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Arthur Little
28th July 2018, 15:13
Francie: "D'ye mind o' the auld buroo" [employment exchange] :cwm25: "wi' its chairs fixed tae the flair?"

Josie: "Aye fine, :cwm24: ... cos when the *staff said, :poke: 'take a seat', *they were feart ye did!"
Arthur Little
29th July 2018, 14:35
Ah well ... :anerikke: ... I suppose you'd need to be a Scot :Kilt: at least - if not a native of Glesca itself - in order to appreciate the parlance! :smile:
Michael Parnham
30th July 2018, 06:37
Ah well ... :anerikke: ... I suppose you'd need to be a Scot :Kilt: at least - if not a native of Glesca itself - in order to appreciate the parlance! :smile:

Oky the noo, hope I've got that right Arthur :Erm:
Arthur Little
31st July 2018, 17:35
Oky the noo, hope I've got that right Arthur :Erm:

........ :yeahthat:'s nearly the correct pronunciation, Michael ... tho' not quite. :wink:

:nono-1-1: ... because emphasis should be on the "ch" sound when pronouncing the expression in an actual Scots' dialect, i.e., "Och aye."