt in a box. It's gonnae be rad.
You better be paying rent if you're moving in. I know what you're like cheapy.

Ah Glasgow in the morning, someone pished themselves while speaking to me in my work today,they didn't even notice it had happened. Also they had toothpaste all over their face. This was before 12 today. Stay classy Glasgow!

I want a kilt towel...that's about the closest I'm gonna get :p

What are we, like up to 3 boxes now? ;)

Selig agrees: Why be embrassed about such a small thing?
What have you heard?! *looks shifty*

Ah Glasgow in the morning, someone pished themselves while speaking to me in my work today,they didn't even notice it had happened. Also they had toothpaste all over their face. This was before 12 today. Stay classy Glasgow!
Ah how I miss Glasgow and it's poetic beauty.

I want a kilt towel...that's about the closest I'm gonna get :p

What are we, like up to 3 boxes now? ;)
Just as long as there's enough room to put my fridge, toaster and grill next to my computer[/Zork] ;)

Can I just be a fan? In my next life, I'll be born in Scotland.

Can I just be a fan? In my next life, I'll be born in Scotland.

Your brave! Scotland is nice but like everywhere scum can be found! Enjoy your next life! x

Your brave! Scotland is nice but like everywhere scum can be found! Enjoy your next life! x

I know that Scotland has it darker sides. I've watched "Trainspotting", you know :coolman: Also, I was at Uni in Edinburgh for a year, and have travelled back there several times afterwards.

LT, I'm trying to decide if you mean:

Scotland is nice but like everywhere, scum can be found! Enjoy your next life! x

Or:

Scotland is nice but, like, everywhere scum can be found! Enjoy your next life! x

I'm gonna go with the second one.

^ No way! Are you trying to say all us Scots are scum bags? Well... you'd be right. Yeah.

For that, I'm going to piss all over your laptop, and eat your tea cup.

I like Scots.

They're nibbleable!

I'm gonna go with the second one.

Whereas I read it the first way.

There's scum in Scotland? Where?!?

:p

My scum lives in my flat. And I told one of them I was moving to where they weren't. Freedom'd. Ahahahaha

I might be a tad delusional from this cold/flu/bug thing.

I love the Scots on this board. I'm not seeing any scum.

Not to burst anyones bubble...but most the world is scum!


<---- Scum.

Not to burst anyones bubble...but most the world is scum!


<---- Scum.


Why do you think so?

Newbie Scot from Glasgow here.

I'm surprised there's so many of us. :biggrin:

Newbie Scot from Glasgow here.

I'm surprised there's so many of us. :biggrin:
Me too. I'm surprised Glasgow even has electricity never mind the internet. :D


Fife for Life.

Me too. I'm surprised Glasgow even has electricity never mind the internet.


Fife for Life.

At least we have culture. There's more culture in a yoghurt than can be found in Fife. :tongue:

Me too. I'm surprised Glasgow even has electricity never mind the internet. :D


Fife for Life.

Shut up. Glasgow has loads of crap. The internet, and ehh, yogurts, and knives and stuff. So, there.

And Fife is stupid, you're probably their King, 'cause you're so stupid. Stupid King of stupid town.

OI! stop saying bad things about fife!!!
although i live in aberdeenshire, i was born in fife, and currently in it!

Pfffft let's just settle this...none of you want to be in fife or Glasgow....

So i have an idea...Come to Aberdeen :D It has electricity and the internet...and has much more culture then a yoghurt :D

dont remember saying i want to be in aberdeen...

Did I tell everyone about the crazy man on Sauchiehall St last night. Dressed in a baby blue jump suit running up and down the street, trying to pick fights and yelling 'EAST SIDE' while walking towards the West End. We couldn't tell if he liked them or hated them. Bought the lolz.


West Side RULES!!!! (sw)

Did I tell everyone about the crazy man on Sauchiehall St last night. Dressed in a baby blue jump suit running up and down the street, trying to pick fights and yelling 'EAST SIDE' while walking towards the West End. We couldn't tell if he liked them or hated them. Bought the lolz.


West Side RULES!!!! (sw)

As a former East Ender I'm with him.

As a former East Ender I'm with him.

West is best!!

The end.

West is best!!

The end.

Well if it's the West of Scotland we're discussing then I'm with you on that one. But the best of Glasgow? East end is much better. :biggrin:

Do i have to settle another debate??? OK both sides suck....come to Aberdeen instead :D

Do i have to settle another debate??? OK both sides suck....come to Aberdeen instead :D

But it's on the wrong side of Scotland, and you can't understand a word they say there.

Hmmm, as an unbiased observer, perhaps I could settle this debate. Which side of Scotland is going to get me drunker?

WEST!! .

Hmmm, as an unbiased observer, perhaps I could settle this debate. Which side of Scotland is going to get me drunker?

Without a doubt that'd be The West.

Shut up. Glasgow has loads of crap.
Couldn't agree more.

This west ender, east ender stuff is silly. Everyone knows Glaswegians are all backenders anyway. Lets just all agree that Ed*nburgh is the worst. Nobody from these boards is from there anyway...

Couldn't agree more.

This west ender, east ender stuff is silly. Everyone knows Glaswegians are all backenders anyway. Lets just all agree that Ed*nburgh is the worst. Nobody from these boards is from there anyway...


So your singling them out because no1's from there?! lol, check you trying not get shouted at :)

Couldn't agree more.

This west ender, east ender stuff is silly. Everyone knows Glaswegians are all backenders anyway. Lets just all agree that Ed*nburgh is the worst. Nobody from these boards is from there anyway...

So long as we agree about Edinburgh, that's all that matters. :biggrin:

/me waits for Lindsey and Faith to start mass bannages (sw)

Hey...I just live here, I'm going home soon! ;)

/me waits for Lindsey and Faith to start mass bannages (sw)

Hey...I just live here, I'm going home soon! ;)

There's a reason I made mod and Jen only made prefect. (sw)

yass moan the glaswegians, ;)
even though we sound pure daft on the telly ;| !

There's a reason I made mod and Jen only made prefect. (sw)

Is it because.. prefects are cool? And mods are totally uncool? I think so. Ah-thank you, goodnight.

Thunderduck agrees: Where is home?

Home is Australia, where the other cook drunks live (sw)

Just for the record - I love scottish accents. Bye!

When i was on holiday in England....everyone asked me if i was sure i was scottish...even my uncle!!! Apparently i have no scottish accent at all :'( It was so sad!! I even got asked if i was IRISH!!! It was a bad expirience :(

There's a reason I made mod and Jen only made prefect. (sw)

Your welcome ;)

I'm from neither Edinburgh or Glasgow, but Fife. I detest it with a passion, more so the people the hills I like. I prefer to class myself as being part of Edinburgh as thankfully I dropped the Fife accent, lived in Edinburgh for several years before London, went to Uni in Edinburgh, currently work in Edinburgh and am moving back to Edinburgh.

Glasgow reminds me too much of London (right in the city), then there was the mugging experience. The last time I was in Glasgow was for a work meeting and it was in and out, before that it was for a Buffy Con years and years and years ago.

There is only one thing I hate about Edinburgh and that is the tourists that lurk around the train station when i'm trying to get in, yes I have tourist rage and no i'm not afraid to hit you with my paper.

Aww, how cute, CotA's too scared of Boss Lady Faith to give her neg-rep. See, the people from Fife are big softies at heart. Behind a thick...thick......thick exterior.

Oh, but if I see a crazy lady battering the poor tourists with her paper at the station I'll be sure to a) avoid her, and b) take photos for the picture thread.

You can negative rep me if you like - rep doesn't bother me, besides it is for agreeing/disagreeing. They are not all bad, I do have several good friends from Fife that I have worked with. I am from a small village, originally one of the mining communities and I just find most (that I have come across in my years) to be close minded and i've not had much in common with them. I'm more a city girl at heart, but I do like a bit of the green which is why I like Edinburgh. It is close for me to get back and see my family but far enough for me to have my life in the city.

That is why it is called an opinion, it may be right it may be wrong but it is all mine ;)

Linds - A few of us actually play 'tourist rage' at festival time, different points for different nationalities. Although I am nice to some tourists, just the other day I helped a nice old Spanish lady i'm my broken but still learning Spanish.

Also it is true what Mike Myers wrote in 'So I Married An Axe Murderer' - does not matter what the newspaper is called it is always 'the paper'.

I lovee Mike Myers in So I Married An Axe Murderer!

He's so good at Scottish accents.

The whole 'heid' thing totally cracks me up, even now it never fails to amuse.

I'd also like to point out that while i'm not a fan of Glasgow the city I do like the people (discounting that man that mugged me).

Your welcome ;)

I'm from neither Edinburgh or Glasgow, but Fife. I detest it with a passion, more so the people the hills I like. I prefer to class myself as being part of Edinburgh as thankfully I dropped the Fife accent, lived in Edinburgh for several years before London, went to Uni in Edinburgh, currently work in Edinburgh and am moving back to Edinburgh.



You're from Fife!?!

I've seen you around various boards for getting on nine years and I thought you were from Edinburgh.

Isn't Fife where Rebus comes from?
Doesn't he live in Edinburgh?
Are you Rebus?

You're from Fife!?!

I've seen you around various boards for getting on nine years and I thought you were from Edinburgh.

Isn't Fife where Rebus comes from?
Doesn't he live in Edinburgh?
Are you Rebus?

When the boards first started I was in Edinburgh. I am not Rebus sadly but I do live near to where he is from and I work near the Oxford, although i've not been in yet but it is tempting.

Giving this thread a wee revival. *waves from down on the south-west coast* :)

they always put weird people from Glasgow on tv.
anybdy noticed tht?
and don't make a joke.
"All Glasweigans are weirdos"

haha

they always put weird people from Glasgow on tv.
anybdy noticed tht?
and don't make a joke.
"All Glasweigans are weirdos"

haha

You don't really see that many teuchters in Scottish tv shows though. The really big shows like Taggart and Still Game are all in Glasgow. And that's all about murderers or neds, haha.

On the X Factor, the weirdest ones are always usually from Scotland! Well, the greater amount of weird ones :p
Plus, they're usually always ginger, which to be fair doesn't help the stereotype!! :p
But Glasgow is just bursting with weirdos anyway (sw)

And Faith! I may PM you about Edinburgh uni at some point! That's where i really want to go study!!
I don't want to stay in Aberdeen to study! Although it's a nice place, i want to move away from the folks!

Just thought I would drop in on this one, we live in the Northern Isles.

Illyrian:We live on Orkney.

Dae ye still get hawf bottles o bucky n ten smokes?(goin couple weeks) Ye dont in ireland the gay country that it is. What?

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Nae bather, nae bather, nae bather. Dundee's finest here(nae too hard, I ken), a thread for Scots. Tekkle aye.

I live in the Scot Borders but I'm always going to Edinburgh to see my sister and that. I remember seeing them film Taggart around Porty when I lived there!

Ooft, I could go for some stovies right now though (sw)

Is this how all the scottish weddings go?

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