Comments on: Understanding Chinese, birds and Glaswegians http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/06/understanding-chinese-birds-and-glaswegians/ Global Perspectives for an American Audience Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:58:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Katie Boyce http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/06/understanding-chinese-birds-and-glaswegians/comment-page-1/#comment-4037 Katie Boyce Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:40:05 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=18740#comment-4037 My name is Katie Boyce and I am a student of Intercultural Communications at Northern Virginia Community College. I am writing in response to the Glaswegian (I love that word) segment on the November 6th podcast. My family hails from Scotland, so this is a topic that is near and dear to my heart. I’ve been picking up bits and pieces of various Scots dialects since middle school and I can assure you that there are more dialects, sub-dialects, and whimsical wording than you can shake a stick at. You could literally spend a lifetime cataloging the dialects and vernacular of Scotland and barely scratch the surface – especially when you factor in the various forms of Gaelic. Anyway, here’s a few of my favorite Glaswegian expressions. Enjoy! Every fart’s end – as in, every little detail Banjoed, as in “to get” – Getting hit or punched Fanny-Struck – In love (Ha!) Wee stouter – an attractive woman Swamp Donkey – a (very) unattractive woman Oh my, yes. Such a way with words. You gotta love it. My name is Katie Boyce and I am a student of Intercultural Communications at Northern Virginia Community College. I am writing in response to the Glaswegian (I love that word) segment on the November 6th podcast. My family hails from Scotland, so this is a topic that is near and dear to my heart. I’ve been picking up bits and pieces of various Scots dialects since middle school and I can assure you that there are more dialects, sub-dialects, and whimsical wording than you can shake a stick at. You could literally spend a lifetime cataloging the dialects and vernacular of Scotland and barely scratch the surface – especially when you factor in the various forms of Gaelic.
Anyway, here’s a few of my favorite Glaswegian expressions. Enjoy!
Every fart’s end – as in, every little detail
Banjoed, as in “to get” – Getting hit or punched
Fanny-Struck – In love (Ha!)
Wee stouter – an attractive woman
Swamp Donkey – a (very) unattractive woman
Oh my, yes. Such a way with words. You gotta love it.

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