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rambling_lunatic ,

I am not a native speaker. Prolonged exposure to the demoman from TF2 meant that I could understand all of this on first try. I am proud.

majestic ,

I know for sure, it something about lesbians…

Smoogs ,

Is there a Duolingo for this particular language?

fne8w2ah ,

chalupapocalypse ,

I miss scottishpeopletwitter, did that move over here?

lilsolar ,
@lilsolar@sh.itjust.works avatar

U can make one, then post the reddit posts here until the sub goes off

crackajack ,

The least politically loaded and agenda-pushing peopletwitter. That sub encapsulates the lightheartedness of Scottish people.

ObviouslyNotBanana ,
@ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world avatar

Just don’t ask them about Brexit

Ddhuud ,

I think I’m having a stroke.

crackajack ,

I understood that, surprisingly.

UnfortunateShort ,

2nd attempt, but I got there

bratosch ,

First attempt I was like “wtf am I reading?” then I read it with a Scottish accent and it made perfect sense

PunnyName ,

“Being a lesbian sucks sometimes. You tell another girl she’s a hottie, and she says, “thanks” like we’re being friendly. I ain’t just being friendly, I’m trying to fuck!”

I think I translated it correctly.

neptune ,

Isn’t “coming from you” a put down? Or does it more mean “you care about fashion and looks, so obviously you know”?

captainlezbian ,

It’s an amplifier. “You’re hot” makes it mean “someone as hot as you thinks I’m hot? Damn”, “you smell terrible” makes it mean “how the fuck do you of all people even notice my small with that rank odor”

x4740N ,
@x4740N@lemmy.world avatar

“You’re hot”

Reminds me of that one scene in arcane

You’re hot, cupcake

PunnyName ,

Can’t wait for a second season. That shit was too good!

jpeps ,

It’s ambiguous, but the 👸 emoji solidifies it as a positive comment.

ladicius ,

Thanks for translating. As a non native English speaker I nearly got a stroke trying to understand these… words.

ShitOnABrick OP ,
@ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world avatar

Should watch still game. You’ll end up with a brain aneurysm trying understand the Scottish pensioner’s

SpaceNoodle ,

The Scottish pensioner is what?

lseif ,

it’s not a contraction, it’s possession.

the Scottish pensioner’s [dialogue]

where the last word is omitted for brevity

hoshikarakitaridia ,

I never knew you can just omit such key words.

Mr_Blott ,

You’re weclome

lseif ,

well you can!

SpaceNoodle ,

If you’re a big fat liar

lseif ,

how will you ever cope

halm ,
@halm@leminal.space avatar

And if the sentence feels sparse you can drop “which” in there wherever, because apparently it’s just filler now.

KnightontheSun ,

I unabashedly used subs and thoroughly enjoyed the entire series. Top ten comedies in my book and I am olde.

ShitOnABrick OP ,
@ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world avatar

Personally father ted takes the cake in my books I’ve still got father Jack Hacketts wise words ingrained into my head

  • drink feck arse girls

.such words of poetry such words of expression these words are moving pieces of poetry

x4740N ,
@x4740N@lemmy.world avatar

As a native English speaker I nearly got a stroke trying to figure out what it said

cmbabul ,

I had to imagine Karen Gillan saying it

Xanvial ,

Oi

Lemminary ,

Mine was Fern Brady!

PunnyName ,

Oh, new comedian unlocked! Yes!

Zagorath ,
@Zagorath@aussie.zone avatar

To assist:

  • Lesbo: short for lesbian
  • Pish: an expression of frustration
  • Bangin’: hot
  • nd: and
  • ye: you
  • am no: I’m not
  • tae: to
  • yer: your
  • pal: friend
  • shag: have sex with
punkwalrus ,
@punkwalrus@lemmy.world avatar

I got all of that except “shag ye x,” because it sounds like “shag (fuck) you x,” where “x” is the subject that is a bit vague. Like, “I’m trying to shag you, love?” or “Fuck your ex,” as in, the last person you broke up with?

funkless_eck ,

“x” is a kiss, used as an informal “yours truly” in British English digital correspondence

Lemminary ,

Wait, I thought ‘x’ was hug and ‘o’ was kiss. Have I been wrong all these years??

sjmarf ,

X is kiss, O is hug (at least, in the UK it is)

teuast ,

that is also how it’s always been explained to me

Zagorath ,
@Zagorath@aussie.zone avatar

I could be wrong, but I thought the x at the end was just a cutesy sign-off. Like “xoxo” type of thing.

ZeroTHM ,

Pretty sure it’s the x in “xoxo”, the old convention for hugs and kisses.

TSG_Asmodeus ,
@TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world avatar

xoxo… the old convention for hugs and kisses.

https://i.imgflip.com/89fikt.jpg

trafficnab ,

The release of Shrek is closer to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the invention of the Sony Walkman than it is to today

rottingleaf ,

Now I want to cry.

ramenshaman ,

As a native English speaker, me too.

phoenixz ,

I think gays and straights have the same problem, though.

ILikeBoobies ,

Where i come from a shag is a party

teuast ,

where i come from it’s a carpet

or just particularly thick pubes

Iron_Lynx ,

That’s a shag, a noun. What about the verb, to shag?

CobblerScholar ,

…And she says, “thanks” knowing I’m a lesbian and appreciate female beauty sexually taking the complement more intensely. I ain’t just being…

ITIFTFY?

dejected_warp_core ,

That’s how I read it too.

Also, this is how a girl politely turns you down. I take heart that lesbians are in the same boat as hetero guys when it comes to this struggle. I read this and think “oh, girls are bad at this too!”

Jackcooper ,

I swear Scottish people are the only ones who type in their own phonetic accent

Swarfega ,

Not exactly the same but I hate reading the Americans now typing “y’all”.

Jackcooper ,

I’m a northerner and I still had to accept the unimpeachable logic that y’all is a versatile and useful word

chicken ,

The English language is sorely lacking gender neutral pronouns so it’s nice that one is getting added

blubfisch ,

It’s not new actually. Maybe revived. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

chicken ,

I meant y’all

HowManyNimons , (edited )

“You” is gender neutral, in its singular and plural form. “Y’all” is a useful plural form of “you” but as a New Zealand-English hybrid I do not have the accent to pull it off. If I could shift my accent further north perhaps I could get away with “thou” and “ye” for singular and plural forms, but only where they fit grammatically.

chicken ,

It is explicitly plural where ‘you’ is hard to pull off as plural because it leans heavily towards singular, just like ‘they’ leans heavily towards plural. At least in the US afaik the main competitor is ‘you guys’ for plural, which is one of those terms that is normally meant as gender neutral but the words clearly are not. So despite being from a place where that is the correct way to say it I’m in favor of y’all becoming the standard across the whole language, which it seems like it might be moving towards doing.

SCB ,

“ya’ll” is also American English’s answer to the problem of not have a plural form of “you” (see also: “you guys” or “you all” from which ya’ll is derived).

Due to English being heavily influenced by Romance languages, but not taking its grammatical structure purely from them, we really had no single-word version of “vous” (I don’t know other romance languages aside from French).

dejected_warp_core ,

Easily America’s best contribution to civilization, after “right (turns) on red”.

And I’m glad it’s catching on instead of “you’uns”, “yuns”, or “yous”.

Lemminary ,

I’m not American and I will forever type y’all because it’s useful and I like it lol

Thief_of_Crows ,

Y’all is just a useful word, other ways of referring to a group of people are ambiguous, esp. now that They doesn’t always mean multiple

problematicPanther ,
@problematicPanther@lemmy.world avatar

y’all is a legitimate word and i’ll fight you over it.

DeepGradientAscent ,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

Why?

It’s just a contraction that represents “you all”.

As in, “Ever since I moved to Europe, it seems [y’all/you all] seem to hate Americans to try to look cool in front of your friends.”

Retrograde , (edited )
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    Demdaru ,

    Is it tho? I have to often times actually cool off people I know because they praise USA so hard without knowing shit.

    DeepGradientAscent ,
    @DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

    I’m an American who’s been lucky enough to travel to many other countries, and I’m currently living in the EU.

    Blanket statements on praise-worthiness are stupid; one should only praise things, people, and nations when and where they deserve it. There’s a lot to admire and there’s a lot to be disgusted at when considering just about every country and government.

    What I find in EU culture socially is that people are far more exclusionary, prone to isolationism, and prejudicial about my and my countrymen’s competence and intelligence than what I was told to expect. I expected some “haha, dumb American” memes, but I didn’t expect people here to honestly believe everyone thinks and acts like our worst people back in the US. It was very eye-opening in a negative way.

    EU citizens need to stop treating outsiders as 1-dimensional caricatures, but regrettably, that’s been one of humanity’s greatest faults, and I doubt it will be rectified anytime soon. I try not to get too butt-hurt about it, as we say, but it is irksome after encountering that attitude in conversation after conversation.

    Stamets ,
    @Stamets@lemmy.world avatar

    Newfies do the same. Was a whole fuckin thing to unlearn when I found the Internet lol

    vithigar ,

    Yes, and so many of them do it wrong, it’s crazy.

    Don’t know how many times I’m after seeing “bye” instead of “b’y”. Stunned.

    Stamets ,
    @Stamets@lemmy.world avatar

    Shockin b’y

    TheDarksteel94 ,

    Lots of people do it here in Austria too, and I hate it.

    johnyrocket ,

    En Gruess us dr Schwytz!

    ordellrb ,

    Non e Gruess vor schwiz

    soulsource ,
    @soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    A geh, is doch iagendwie liab, oda?

    Übahaupt, jetzt wo si Hochdeutsch imma mea duachsetzt, und vü junge Leit übahaupt nimma richtig östareichisch^1^ redn leanan, missn ma doch schaun, dass unsa Sproch net oafoch ausstiabt, oda?

    Mia hom a a longe Tradition, wonns um Mundoatdichtung geht. Da Dichta von da obaöstareichischn Hymne zum Beispü, da Stelzhamer Franz, hot gonz vü in Mundoat gschribn.

    Und weis ma grod eifoit: Es gibt a a eigene Wikipedia in unsam Dialekt: bar.wikipedia.org Oba do dua i ma söm schwah, dass i des vasteh. De is scho in da äagstn von de oagn Mundoatn gschribm.

    (So, jetzt woas i net, wöcha Sproch i im Dropdown do untn auswöhn soid… Wei wirklich Deitsch is des jo net…)

    [^1^] I am fully aware that the dialect I’m writing in is not called “Austrian”. The two big dialects spoken in Austria are “Alemannic” and “Bavarian”, and the one I’m writing is the Bavarian dialect. I’m only using the word “östareichisch” here, because that’s what I expect most people to use in spoken conversation.

    TheDarksteel94 ,

    Oh Gott, Oida. Ich habs gerade geschafft, den Text zu entziffern. Aber ernsthaft, ich glaub bei sowas immer auf den ersten Blick, dass da wer nen Schlaganfall bekommen hat und einfach mit dem Gesicht über die Tastatur gerollt ist lol.

    soulsource ,
    @soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    War ja auch nicht ernst gemeint. Ich bin bei diversen Chats im Freundeskreis eigentlich immer der einzige, der auf Hochdeutsch antwortet 😉.

    BluesF , (edited )

    Scots isn’t just an accent, it’s a language in its own right.

    Although honestly I’m not sure how much of this is Scots and how much is just specific to Scottish twitter lol

    So actually having done some more reading this isn’t Scots - I’m fairly sure this is Scottish English which is somewhat a merging of Scots with English.

    nudnyekscentryk ,
    @nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info avatar

    Looks a dialect to me

    force ,

    yea and galician “looks like” a dialect of spanish, norwegian “looks like” a dialect of danish, and afrikaans “looks like” a dialect of dutch. hell, i can say english “looks like” a dialect of ulster scots. “dialect”/“accent” and “language” are meaningless words

    that being said the text in this post is scottish english, not scots

    nudnyekscentryk ,
    @nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info avatar

    what I was referring to was the wikipedia definition of Scots

    BluesF ,

    Wikipedia does explain that Scots and English are sister languages, they both descend from Old English. Neither is a dialect.

    shalafi ,

    It’s easier if you read it out loud with a Scottish accent. Works for novels as well!

    “Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna’ be fooled again!”

    ― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

    ShitOnABrick OP ,
    @ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world avatar

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7448ee19-6bbf-40f0-9b62-c557e6109be2.png

    samus12345 ,
    @samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

    That’s microcephaly, not Down Syndrome.

    ShitOnABrick OP ,
    @ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world avatar

    Nah m8 it’s up syndrome

    MBM ,

    What’s up Syndrome?

    JackFrostNCola ,

    Not much, whats up with you? https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2800bdf6-62f7-4b7c-aadb-21fcdcb887f0.jpeg

    ShitOnABrick OP ,
    @ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world avatar

    There’s also left syndrome and right syndrome north syndrome north east syndrome north west syndrome East syndrome West syndrome South West syndrome South East syndrome

    ouRKaoS ,

    “PICTSIES!”

    Cracks me up every time.

    shalafi ,

    One of, literally, 1,000 moments where I thought, “Wait. Why are they ‘pict…’ Ah hell no.”

    The most brilliant and entertaining series I’ve ever read. Plowed all 41 in just a couple of months.

    maryjayjay ,

    I had to read half of Trainspotting like that!

    samus12345 ,
    @samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

    https://i.redd.it/9salwwe1yn991.jpg

    shalafi ,

    Fucking. Genius.

    Welp. We’re friends now. What are you doing tonight?

    samus12345 ,
    @samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

    I actually never knew until I was looking that picture up that it was a direct parody of the Trainspotting poster. Makes it even better!

    https://i.etsystatic.com/20295421/r/il/6cb018/1940374005/il_fullxfull.1940374005_rwil.jpg

    SirSamuel ,

    Ye gods, Wee Mad Arthur was bad enough. At least he’s inside pissing out

    dylanTheDeveloper ,
    @dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world avatar

    The names James, Bond James, Bond James is having a stronk call the bondulance

    teuast ,

    Bond Name’s the james

    Goblin_Mode ,

    Nonds the name, bames nond. bames Nonds having a strong. Please call the bondulance

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    They have trouble getting elevators to understand them too.

    x4740N ,
    @x4740N@lemmy.world avatar

    I can’t figure out what half of that says and want a translation

    edinbruh ,

    Being lesbo sucks. I tell a girl that she’s banging and you get “coming from you 👸🏼”. Literally no, I’m not saying that to be your pal, I’m saying it to shag you…

    Or something, I’m not Scottish

    PhobosAnomaly ,

    maybes naw but ye ken fit like. pure spot on min

    TrickDacy ,

    I can barely understand the gist of what you wrote. I’m genuinely curious how English did this… I assume from mixing with Celtic/gaelic languages?

    PhobosAnomaly ,

    No idea. The Doric branch of Scots is something else, it’s wild. Even if two people local to a particular area from thirty or forty miles away are gabbin awa to each other, I can just about follow the thread of the conversation but I couldn’t pick out every single word.

    Zagorath ,
    @Zagorath@aussie.zone avatar

    Do Scottish people use “fit” like that? I know it’s used in England, particularly the north, but I don’t think I’ve seen it from Scotland. Probably says more about how much exposure I’ve had to Scottish culture though.

    PhobosAnomaly ,

    Yes and no - it can be used to express someone finding another attractive, but in certain parts (particularly the NE) it’s more of a nuanced “what”, with it’s specific meaning depending on context.

    Language is wild.

    ChaoticNeutralCzech ,

    she’s banging

    “coming from you 👸🏼”

    Can someone explain why anyone would reply like that? I am not a native English speaker. I could understand “coming [to answer the door] for you, queen” but not anything “from you”.

    ShitOnABrick OP ,
    @ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world avatar

    excellent or impressive. “a beautiful celebrity with a banging bod”

    Scran is slang used to describe food,leftovers etc

    So I might say m8. For an example that’s some banging scran you made m8

    eels ,

    It’s short for something along the lines of „that statement means a lot coming from you, as you are also very attractive“

    GelatinGeorge ,

    Not quite: it means “yeah, but you’re a girl so you would say that to be my friend”. Source: I’m terminally Glaswegian

    HowManyNimons ,

    Looks like you’re getting a lot of interpretations. I’d have thought it was more like: “Because you’re a lesbian and have particular appreciation for female attractiveness, your comment has made me feel like a princess!”

    clark ,
    @clark@midwest.social avatar

    Words can’t describe how much I love this tweet.

    0x4E4F ,
    @0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

    I wonder if pirate talk origins are from Scotland 🤔.

    rockSlayer ,

    A lot of privateers were from Scotland and Ireland!

    shalafi ,

    West Country accent!

    ShitOnABrick OP , (edited )
    @ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world avatar

    West country you say wes… Oh no oh lord not cornwall cornwall makes me want to bash my head into a wall I’ll rather watch paint dry on said wall than listen to someone from Cornwall describe Cornwall history OH DEAR GOD HE WONT BLOODY SHUT UP HELP ME THE VOICES… THE VOICES… the voices… THERE SPEAKING TO ME THEY WONT STOP TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE FIRST CORNISH BAKERY OPENED UP IN 1887 OH DEAR GOD NOT ANOTHER FACT ABOUT CORNWALL

    WhiskyTangoFoxtrot ,

    Who the hell goes to Cornwall? Seriously!

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