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Knightmare wrote:Its amazing the difference in phrases/expressions even in the short journey along the M8 to west lothian. I remeber asking for a slice of toast at work and there was an "Outsider" (the fat peice of bread at each end of the pre-cut loaf) sitting in the tray. The girl looked at me as if i'd just landed on this planet.
West Lothian call an "Outsider" something else but the trouble is i cant remember what it was she said. Any help welcome or if anyone else calls the "Outsider" something else, i'd be glad to know.
BrigitDoon wrote:Derived from dovecote, perhaps?
Knightmare wrote:Its amazing the difference in phrases/expressions even in the short journey along the M8 to west lothian. I remeber asking for a slice of toast at work and there was an "Outsider" (the fat peice of bread at each end of the pre-cut loaf) sitting in the tray. The girl looked at me as if i'd just landed on this planet.
West Lothian call an "Outsider" something else but the trouble is i cant remember what it was she said. Any help welcome or if anyone else calls the "Outsider" something else, i'd be glad to know.
Doorstop wrote:
I've always known the outermost slices of bread as 'ootsiders', but does anyone else call a sandwich made from ootsiders a "sore haun"?
munroman wrote:I think it is a word which has become 'pigeonholed' personally.
How about 'scunner', as in ' he's a right wee scunner'? Very graphic to a Weegie!
MacotheIsles wrote:Doorstop wrote:
I've always known the outermost slices of bread as 'ootsiders', but does anyone else call a sandwich made from ootsiders a "sore haun"?
Strangely enough I've often heard them called 'doorstops': also bookends and heels.
I was brought up with a billion lexicons'worth of old Lanarkshire words like wersh, glaur, stoor, drookit, gowpinsworth, snell, chilpit, rid oot, lobby press, and so on, but my grandmother would always say 'learn the boy proper English, so using this rich heritage of Lallans was regarded as uneducated even at home. As I remember it was also stamped upon in the schools where our language skills were enforced by rote, rhyme and tawse.
Icecube wrote:Fact is the words quoted by Mac are not in any way slang but part of our heritage but as Mac also states the education system had a way of forcing you into not speaking at school the way you spoke outside it.
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