danny la rouge
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She lives in the North East now and needs to learn how to fit in FAST!
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danny la rouge
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I remember the first ferries to the Western Isles on a Sunday, people were chaining themselves to slipways to stop them.
danny la rouge
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I grew up in the area North of Stirling (I’m unwilling to narrow it down further you creeps), where the generic term for carbonated soft drinks was “lemonade”.
“I’d like some lemonade, please”.
“What flavour?”
“Irn Bru”.
It was also acceptable to say “fizzy juice”. Juice did not mean freshly squeezed fruits, but anything drinkable. Cordial was “diluting juice”.
For my Dad, from Blantyre, all lemonade was “ginger”, not just ginger beer.
“Would you like some ginger?”
“What kind is it?”
“Irn Bru”.
For my mother, who was originally from Galashiels but grew up in East Kilbride, it was “skoosh”.
I grew up knowing lemonade could be ginger or skoosh, but these terms were not widely known in the neighbourhood.
“I’d like some lemonade, please”.
“What flavour?”
“Irn Bru”.
It was also acceptable to say “fizzy juice”. Juice did not mean freshly squeezed fruits, but anything drinkable. Cordial was “diluting juice”.
For my Dad, from Blantyre, all lemonade was “ginger”, not just ginger beer.
“Would you like some ginger?”
“What kind is it?”
“Irn Bru”.
For my mother, who was originally from Galashiels but grew up in East Kilbride, it was “skoosh”.
I grew up knowing lemonade could be ginger or skoosh, but these terms were not widely known in the neighbourhood.
sparkling
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Moving up here, seeing the wildlife, experiencing the weather, hearing broad Doric in the pub and getting used to new food stuffs is my equivalent of moving to the Greek Isles but without the weather. Massive learning experience which I have to say I am loving...and the Scottish people have been so patient when I keep saying 'sorry, pardon, what'. I've been met with a lovely welcome and kindness.
I will watch this thread to see what else I can learn
I will watch this thread to see what else I can learn
Top tip. Don't confuse Buckie the place with Buckie the drink.
If anyone ever offers you Buckie (the drink), Just Say No (to quote Grange Hill). Nothing good ever comes of Buckie (the drink). I can't speak for Buckie the place mind...
sparkling
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Went to Buckie for Lidl yesterday and on the way back stopped at Strathlene to watch the sea, just because I could!
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
seeing an orange march in glasgow and asking what they were protesting about. never been further north than linlithgow, edinburgh or glasgow so that'll have to do
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danny la rouge
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cesare
shady's dreams ♥
We saw this on Lewis too!
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Starry Wisdom
as i thought
It's practically Sodom and Gommorah as you head south in the WI. Not only are the swings often not chained up on a Sunday, we even found a couple of open cafes
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danny la rouge
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Alpine round our way.
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danny la rouge
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dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
Edinburgh is as far north as I've ever travelled. I've been living in Scotland for six months now. I cannot get used to the greyness or cold of it. But what a beautiful country.
Since being in the village I've heard racism, homophobia, and misogyny. My wife's family has been here, in the same house, since 1880. She's keen, now, to leave, she's had enough. I don't know what happened, but in the last few weeks something has changed her mind.
Since being in the village I've heard racism, homophobia, and misogyny. My wife's family has been here, in the same house, since 1880. She's keen, now, to leave, she's had enough. I don't know what happened, but in the last few weeks something has changed her mind.
maomao
普費斯
That is a real shame. In my experience (which is 99% Edinburgh itself) Scots are among the least racist, most welcoming people in Britain. I accept it might not be like this in every part of Scotland.
danny la rouge
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I’m really sorry to hear of your experiences. I can’t speak to the bigotry you’ve found. That’s your experience.
I would say, though, to remember that you’ve been on the East Coast over winter. The East is much colder than the West. And we’re only just past the spring equinox, so your experience of the weather is not representative. It is of course not Iberia, though.
You also say you haven’t been north of Edinburgh. That’s a whole lot of Scotland you haven’t seen.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
You're absolutely right, and the majority of people are really nice, kind, and generous.
And the country is so very beautiful.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
short doric lesson
Fit like - how are you? Can also be fit like loon/quine/min
Furryboots ye fae - where are you from
Loon/quine- male/female
Far's at?- where's that?
Fit's at? - what's that
fit ye daein? - what are you doing
ken- you know, not a bloke's name
Fit fit fits fit fit - which shoe fits which foot
First een a day- often said about the first drink of the day
Fit like - how are you? Can also be fit like loon/quine/min
Furryboots ye fae - where are you from
Loon/quine- male/female
Far's at?- where's that?
Fit's at? - what's that
fit ye daein? - what are you doing
ken- you know, not a bloke's name
Fit fit fits fit fit - which shoe fits which foot
First een a day- often said about the first drink of the day
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
In the 80s I went to Barra on a school field trip, we were all sick on the ferry from Oban - it was a rough crossing. Spent part of my 17th birthday on Vatersay, a small island off Barra, it was supposed to have 50 inhabitants, didn't see any of them, just a load of rusting abandoned cars. I have eaten a deep fried mars bar in Stonehaven - it was basically really sickly sweet batter. I've been to see Partick Thistle at a few matches , but never seen the other Glasgow clubs. Furthest North I've been is Aberdeen (got drunk there several times when a mate was living there). Have 'done' Glasgow and Edinburgh as well.
sparkling
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No wonder it takes us so long to order a beer at the pub!short doric lesson
Fit like - how are you? Can also be fit like loon/quine/min
Furryboots ye fae - where are you from
Loon/quine- male/female
Far's at?- where's that?
Fit's at? - what's that
fit ye daein? - what are you doing
ken- you know, not a bloke's name
Fit fit fits fit fit - which shoe fits which foot
First een a day- often said about the first drink of the day
sparkling
Proper country now
Interesting about the racism. Unfortunately there is racism everywhere and I particularly noticed it when I lived in a small (chocolate box, thatched roof type) village in Hertfordshire. We had to navigate our way around it, gently rejecting it whilst at the same time trying not to alienate too many neighbours and still able to drink the local pub. We found that using this approach, while never going to gain us a 'brave activist of the year badge', we did gain for ourselves the title of local socialists (which was kind of funny really and never a title we could have claimed for ourselves however much we may have wanted to).
What we did discover was that similarly like minded people came and joined us, or even sought us out and we made friends with the most unlikely of people such as the anti brexit landowning farmer and the local vicar.
I am always interested in what makes people have their philosophy, where did their views come from? Was it life's hard experiences or the Daily Mail?
But the weather - yes we've had the four season in one hour let alone in one day, but yesterday while most of England was grey and wet, we had brilliant, crisp, bright sunshine.
What we did discover was that similarly like minded people came and joined us, or even sought us out and we made friends with the most unlikely of people such as the anti brexit landowning farmer and the local vicar.
I am always interested in what makes people have their philosophy, where did their views come from? Was it life's hard experiences or the Daily Mail?
But the weather - yes we've had the four season in one hour let alone in one day, but yesterday while most of England was grey and wet, we had brilliant, crisp, bright sunshine.
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